“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.”
-James Cameron
General Support
Depression Helpline 0800 111 757 of FREE text 4202 – to talk to a trained counsellor
Depression www.depression.org.nz
Directions Youth Health Centre 0800 967 742
Emergency Mental Health 0800 112 334
He Waka Tapu 0800 439 276 (for men)
Healthline 0800 611 116 – for advice from trained registered nurses
Kids Line 0800 543 754
Life Line 0800 543 354 or FREE Text 4357
Samaritans 0800 726 666 for confidential support for anyone who is lonely or in emotional distress
Tautoko Suicide Crisis Helpline 0508 828 865
What’s Up 0800 942 8787
Women’s Refuge Hastings. Crisis Line 0800 733 843
Youthline 0800 376 633 FREE text 234, E-mail talk@youthline.co.nz
Food Banks
Nourished for Nil 0508 3663 73723
Camberley, 703 Kiwi St Monday 3-4pm
Flaxmere 06 879 5828, 30 Swansea Rd Friday 5-6pm
Napier 06 844 4941, 30 Cranby Cres Tues/Thurs 4-5pm
Hastings – Mon/Wed/Fri 4:30 – 5:30pm and Thurs from 10am – 11am (Seniors)Phone interviews only before 10:30am– pick up 11:30-12:30 from Budget First (Note: the office opens 10am on Tuesday).
Salvation Army Hastings 06 8765771 opens Tuesday 12:30 – 2pm. Clients must phone to arrange food parcel)
Te Whare Tapa Whā
Te Whare tapa whā was developed in 1984 by Sir Mason Durie. This model describes hauora (health and wellbeing) as a wharenui (meeting house) - a house of four walls. Each wall represents a dimension of our health, and our connection to the whenua/land forms the foundation. When one or more of these walls are out of balance, our hauora (wellbeing) is impacted. We need these different dimensions to be in balance for strength and stability. By nurturing and strengthening each of these areas, we can support our holistic health and wellbeing.
Articles, Publications, Reports
Living or Merely existing? The experiences of male survivors of historical sexual abuse in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
This report summarises the findings from the first stage of a research project funded through the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) and undertaken by the charitable organisation Male Survivors Aotearoa. The stage detailed in this document generally describes the lived experience of male survivors of sexual abuse in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The second stage of the project will overview survivors’ experience of support, particularly in relation to peer support approaches.
Online Videos
The 7 Impacts of Trauma
From his years of experience as a physician and addiction recovery expert, Dr. Gabor Maté has identified 7 major impacts that trauma has on a person. In this video, Gabor explains what the 7 impacts of trauma are. In the full series Healing Trauma & Addiction, he goes more in-depth about the impacts of trauma and how to heal from them.