ADHD Aotearoa

10/12/2025

Kia ora whānau,

The UN is currently examining serious concerns about New Zealand’s government and its obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi, particularly regarding Māori rights, health, and equity.

This shows how international scrutiny is already being applied to systemic government policies affecting Māori communities.

Take a moment to read and reflect. This is a powerful example of holding governments accountable at an international level.

NZ Herald

Prominent advocate says Māori people are standing up to say 'enough'.

10/12/2025

Keep the Petition Moving!

Kia ora whānau,

A huge thank you to everyone who has signed and supported the ADHD Inquiry NZ petition on education! 💛🧡

This is an important kaupapa, and we need your help to keep it moving. Please share the petition and spread the word every signature brings us closer to real change.

Together, our voices are stronger. Let’s make this count!

10/12/2025

Thank You for the Unexpected Growth

Kia ora whānau,

I’ve been offline for the last 4–6 weeks focusing on my Mental Health & Addiction degree… and yet, even while I was away, this page kept growing.

More followers.
More views.
More people joining our kaupapa.

That honestly means a lot.
It tells me our mahi matters that people are hungry for truth, clarity, and real advocacy in the ADHD space.

Thank you for standing with me, and with each other.
I’m back now, and we keep going — together. 💛🧡

20/11/2025

Three day - introduction course to understanding and developing your matekite gift.

11/11/2025

We Can Do Both.

We can reduce addiction.
We can support ADHD whānau.
We can do both.

Tighten where harm is caused.
Strengthen where care is needed.
Keep children and whānau safe.

11/11/2025

What Happened Last Time ADHD Medications Became Easy to Access

In the 1990s in Aotearoa, stimulant medications were more easily accessed through general practice. Over time, we saw misuse, diversion, and addiction risks rise. Medication intended to support ADHD whānau began circulating in ways that caused harm.

This was not the fault of ADHD communities. The issue was the lack of specialist oversight and clear clinical pathways.

In the early 2000s, New Zealand moved ADHD stimulant prescribing under psychiatric supervision to:
• protect children
• ensure correct diagnosis
• prevent medication misuse
• reduce addiction risk in the community

Those safeguards were put in place because they were needed. They worked.

This is why ADHD Aotearoa is raising concern now.
Policy changes today can either prevent harm or repeat the past.

We cannot forget our own history.

11/11/2025

Tightening up on illegal m**h is important. No question about that.
We all want safer communities and real support for whānau caught in addiction.

However, what is not being talked about is how policy changes in the ADHD medication system may unintentionally open a second pathway to the same class of drugs through the medical system.

In the 1990s New Zealand saw this happen. When access to stimulants widened without proper specialist oversight, we saw diversion, misuse, and addiction issues increase. That is exactly why the prescribing of ADHD medication was shifted under psychiatric care in the early 2000s — to protect children, to protect vulnerable adults, and to reduce harm.

Now, with Pharmac and Medsafe proposing to expand prescribing to all doctors, we risk repeating history.

If we truly want to reduce addiction and harm, we cannot tighten one side of the system while quietly loosening the other.

This is not about stopping people from receiving ADHD treatment. It is about keeping strong clinical safeguards in place. ADHD whānau have fought too hard for safe, specialist-led care to see it diluted again.

We can support addiction prevention and protect ADHD treatment.
It should never be one or the other.

11/11/2025

An interesting development today on M**h Harm reduction. Worth Reading.

The government announced what Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith called a "comprehensive action plan to combat m**hamphetamine harm in New Zealand".

11/11/2025

Kia ora whānau — I’m still here! ❤

I’ve been a bit quiet online these past couple of weeks — not because I’ve stepped back, but because I’ve been deep in mahi researching and responding to the Pharmac and Medsafe policies around ADHD. Many of you know how passionate I am about ensuring that these policies are fair, evidence-based, and protect those genuinely living with ADHD.

This work has taken a lot of time and focus, but it’s important. I’m standing strong in opposing parts of these policies that risk limiting proper care and creating more barriers for our ADHD communities.

Thank you for your patience while I’ve been less active here. I’m still here, still advocating, and still committed to bringing you updates, education, and real conversations about ADHD in Aotearoa.

Your support means everything — we’re in this together. 💛

13/10/2025

“Change Needs Voices, Not Silence”

For far too long, our ADHD communities has spoken about not being heard, supported, or treated fairly.

But when organisations like ADHD Aotearoa and ADHD Inquiry NZ stand up, speak out, and fight for real change — where is the backing from our own communities?

If change is truly what we want, we can’t stay silent.
We can’t say “nothing ever changes” while ignoring the ones trying to change it.

Head over to on Instagram and add your voice to their petition calling for better education support and fair treatment across Aotearoa.

ADHD Aotearoa meet with Te Pati Maori this Friday on the Pharmac and Medsafe policy changes.

Change doesn’t happen in silence — it happens when we stand together. Become interested in yourselves and your whanau, our country and stand up for our rights to education and fair treatment for ADHD.

08/10/2025

08/10/2025