The Mental Health Foundation organises New Zealand’s annual Mental Health Awareness Week annually. Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) is endorsed by the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) and marked in over 150 countries. It usually falls during the week of October that encompasses World Mental Health Day (WMHD) 10 October. This year the WFMH theme is Living with Schizophrenia.
The New Zealand theme is developed with consideration to the WMHD theme, and adapted to suit a Kiwi audience.