Community Resources
For immediate danger - please call emergency services on 111.
It’s Not OK info line - free from any phone, 9am to 11pm every day – 0800 456 450.
Women’s Refuge - 24-hour, every day crisis line, free from any phone – 0800 REFUGE (0800 733 843). https://womensrefuge.org.nz/
Shine – National domestic violence helpline - 9.00am – 11.00pm, 7 days a week - 0508 744 633
1737 Need to Talk – A free mental health counselling helpline. Call or text on 1737 – 24/7.
Hey Bro: A national helpline for men who are afraid they are going to hurt their families – 0800 HEYBRO (0800 439 276).
https://www.hewakatapu.org.nz/services/0800-hey-bro
Safe Man, Safe Family: A programme based on peer mentoring from men who have addressed their abusive behaviour – 0800SAFEHELP,
https://safemansafefamily.org.nz/
Men’s Safety Project: For men wanting to be safe within their relationships - https://www.menssafetyproject.com/
Family Violence Information Line – 0800 456 450, 9.00am – 11.00pm, 7 days a week.
Le Va: Support for Pasifika families and communities for family violence, mental health suicide, and addiction issues. https://www.leva.co.nz/
Parent Helpline – free support and advice on parenting issues - 9am to 9pm, Monday to Sunday - 0800 568 856.
Safe to Talk - Confidential help for people who have experienced sexual harm, or who have harmed others – 24/7. 0800 044 334 or text 4334.
Lifeline – 24/7 free confidential support - 0800 543 354
Suicide Crisis Helpline – 24/7 - free, nationwide service - 0508 828 865.
Alcohol Drug Helpline - 24/7 - 0800 787 797.
Community Alcohol and Drug Services, Auckland (CADS) - free service for alcohol or drug related problems - 09 845 1818.
Beginning Experience – Grief resolution after the loss of a partner due to separation or death - https://www.beginningexperience.org.nz/
Living Without Violence agencies for men, women and children
Northland
Mid North Women's Aid and Refuge Society Inc - 09 401 1030 – Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Kaikohe, Kawakawa, Kerikeri.)
Man Alive Charitable Trust - 09 835 0509 – Men’s non-violence programmes. (Dargaville, Kaikohe, Whangarei, Kaitaia, Kawakawa, Kerikeri.)
Tryphina House, Whangarei Women's Refuge Inc. - 09 437 6576 Women’s safety programmes.
Te Puna O Te Aroha Maori Women's Refuge - 09 437 2127 Women’s safety programmes. (Whangarei.)
Support for Sexually Abused Dargaville And Districts Incorporated - 09 439 6070 Women’s and children’s safety programmes.
Te Whare Ruruhau O Meri Trust Board - 09 270 2631 Women and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Kaikohe, Kaitaia, Whangarei.)
PSN - Family Works Nth & Shine - 09 520 8600 – Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Whangarei.)
Auckland
Abuse Prevention Services Inc - 09 425 8130. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Helensville, Orewa, Warkworth.)
Family Action - 09 836 1987. Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (West Auckland.)
Hoani Waititi Marae Trust - 09 818 2323. Men’s non-violence programmes. (West Auckland.)
Man Alive Charitable Trust – 09 835 0509. Men’s non-violence programmes. (Henderson, Panmure.)
Inner City Women's Group - 09 415 8627. Women’s safety programmes. (Auckland, Henderson, Panmure, Papatoetoe.)
RESPECT - 09 489 3770. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Takapuna.)
Living Without Violence (Waiheke Network) Inc. - 09 372 9220. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes.
Turuki Health Care Charitable Trust - 09 275 5788 ext 759. Men’s non-violence programmes. (Mangere.)
Chinese Mental Health Consultation Services Trust - Vagus Centre - 09 624 4639. Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Royal Oak.)
Eastern Refuge Society Inc - 09 576 6551. Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Pakuranga, Papakura.)
Friendship House Trust - 09 262 2322. Men’s non-violence programmes. (Auckland Central, Onehunga, Pakuranga, Papakura.) Manurewa, Manukau.)
Te Roopu O Te Whanau Rangimarie O Tamaki Makaurau - 09 275 1230. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Mangere, Onehunga, Randwick Park.)
