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How much funding, if any, has been allocated to early mental health intervention for parents and whānau who have experienced perinatal loss in the 2025/26 financial year, and from which budget appropriation?

Answered Question 18908 (2026)
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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • How much funding, if any, has been allocated to early mental health intervention for parents and whānau who have experienced perinatal loss in the 2025/26 financial year, and from which budget appropriation?

Answered by

Hon Matt Doocey

Member for Waimakariri · National Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised that support for parents and whānau following perinatal loss, including access to mental health services, is provided through existing maternity, primary care, and mental health service funding.