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Advice to the Minister for Mental Health Hon Matt Doocey: February 2026

Advice sent to the Minister for Mental Health in February 2026 is listed below, along with links to any documents that have been proactively released.

**Briefings, memos and aides mémoire to Hon Matt Doocey, Minister for Mental Health and Associate Minister of Health, 1 – 28 February 2026**
Date Sent	Reference	Title
3/02/2026	H2026077735	Section 95 inquiry into the treatment of a person at Waikato Hospital
3/02/2026	H2026078108	Meeting with Movember - 4 February 2026
4/02/2026	H2026077834	Quarterly Meeting - Chief Ombudsman
5/02/2026	H2026077845	Digital Mental Health - Progress and Opportunities
5/02/2026	H2026077996	Child and Youth Ministers - 9 February 2026
9/02/2026	H2026077581	Withheld under s9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act
11/02/2026	H2026077847	Meeting with Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission’s board
11/02/2026	H2026078048	Meeting with Minister Upston to discuss digital access for rural communities
12/02/2026	H2026078643	Telehealth Review
13/02/2026	H2026078729	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
13/02/2026	H2026077832	Meeting with Social Investment Ministers – 17 February 2026
17/02/2026	H2026077341	FASD Action Plan – Implementation Update
17/02/2026	H2026078918	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
18/02/2026	H2025074305	Meeting with Deanne Parkes, 26 February 2026
18/02/2026	H2026077687	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
19/02/2026	H2026077350	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
19/02/2026	H2026078219	Alcohol Levy Funded Activities – quarter two progress
19/02/2026	H2026077771	Deepdive on Burials and Cremations
20/02/2026	H2026078856	Meeting with Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission on 26 February 2026
20/02/2026	H2025075135	Setting the alcohol levy for 2026/27
23/02/2026	H2026078544	Withheld under s9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act
24/02/2026	H2026078222	Meeting with Minister Mitchell to discuss improving mental and physical health outcomes through physical activity
25/02/2026	H2026078235	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
25/02/2026	H2026078214	Meeting with Australian High Commission - 26 February 2026
26/02/2026	H2026078100	Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission \| Te Hiringa Mahara performance report Quarter 2 2025/26
26/02/2026	H2026078669	2026/27 Draft Letter of Expectations for the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission
26/02/2026	H2025075281	Updated draft Strategic Action Plan to Prevent and Reduce Substance Related Harms 2026-2029
26/02/2026	H2025076795	Options for next steps on rural digital access
27/02/2026	H2026078599	Care and Redress Ministers Meeting for the Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry – 2 March
27/02/2026	H2026079269	Meeting with Professor Sarah-Jane Paine, Research Director of Growing Up in New Zealand
27/02/2026	H2026078555	Update on the Child and Youth Mental Health Prevalence Study

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Briefings, memos and aides-mémoire to Hon Matt Doocey, Minister for Mental Health and Associate Minister of Health 1 - 28 February 2026

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