Te Whare Ruruhau O Meri Trust Board - 09 270 2631. Women and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Auckland, Henderson, Manukau, Manurewa, Onehunga, Pukekohe.)
Shakti Community Council Incorporated - 0800 742584 – Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Auckland.)
Barnardos New Zealand Inc - 0800 227 627. Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Onehunga, North Shore.)
PSN - Family Works Nth & Shine - 09 520 8600. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Auckland.)
Iosis Limited - 09 269 0050. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Sth Auckland, Manurewa, Pukekohe.)
Waikato/King Country
Barnardos New Zealand Inc - 0800 227 627. Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Cambridge, Hamilton, Te Awamutu, Morrinsville, Matamata.)
CAPS Hauraki Inc - 07 868 8644. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Colville, Coromandel, Paeroa, Thames, Waihi, Whitianga.)
Hamilton Abuse Intervention Project Trust - 07 834 3148. Men’s non-violence programmes, women’s safety programmes. (Cambridge, Hamilton, Huntly, Matamata, Morrinsville, Te Awamutu.)
Shama (Hamilton Ethnic Women’s Centre) - 07 843 3810. Women’s safety programmes.
Parentline - 07 839 4536. Children’s safety programmes. (Hamilton.)
Taumarunui Community Kokiri Trust - 07 895 5919. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Ohakune, Taumarunui, Te Kuiti.)
PSN - Family Works Nth & Shine - 09 520 8600. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Huntly.)
Bay of Plenty/ Gisborne/Hawkes Bay
Ngati Ranginui Iwi Society Inc. - 0800 494 6262. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Tauranga.)
Tauranga Living Without Violence - 07 577 9297. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes.
Tauranga Women's Collective Inc - 07 541 1910. Women and children’s safety programmes.
Shakti Community Council Incorporated - 0800 742584 – Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Tauranga.)
Rotorua - Te Lumanaki Charitable Trust - 07 347 4986 Women’s and children’s safety programmes.
Family Focus Rotorua - 07 346 2096. Men’s non-violence programmes, women’s safety programmes. (Rotorua, Taupo, Tokoroa.)
Te Whare Oranga Wairua Inc - 07 378 5204. Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Taupo, Turangi.)
Maketu Health & Social Services - 07 533 2551 – Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Maketu, Te Puke.)
Te Aratiatia Consortium (TToHT) - 06 871 5350. Men’s non-violence programmes, women’s safety programmes. (Hastings, Napier, Rotorua, Taupo, Turangi, Whakatane.)
DOVE Hawkes Bay Inc - 06 843 5307. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Hastings, Napier, Waipukurau.)
Napier Women’s Refuge Inc - 06 843 6515. Women’s and children’s safety programmes.
Tuwharetoa Ki Kawerau Health, Education and Social Services Trust - 07 323 8025. Men’s non-violence programmes. (Kawerau, Opotiki, Whakatane.)
Presbyterian Support East Coast - 0800 120 172. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Gisborne, Hastings, Napier, Ruatoria, Waipukurau, Wairoa.)
PSN - Family Works Nth & Shine - 09 520 8600. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Rotorua, Taupo, Tauranga, Turangi, Whakatane, Opotiki, Kawerau, Tokoroa.)
Taranaki
Tu Tama Wahine o Taranaki Inc - 06 758 5795 Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (New Plymouth, Stratford, Waitara.)
Presbyterian Support Central - 04 439 4900. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Hawera, New Plymouth, Stratford.)
Wairarapa/Manawatu/Whanganui
Presbyterian Support Central - 04 439 4900. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Whanganui, Marton, Masterton.)
Raukawa Whanau Ora Limited - 06 368 8678. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Feilding, Levin, Dannevirke.)
Rise: Stopping Violence Services Trust - 06 347 7992. Men’s non-violence programmes. (Kaitoke, Marton, Whanganui.)
Palmerston North Women’s Refuge Trust (Inc.) - 06 354 5355. Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Dannevirke, Levin, Palmerston North.)
Manawatu Alternatives to Violence Inc - 06 358 1211. Men’s non-violence programmes. (Dannevirke, Feilding, Pahiatua, Palmerston North.)
