Health Support - General
Access Community Health
- Cost of Service Free
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Telephone
(09) 430 4794
0800 284 663 - Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Address 8 Okara Drive Whangarei 0110
- Website www.access.org.nz
- Regions Served Whangārei, Kaipara, Far North, Other Northland areas
Access is one of New Zealand's leading healthcare providers, specialising in home-based healthcare and support. They work with the Ministry of Health, NDHB and ACC, among others, to support people to live independently in their own homes.All services are free of charge with referral.
APM
- Cost of Service Free, Other
- Telephone 0800 967 522
- Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Website www.apm-nz.co.nz
- Facebook www.facebook.com/apmnz
- Regions Served Whangārei, Kaipara, Far North, Other Northland areas
APM deliver a wide range of services across New Zealand, including allied health, psychological intervention, employment support, physiotherapy, vocational rehabilitation, pain management, community-based services, concussion service, workplace assessments, tamariki (paediatric) services, older adults, return to work support.Their teams are based across Aotearoa with an office in Whangarei.
Bream Bay Community Support Trust
- Cost of Service Free
- Telephone (09) 432 7197
- Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Address 9 Takutai Place Ruakaka
- Facebook www.facebook.com/BreamBayCommunitySupportTrust
- Regions Served Whangārei
The Bream Bay Community Support Trust seeks relationships that create opportunities that support safety, well-being and autonomy for the people of Bream Bay, Northland. Whānau Ora health clinics are held twice weekly at the Bream Bay Community Support Trust.
Care on Call
- Cost of Service Free, Low Cost, Other
- Telephone 0800 664 422
- Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Website www.careoncall.co.nz
- Facebook www.facebook.com/careoncallnz
- Regions Served Whangārei
Care on Call provide in home care services to those in need . This includes supporting people with personal care, companionship and a range of household tasks. Care on Call also offer specialised services such as Dementia care, end of life support and rehabilitation services. Care On Call provides Ministry of Health and ACC funded services as well as privately paid support.
Health & Disability Commissioner's Office
- Cost of Service Free
- Telephone 0800 112 233
- Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Website www.hdc.org.nz
- Regions Served Whangārei, Kaipara, Far North, Other Northland areas
The role of the Commissioner is to promote and protect the rights of health and disability consumers (pursuant to the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994) and to facilitate the fair, simple, speedy and efficient resolution of complaints. Brochures are available detailing the rights under the Code and how to lodge a complaint. This is a nationwide service.
Healthify He Puna Waiora (formerly Health Navigator NZ)
- Cost of Service Free
- Website www.heathify.nz
- Facebook www.facebook.com/healthifyhepunawaiora
- Regions Served Whangārei, Kaipara, Far North, Other Northland areas
Healthify He Puna Waiora (formerly known as Health Navigator NZ) provides reliable and trustworthy health information and self-care resources for New Zealanders. On their website you can find links to health conditions, medicines, healthy living advice, apps, videos, resources in different languages, where to get support, information for clinicians and more.
Healthline
- Cost of Service Free
- Telephone 0800 611 116
- Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Website www.healthline.govt.nz
- Regions Served Whangārei, Kaipara, Far North
Healthline is a free, 24 hour a day, telephone health advice service. Healthline registered nurses assess a person's condition and health needs and recommend the best course of action and a time-frame in which to take action. They can also provide general health information and location of services. The service provides a language line for non-English speakers.
Heart Place Hospital
- Cost of Service Free
- Telephone +6421 073 3072
- Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Address 248 Devich Road, Mangawhai 0573
- Website www.heartplacehospital.org.nz
- Facebook www.facebook.com/heartplacehospital
- Regions Served Whangārei, Kaipara, Far North, Other Northland areas
Heart Place Hospital is a community of multidimensional service providers that work in a partnership agreement to provide a healing round table to create a safe space and multifaceted solutions for people working on the front line, such as nurses, midwives, doctors, emergency services, and teachers, at no cost.
They have 80+ service providers offering in-person and online treatment that goes beyond the typical referrals made by hospitals.
Kāinga Ora: Healthy Homes
- Cost of Service Free
- Telephone 0800 801 601
- Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Website www.kaingaora.govt.nz
- Regions Served Whangārei, Kaipara, Far North, Other Northland areas
Kainga Ora Healthy Homes is a free service which aims to support low income families to have warmer, drier and healthier homes. This can be in the form of education, supplementing social housing applications or minor housing repairs. Interventions are delivered through a mixture of social work and interagency collaboration. Families in all housing tenures (social housing, private rental, boarders) are potentially eligible.
Nationwide Health & Disability Advocacy Service
- Cost of Service Free
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Telephone
(09) 430 0166
0800 555 050 - Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Address 21 Norfolk Street, Whangarei
- Website www.advocacy.org.nz
- Regions Served Whangārei, Kaipara, Far North, Other Northland areas
The Nationwide Health & Disability Advocacy Service (the Advocacy Service) offers free, independent and confidential advice and support to help you resolve issues with health and disability services.
