Do you need immediate help?
  • ​If this is an emergency and you feel you or someone else is at risk of harm – phone 111
  • Go to your nearest hospital emergency department (ED)
  • Phone the Whanganui DHB Mental Health Crisis Team (CATT team) on 0800 653 358 ​or, for the phone number for your local CATT team,
    ​​click here, or call Healthline on 0800 611 116​

Need to talk?

1737 is free to call or text from any landline or mobile phone, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
It’s a new and easy way to access the existing National Telehealth Services provided through the Alcohol and Drug, Depression, and Gambling Helplines. These helplines will still be accessible through the same phone numbers, but 1737 creates a new front door. Anyone can call or text 1737 for free at any time to access support from a trained counsellor. The same trained mental health counsellors that currently respond to calls, texts, webchat and emails across the National Telehealth Service mental health helplines will respond to people who access 1737 (including the Alcohol Drug Helpline and Gambling Helpline as well as Depression Helpline).

Helplines

Lifeline – 0800 543 354 (0800 LIFELINE) or free text 4357 (HELP)
Lifeline Aotearoa’s helpline and textline provides 24/7, confidential support from qualified counsellors and trained volunteers.

Suicide Crisis Helpline – 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO)
A crisis support service for anyone concerned about themselves or someone else who may be having thoughts of suicide. Qualified mental health professionals respond to each call using the internationally recognised Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST).

Healthline – 0800 611 116
Healthline nurses can help you any time – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our Healthline nurses are specialists in assessing and advising over the phone.
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Depression Helpline – 0800 111 757 or free text 4202
Call the Depression Helpline to talk to a trained counsellor about how you are feeling or to ask any questions. Available free 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Youthline – 0800 376 633, free text 234
Youthline is a New Zealand Youth Development Organisation with youth, for youth. It can be contacted 24/7.