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This top-line summary provides a high-level overview of results from the 2020 Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS). The HLS monitors short, medium, and long-term societal changes in attitudes, knowledge, and behaviours related to mental health and wellbeing, tobacco use, vaping, gambling, nutrition, alcohol, and sun exposure. The HLS also tracks changes in views about the social desirability and acceptability of various strategies to minimise harm from these risk factors and promote wellbeing. This summary focuses on the prevalence of these risk factors, exposure to harm, and strategies to minimise harm.

Mental distress-related discrimination impacts peoples’ ability to contribute and participate in society. To do something about mental distress-related discrimination, we need to know more about it – how common is it, who is experiencing it, and where does it occur?

This infographic takes key findings from the Te Kaveinga – Mental health and wellbeing of Pacific peoples report.

The 2018 Mental Health and Wellbeing Survey (MHWS) Methodology Report details the procedures and protocols followed to ensure the MHWS produces high quality, robust data.

Results from the New Zealand Mental Health Monitor show that Rainbow participants were more likely to report poorer mental health compared to the total population. Rainbow participants also reported lower life satisfaction and higher rates of social exclusion.