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MP for Waimakariri

25 Mar 2026Matt Doocey

Mental health workforce target exceeded

The frontline mental health and addiction workforce has grown, with the latest target data showing the Government’s workforce target has been exceeded, giving more New Zealanders

22 Mar 2026Matt Doocey

Matt Doocey - North Canterbury News - March Update

I enjoyed celebrating the opening of Satisfy Food’s new premises in Southbrook. Their new warehouse is an impressive step up from where they have come from

19 Mar 2026Todd McClay · Matt Doocey

Rural Wellbeing Fund backs 18 initiatives

The Government is backing rural New Zealand by supporting 18 community-based initiatives through its Rural Wellbeing Fund, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay and Mental Health Minister Matt

12 Mar 2026Matt Doocey

Growing the frontline workforce in Wairoa

A Rural Training Hub to grow the frontline rural health workforce will be established in the Wairoa District, Associate Health Minister Matt Doocey announced today. “This

9 Mar 2026Matt Doocey

Matt Doocey - North Canterbury News - February Update

NCN February 26 2026 I enjoyed checking out the United Fire Brigades’ Association teams in action at the South Island Waterway Challenge held at Rangiora’s Dudley

18 Feb 2026Matt Doocey

Top Up’ to deliver faster access to support

Seven grassroots mental health initiatives supporting small and hard-to-reach communities have received funding to deliver faster access to support, Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey announced today.

2 Feb 2026Simeon Brown · Matt Doocey

More graduate doctors set to train on the West Coast

The West Coast will benefit from a stronger, home-grown rural health workforce, with a newly coordinated rural hospital medicine and specialist GP training programme officially starting

1 Feb 2026Matt Doocey

Faster access to ADHD support coming

Following the changes made today, more New Zealanders with ADHD will have faster access to support as a result of changes to who can assess, diagnose,

17 Dec 2025Matt Doocey

Mental health targets delivering faster access to support

New data released today shows strong improvement across all three mental health and addiction access targets compared with the same quarter last year, Minister for Mental

4 Dec 2025Matt Doocey

Compassionate change underway for stillbirth families

The Government has begun work on making the process of registering a stillbirth more compassionate and supportive for grieving parents, Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey says.

1 Dec 2025Matt Doocey

New wraparound counselling service to mark World AIDS Day

Mental Health and Associate Health Minister Matt Doocey today hosted a World AIDS Day event at Parliament, announcing new funding to help more New Zealanders have

26 Nov 2025Matt Doocey

AI navigation to deliver faster access to support

New Zealanders seeking mental health support will soon have a better understanding of what services are available to them, thanks to government funding for Whakarongorau to

20 Nov 2025Matt Doocey

New actions to grow the mental health and addiction workforce

The Government is delivering on reducing wait times and growing the frontline mental health and addiction workforce, one year on from the country’s first dedicated workforce

7 Nov 2025Matt Doocey

Gumboot Friday continuing to deliver results

Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey is pleased to celebrate Gumboot Friday today, a fantastic initiative helping thousands of young people access free mental health support faster.

5 Nov 2025Matt Doocey

Delivering a better mental health crisis response

Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey has today announced the government is delivering more frontline workers and establishing new services for people in need of a

31 Oct 2025Simeon Brown · Matt Doocey

Free blood testing now available in Te Anau and Wānaka

Free blood testing is being rolled out for nearly 24,000 people living in Te Anau and Wānaka, giving more rural New Zealanders access to healthcare closer

24 Oct 2025Matt Doocey

Whakatāne crisis recovery café gets boost

Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey announced on the final stop of the Rural Health Roadshow that Whakatāne’s Resilience Café, the town’s local crisis recovery café,

9 Oct 2025Matt Doocey

Matt Doocey - North Canterbury News October 2025

Around the electorate I enjoyed visiting the 2025 National Dog Show held at Rangiora's Mainpower Stadium, to check out some of the 1000-plus dogs of all