| ACC | Accident Compensation Cooperation |
| BPAC | Best Practice Advocacy Centre |
| CBT | Cognitive Behavioural Therapy |
| DDD | Defined Daily Dosage |
| DHB | District Health Boards |
| EAP | Employee Assistance Programme |
| ELX | Early Leaving Exemption |
| ERO | Education Review Office |
| FTE | Full-Time Equivalent |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GP | General Practitioner |
| GSS | General Social Survey |
| HDC | Health and Disability Commission |
| HPE | Health and Physical Education |
| HWNZ | Health Workforce New Zealand |
| IPS | Individual Placement and Support |
| JS-HCD | Jobseeker Support – Health Condition or Disability |
| JS-WR | Jobseeker Support – Work Ready |
| K-10 | Kessler 10 |
| LMLM | Like Minds, Like Mine (anti-stigma and discrimination campaign) |
| MBIE | Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment |
| MH101 | Mental Health one-on-one (awareness training) |
| MHC | Mental Health Commission |
| MHES | Mental Health and Employment Service |
| MHF | Mental Health Foundation |
| MOE | Ministry of Education |
| MOH | Ministry of Health |
| MSD | Ministry of Social Development |
| NCEA | National Certificate of Educational Achievement |
| NDI | National Depression Initiative |
| NEET | Not in Education, Employment or Training |
| NGO | Non-Government Organisation |
| NHC | National Hauora Coalition |
| NZAC | New Zealand Association of Counsellors |
| NZCER | New Zealand Council for Educational Research |
| NZD | New Zealand Dollars |
| OAG | Office of the Auditor General |
| PHO | Primary Health Organisation |
| PB4L | Positive Behaviour for Learning |
| PBFF | Population-Based Funding Formula |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| POC | Proof of Concept |
| PRIMHD | Programme for the Integration of Mental Health Data |
| RANZCP | Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists |
| RNZCGP | Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners |
| RTLB | Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour |
| SLI | Service Level Intensity |
| SLP | Supported Living Payment |
| SPS | Sole Parent Support |
| STP | Secondary-Tertiary Programmes |
| TPU | Teen Parent Unit |
| W2W | Work to Wellness |
| WAA | Work Ability Assessment |
| WFCM | Work-Focused Case Management |
| YOSS | Youth One Stop Shop |
| YPMHS | Youth Primary Mental Health Service |
| YWiSS | Youth Workers in low-decile Secondary School |