Policy positions

Submission supporting self-identification of gender on birth certificates.

Submission to the Justice Committee on the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill.

Written submission to the Health Committee on the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Amendment Bill

Submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment’s consultation on bullying and harassment at work, ...

MHF position statement calling for a significant shift in our approach to perinatal mental health towards a preventio...

MHF position statement calling for a comprehensive approach to addressing eating disorders in Aotearoa.

Joint submission from the MHF and the Like Minds Programme to the Justice Committee on the Rights of Victims of Insan...

We are calling for the Government to show us how He Ara Oranga, the report of the Government Inquiry into mental heal...

To identify where seclusion and restraint practices in Aotearoa New Zealand have progressed, and where improvements a...

On 13 May 2020 the Mental Health Foundation wrote to all MPs to raise concerns about the powers extended to police to...

Mental Health Foundation response to the Protection for First Responders and Prison Officers Bill

Endorsed by Platform Charitable Trust and developed with researcher Sandra Dickson and Refugees as Survivors NZ

The Mental Health Foundation and the Like Minds, Like Mine programmes joint submission to the Ministry of Health on u...

: The MHF is committed to taking action to achieve physical health equity for people who experience mental distress a...

Submission to Health Committee on Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Bill

Joint letter with individuals and 12 organisations to Minister of Police calling for the Armed Response Team trial to...

Submission to Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Arms Legislation Bill.

Submission to the Ministry of Justice about the proposed regulatory regime for cannabis (prior to the development of ...

Submission to Abortion Legislation Committee on the Abortion Legislation Bill

Submission to the Ministry of Health Fee on the Māori Health Action Plan to implement He Korowai Oranga 2020 – 202...