Wellington 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
Email Youthline1@xtra.co.nz
Tel (04) 801 6924
Counselling 0800 37 66 33
Free Text 234
Plunket
Wellington/Wairarapa Area office
Tel (04) 570 0775
Age Concern
Wellington
Email acwellington@xtra.co.nz
Tel (04) 499 6646
Gay Helpline
Email helpline@gaywellington.org
Tel (04) 473 7878 (daily 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm)
Samaritans
Wellington
Tel (04) 473 9739 helpline
Tel (04) 298 2122 helpline for Kapiti callers
Free-call number for Lower North Island: 0800 726 666
Hutt Valley
Tel (04) 586 1048 helpline
Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB)
Aro Valley (next to Aro Valley Community Centre) CAB
Email cab.arovalley@xtra.co.nz
Tel (04) 384 2133
Central City (inside Central Library) CAB
Email cab.wncen@xtra.co.nz
Tel (04) 472 2466
Johnsonville CAB
Email cab.johnsonville@xtra.co.nz
Tel (04) 478 5698
Newtown (inside Newtown Community and Cultural Centre) CAB
Email cab.newtown@xtra.co.nz
Tel (04) 389 3813
Wellington West (inside Karori Community Centre) CAB
Email cab.karori@xtra.co.nz
Tel (04) 476 4595
Eastern Suburbs, Kilbirnie CAB
Email cab.easts@xtra.co.nz
Tel (04) 387 3573
Petone CAB
Email cab.ptone@xtra.co.nz
Tel (04) 568 8877
Porirua CAB
Email cab.porirua@xtra.co.nz
Tel (04) 237 8846
Lower Hutt CAB
Email cab.lowht@xtra.co.nz
Tel (04) 566 6039
Upper Hutt CAB
Email cabuppht@globe.net.nz
Tel (04) 528 9040
Kapiti Coastlands CAB
Email cab.kapiti@xtra.co.nz
Tel (04) 298 4944
Support Group
Through Blue (support group for women who experience depression)
Run by two trained facilitators, meets every Friday 12.30-2.30 pm in the central city
Email throughbluenz@gmail.com
Services for Māori
Te Whare Marie (Specialist Māori Mental Health)
Wellington
Tel (04) 918 2368
Services for Pacific Peoples
Pasifika Mental Health Services
Wellington
Tel (04) 918 2855 ext. 7855/7853
Services for Students
Massey University
Wellington Campus
Tel (04) 801 2542
Victoria University of Wellington
Student Health Service
Tel (04) 463 9537
Wellington Institute of Technology
Petone Campus
lyn.booker@weltec.ac.nz
Tel (04) 9202 464
Wellington Campus
(04) 9202 464
Whitireia Community Polytechnic
Health Services
Tel (04) 237 3130
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