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Lifeline Aotearoa
Crisis support and suicide prevention.
0800 543 354 or text 43577am to midnight, every day (hours reduced in 2025; check the website)Website Suicide Crisis Helpline
For people in distress, and those worried about someone.
0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO)7am to midnight, every day (hours reduced in 2025; check the website)Website Find a Helpline(anywhere)
Free, confidential helplines by country.
IASP crisis centres(anywhere)
International directory of crisis centres.
Mental health support
Services for when it is bigger than a bad day.
Healthline
Free health advice over the phone from nurses and health advisors, day or night.
Depression Helpline
Talk through low mood, anxiety or stress with a counsellor.
Youthline
Free helpline for young people and the people around them.
Anxiety NZ Helpline
Free national helpline for anxiety and related distress.
Mental Health Foundation
A list of NZ helplines and support services, plus wellbeing information.
OUTLine Aotearoa
Free, confidential Rainbow support line, online chat and peer support.
ADHD-specific support
Organisations that know this territory.
Autism and AuDHD support
For the Orchard side of the map.
Altogether Autism
Free, evidence-based autism information and advice.
Autism New Zealand
Support, outreach and education for autistic people and whānau.
People like you
Communities, not services.
ADHD NZ support groups
Peer support groups for people with ADHD and their whānau around Aotearoa.
ADDA virtual peer support groups(anywhere)
Online peer support groups for adults with ADHD, run by ADDA.
Numbers shown for Aotearoa New Zealand. If something is wrong or out of date, the full list is on the Help page.