Canterbury & West Coast Sources of Help & Information
General Practitioner or Primary Care Health Provider
Please contact your General Practitioner or Primary Care Health Provider in the first instance.
Youthline
Email youthlinecsi@xtra.co.nz
Tel (03) 379 4795
Lifeline
http://www.lifeline.co.nz/chch
Counseling (03) 366 6743
Office (03) 366 6742
Email counseling http://www.eLifeline.co.nz
Plunket
Westland Area Office
Tel (03) 768 7249
Canterbury Area Office
Tel (03) 366 0765
Mid South Canterbury Area office
Tel (03) 688 3520
Age Concern
Canterbury
Email team@ageconcerncan.org.nz
Tel (03) 366 0903
Ashburton
Email ageconcernashburton@xtra.co.nz
Tel (03) 308 6817
South Canterbury
Email ageconsc@xtra.co.nz
Tel (03) 686 6844
Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB)
Christchurch City Branch
Email cab.christchurcharea.city@xtra.co.nz
Tel (03) 366 6490
Christchurch North Branch
Email cab.christchurcharea.north@xtra.co.nz
Tel (03) 359 8090
Christchurch West Branch
Email cab.christchurcharea.west@xtra.co.nz
Tel (03) 349 5236
North Canterbury CAB
Email cab.northcanterbury@xtra.co.nz
Tel (03) 313 8822
South Canterbury CAB
Email cab.southcanterbury@xtra.co.nz
Tel (03) 684 5009
Buller CAB
Email cab.buller@xtra.co.nz
Tel (03) 789 8388
Westland CAB
Email cab.westland@xtra.co.nz
Tel (03) 755 7313
Alcohol and Drug Counselling Service
Christchurch
Tel (03) 388 6438
Canterbury Mental Health Consumer Network
Christchurch
Tel (03) 359 8688 or (03) 942 6505
Depression Support Network
Christchurch
Email admin@dsn.org.nz
Tel (03) 366 8083
Mental Health Education & Resource Centre
Christchurch
http://www.mherc.org.nz
Tel (03) 365 5344
Rural freephone: 0800 424 399
Balance NZ Bipolar and Depression Network
Tel (03) 366 3631
Services for Maori
He Oranga Pounamu
Based in Christchurch
http://www.hop.org.nz
Tel (03) 353 4370
Services for Pacific People
Pacific Trust Canterbury
Tel (03) 366 3900
Services for Students
Aoraki Polytechnic
Ashburton
Tel (03) 308 1212
Christchurch
Email health-centre@cpit.ac.nz
Tel (03) 940 8080
Timaru
Tel (03) 684 1545 or (03) 684 8237
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
Health Centre
Tel (03) 940 7566
Lincoln University
Health Centre
Email healthsupport@lincoln.ac.nz
Tel (03) 325 3835 or (03) 325 2811 ext 7835
University of Canterbury
Health Centre
Email healthcentre@canterbury.ac.nz
Tel (03) 364 2402
Wellington Institute of Technology
Student Support
Christchurch Campus
Tel (04) 9202 542