Ngā Tai Ora - Public Health Northland - Te Whatu Ora, Health NZ
- Cost of Service Free
- Telephone 094304100
- Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Address
Whangarei: 20 Commerce Street, Whangarei
Far North: 25 Homestead Road, Kerikeri 0230 - Website www.northlanddhb.org.nz/our-services/a-z/public-health/
- Regions Served Whangārei, Kaipara, Far North, Other Northland areas
Ngā Tai Ora services include: • Community Wellbeing Advisors• Public Health Advisory Drug and Alcohol• Health Protection• Public Health Intel• Covid19 Outreach (Case Management & Contact Tracing)• Medical Officer of Health
Quitline
- Cost of Service Free, Low Cost
- Telephone 0800 778 778
- Website www.quit.org.nz
- Regions Served Whangārei, Kaipara, Far North, Other Northland areas
Call or text (4006) Quitline for free advice and non-judgemental support to quit smoking.An advisor will talk you through the three parts of the smoking addiction - chemical, emotional and habitual. Through Quitline you can order subsidized nicotine patches, gum or lozenges - $5 for a 4 week supply (with the option of a free repeat). They'll also send you a Quit Pack with resources to support you.
Ringa Atawhai Trust
- Cost of Service Free
- Telephone (09) 430 3305
- Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Address 72A Maunu Rd, Whangarei
- Regions Served Whangārei
The Ringa Atawhai Trust is a volunteer community health promotion organisation providing whanau support.No referral required.
Sexual Health Service (123 Clinics)
- Cost of Service Free
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Telephone
[Whāngarei]
0800 286 828
[Kaipara]
094393330ext6733
[Far North]
0800 286 828 -
Address
[Whāngarei]
17 Norfolk Street, Whangarei
[Kaipara]
Dargaville Hospital, Dargaville
[Far North]
29 Rankin Street, Kaikohe 0405 - Website www.northlanddhb.org.nz/your-health/healthy-lifestyles/health-promotion/sexual-health-promotion/sexual-health-services
- Regions Served Whangārei, Kaipara, Far North, Other Northland areas
They provide:• Adult sexual abuse service: medical, psychological & social care• Contraceptive advice• Diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and other related conditions (including Genital Warts (HPV), Genital Herpes (HSV)• STI testing for chlamydia, trichomonas, gonorrhoea, syphilis, HIV, hepatitis B and C• Emergency contraception• Free condoms• Pregnancy testing• Sexual health counselling• Sexual health education for clients and health professionals• PrEP Pre Exposure Prophylaxis• HPV vaccinations• Hep B vaccinations
Sport Northland
- Cost of Service Free
- Telephone (09) 437 9600
- Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Address Northland Sports House, 97 Western Hills Drive, Kensington, Whangarei 0112
- Website www.sportnorthland.co.nz
- Regions Served Whangārei, Kaipara, Far North, Other Northland areas
Sport Northland is a Regional Sports Trust. The vision of the organisation is to enrich lives through play, active recreation and sport.The Break-Away School Holiday Programmes provide young people (11 - 18 years) with an opportunity to attend fun, stimulating and structured school holiday programmes at no cost to participants.
Stuttering Treatment and Research Trust (START)
- Cost of Service Low Cost
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Telephone
09579-6775
027229-3361 - Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Website www.stuttering.co.nz
- Facebook www.facebook.com/StutteringNZ
- Regions Served Whangārei, Kaipara, Far North, Other Northland areas
START is a charitable trust that provides specialist therapy and support for people of all ages who stutter and their families and whanau. START works with preschool and school age children, teens and adults. They provide individual therapy (both in person and via Zoom) and a range of groups and courses. Please don't hesitate to contact them if you or someone you know is stuttering - there is help available.
Te Runanga o Whaingaroa
- Cost of Service Free
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Telephone
(09) 405 0340
(09) 405 0370 - Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Address Cnr Waikare Avenue & State Highway 10, Kaeo 0478
- Website www.whaingaroa.iwi.nz
- Facebook www.facebook.com/whaingaroa.iwi
- Regions Served Far North
Te Runanga o Whaingaroa focus on the delivery of Whānau Ora holistic services to all resident families/whanau and individuals seeking assistance in their geographic area.Services include:• Social well being • Health • Education • Housing Repairs• Emergency Housing• General information/advice services.They also offer free access to help such as social workers, financial capability budget mentoring, In-home education for under 3's, driver licensing assistance, transitional housing and whanau ora planning.
Toki Rau Stop Smoking Service
- Cost of Service Free
- Telephone 0508 865 4728
- Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Address C/- Te Hiku Hauora, 49 Redan Road, Kaitaia 0410
- Website www.tokirau.co.nz
- Regions Served Whangārei, Kaipara, Far North, Other Northland areas
Toki Rau Stop Smoking Services Northland provide a FREE Northland wide stop smoking service, offering face-to-face support which can be provided in an individual, whānau/family or group setting. They provide free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to support you on your journey to quit/become smokefree. This includes gum, lozenges and patches. They can also advise you about other non-funded stop smoking medicines available.
Waka Ora - Health Shuttle - Whangarei
- Cost of Service Low Cost
- Telephone 0800 925 2672
- Regions Served Whangārei
The Whangarei Health Shuttle is a community service that transports anybody and everybody to and from their medical and health related appointments (dentists, specialist, day surgery) within the Whangarei township.Stress-free, straight forward, this is a koha (donation) service. St John Health Shuttles are staffed by fully trained volunteers who will pick you up from home and return you after your appointment. Mon to FriCall at least 24 hours ahead of the appointment.