If you or someone you know is in immediate danger please call 111
For urgent mental health advice call the Northland DHB Crisis Team on 0800 223 371
For health advice call Health Line on 0800 611 116
For urgent mental health advice call the Northland DHB Crisis Team on 0800 223 371
For health advice call Health Line on 0800 611 116
Parenting support
Mental health, depression and anxiety counselling support
All of the above services are confidential but if you are worried about caller ID and are calling from a Telecom or Vodafone number you can dial 0179 to hide your number. Pick up your phone, dial 0179, wait for the dial tone, then dial the number you want.
Click the below box for a directory of helplines and mental health services.
- Parenting Place - Parenting ideas and strategies when you need them - parentingplace.nz/
- Parent Help - For parent and family support - www.parenthelp.org.nz/ Free helpline - 0800 568 856
Mental health, depression and anxiety counselling support
- 1737 – need to talk? – call or free text anytime to speak to a trained mental health professional (including the Alcohol Drug Helpline and Gambling Helpline as well as Depression Helpline). 1737.org.nz
- Anxiety phone line – 0800 269 4389 (0800 ANXIETY) www.anxiety.org.nz
- Depression Helpline 0800 111 757, text 4202 – counsellors provide support for people seeking advice on issues relating to mental health and wellbeing, and also accessible through National Depression Initiative resources – helping people find a way through depression www.depression.org.nz
- Lifeline – 0800 543 354 (0800 LIFELINE), 24 hour free confidential phone counselling, and support
- Suicide Crisis Helpline – 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO)
- Yellow Brick Road (formerly Supporting Families Northland) – 0800 732 825, for families and whānau supporting a loved one who has a mental illness
- Rape Crisis - 0800 883 300, for support after rape or sexual assault
All of the above services are confidential but if you are worried about caller ID and are calling from a Telecom or Vodafone number you can dial 0179 to hide your number. Pick up your phone, dial 0179, wait for the dial tone, then dial the number you want.
Click the below box for a directory of helplines and mental health services.