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National Sources of Help & Information

General Practitioner or Primary Care Health Provider

Please contact your General Practitioner or Primary Care Health Provider in the first instance.

Youthline

http://www.youthline.co.nz
0800 376 633

Lifeline

http://www.lifeline.co.nz
0800 543 354

Chinese Lifeline

0800 888 880

Clinical Advisory Services Aotearoa (CASA)

http://www.casa.org.nz
Tel (09) 448 3800
Emails
scs@casa.org.nz (specialist counselling services)
cprs@casa.org.nz (community postvention response)
cprs@casa.org.nz (towards well-being)

New Zealand Association of Counsellors

http://www.nzac.org.nz

Kidsline

0800 543 754

Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand

http://www.mentalhealth.org.nz
Tel (09) 300 7010

Plunket

http://www.plunket.org.nz
Email plunketnz@xtra.co.nz
Tel (04) 471 0177
Plunketline 0800 933 922

Age Concern

http://www.ageconcern.org.nz
Tel (04) 801 9338

Citizens Advice Bureau

http://www.cab.org.nz
Tel (04) 382 8759
0800 FOR CAB
0800 367222

Samaritans

There are 7 Samaritans Centres in New Zealand
http://www.samaritans.org.nz
0800 726 666

National Depression Initiative (Ministry of Health)

http://www.depression.org.nz
http://www.thelowdown.co.nz
0800 111 757

Healthline

http://www.moh.govt.nz/healthline
0800 611 116

HealthTV

http://www.htv.co.nz
Tel (09) 489 9277

Te Pou: The National Centre of Mental Health Research and Workforce Development

http://www.tepou.co.nz
Tel (09) 373 2125

Richmond New Zealand

Partners in community and individual wellbeing
http://www.richmondnz.org/
Tel (03) 357 0150

 

AskChris Limited

Specialist online counselling services
http://www.askchris.co.nz
Email helpdesk@askchris.co.nz
Tel (09) 412 5661 or 412 5651

Southern Consumer Network Trust

(South Island wide network of mental health consumer advocates)
Email scas@xtra.co.nz
Tel (03) 365 4046

Balance NZ Bipolar and Depression Network

Tel (03) 366 3631

Gay and Lesbian Line/OUTline

http://www.gayline.org.nz
Tel (09) 303 3584

Sport and Recreation New Zealand

http://www.sparc.org.nz
Tel (04) 472 8058

Health Watch

0274 20 20 31

Webhealth

http://www.webhealth.co.nz

Everybody

http://www.everybody.co.nz

Autism New Zealand Inc.

http://www.autismnz.org.nz

Refugee Lifeline

http://www.refugeelifeline.org.nz

Burmese 0800 88 66 45

Arabic 0800 88 66 47

Farsi/Dari 0800 88 66 46

 

Family Violence Services

Women's Refuge

http://www.womensrefuge.org.nz
Email info@refuge.org.nz
Tel (04) 802 5078

He Drove Me Mad

A teaching resource is available to support people who have experienced family violence. Please click here for further information.

Services for Māori

Te Rau Matatini - Aotearoa Maori Mental Health Workforce Development

http://www.matatini.co.nz
0800-MATATINI (628284)

He Oranga Pounamu

Based in Christchurch but for all Ngai Tahu people
Tel (03) 353 4370
http://www.hop.org.nz

 

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