Next year's Budget will have a special emphasis on mental health, Finance Minister Grant Robertson has revealed.
Speaking to the Labour Party conference in Dunedin he said mental health will be one of the five core priorities that would define the first "Wellbeing Budget."
He said more details would be revealed in December in the Budget Policy Statement.
"They [will] cover areas where we think the outcomes will make a substantive difference to both our current and future wellbeing - and yes, we will finally be giving mental health the priority and focus that it deserves."
At the half yearly opening of the books in December, Treasury would release a "dashboard" of indicators showing the current wellbeing of the country, said Robertson.