Te Manawa Family Services Charitable Trust - 06 323 8330 ext 2. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Dannevirke, Feilding, Palmerston North.)
Tupoho-Iwi & Community Social Services 06 345 2042. Women’s and children’s safety programmes men’s non-violence programmes. (Marton, Whanganui.)
Wairarapa Women’s Refuge Inc - 06 378 2241. Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Featherston, Masterton, Pahiatua.)
ChangeAbility Incorporated - 06 377 0933 – Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Masterton.)
Te Whanau O Te Maungarongo - 04 586 6023. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Masterton.)
Horowhenua Family Violence Intervention Programme Inc - 06 367 0355. Men’s non-violence programmes. (Levin.)
Wellington
Community Council Incorporated - 0800 742584. Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Wellington.)
Hutt City Women’s Refuge Inc - 04 5691040. Women’s and children’s safety programmes.
Kapiti Living Without Violence Charitable Trust - 04 298 1404. Men’s non-violence programmes, women’s safety programmes.
Porirua Living Without Violence - Te Noho Riri Kore Inc - 04 237 6009. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Lower Hutt, Porirua, Upper Hutt, Wellington.)
Porirua Whanau Centre Trust - 021 878 146. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Paraparaumu, Porirua, Upper Hutt, Wellington.)
Barnardos New Zealand Inc - 0800 227 627. Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Lower Hutt, Paraparaumu, Porirua.)
Te Whanau O Te Maungarongo - 04 586 6023. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Lower Hutt.)
Shakti Community Council Incorporated - 0800 742584. Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Wellington.)
South Island
Barnardos New Zealand Inc - 0800 227 627. Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Nelson, Christchurch, Kaiapoi, Dunedin, Gore, Invercargill.)
Nelson Women's Refuge Incorporated - 027 251 2031. Women’s and children’s safety programmes.
SVS-Living Safe - 03 548 3850. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Blenheim, Greymouth, Kaikoura, Motueka, Nelson, Takaka, Westport.)
Battered Women's Trust (Christchurch) - 03 332 4122. Women’s safety programmes. (Ashburton, Christchurch, Rangiora.)
Aviva Charitable Trust - 03 378 3846. Women and children’s safety programmes, men’s safety programmes. (Christchurch.)
Te Whare Hauora - Otautahi WR - 03 379 6910. Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Christchurch, Kaiapoi.)
Te Whanau O Te Maungarongo - 04 586 6023. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Chatham Islands)
He Waka Tapu Limited - 0800 43 9252. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Ashburton, Christchurch, Timaru.)
Stopping Violence Services SVS (Christchurch) Inc - 0800 478 778. Men’s non-violence programmes. (Ashburton, Christchurch, Kaiapoi, Rangiora, Timaru.)
Shakti Community Council Incorporated - 0800 742584. Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Christchurch.)
Mid South Island Women's Refuge and Family Safety Services Inc - 03 684 8280. Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Oamaru, Timaru.)
Presbyterian Support Services (South Canterbury) Inc - 03 688 5029 x 803. Women’s and children’s safety programmes. (Timaru.)
A3 Kaitiaki Ltd - 027 224 5522. Men’s non-violence programmes. (Dunedin, Milburn.)
Te Whare Pounamu Dunedin Women's Refuge Inc - 03 466 3220. Children’s safety programmes.
Gore & Districts Community Counselling Centre Inc - 03 208 5366. Women’s safety programmes.
Invercargill Women's Refuge - 03 216 1040. Women safety programmes.
Stopping Violence Dunedin Inc - 03 474 1121. Men’s non-violence programmes, women’s safety programmes. (Balclutha, Dunedin, Gore, Oamaru.)
Waihopai Runaka Incorporated - 03 216 9074. Men’s non-violence programmes. (Alexandra, Cromwell, Gore, Invercargill, Wanaka.)
Wakatipu Abuse Prevention Network Inc. - 027 203 6506. Women’s and children’s safety programmes, men’s non-violence programmes. (Alexandra, Cromwell, Queenstown, Wanaka.)
Invercargill - Stopping Violence Southland Inc - 03 218 4468. Men’s non-violence programmes, women’s safety programmes.
