for your information and reference – Nationwide resources….provided by Ministry of Health across New Zealand

Support and help for individuals

Helplines

• Lifeline 0800 543 354
• Lifeline’s Suicide helpline 0508 TAUTOKO
• Youthline 0800 376 633
• Kidsline 0800 543 754 (weekdays 4-6 pm)
• What’s Up 0800 942 8787 (one to 11 pm 7 days, for young people aged 5 to 18)
•  Depression Helpline 0800 111 757
• Samaritans 0800 826 666 (lower North Island and Upper South Island) provides confidential, non-judgmental emotional support through their telephone helpline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to people in distress and at risk of dying by suicide.
• Healthline 0800 611 116

Websites

• The Lowdown (for young people) www.thelowdown.co.nz or freetext 5626
• The Depression website www.depression.org.nz  which provides information about depression and an online depression self-management programme ‘The Journal’ presented by John Kirwan, which is backed up by online and phone base personalised support services.
• Samaritans www.samaritans.org.nz

Services

• Primary care professional or general practitioner
• Community mental health service through the local district health boards (contact details in the white pages or at www.moh.govt.nz/districthealthboards

Support for families and friends

•  Victim Support http://www.victimsupport.org.nz provides support for victims of trauma.
• Skylight http://www.skylight.org.nz/ provides services to support those facing loss, trauma and grief.

General Information Sources

• Ministry of Health www.moh.govt.nz/suicideprevention – information about suicide and suicide prevention, facts, and Ministry publications
• Suicide Prevention Information New Zealand www.spinz.org.nz – the national information service to provide high quality information to promote safe and effective suicide prevention activities.
• The Mental Health Foundation www.mentalhealth.org.nz provides free information and training, and advocates for policies and services that support people with experience of mental illness, and also their families/whanau and friends.