Contact Us or other services

Your inquiries about our work are welcome, and we value your comments and feedback.  
Please send us an email via this web form, call 548-2798, post mail to us PO Box 691 Nelson, NZ or visit us at 26 New Street, Nelson. Thank you.

To talk to a COMPASS advocacy worker please call: 0800 212 798

To contact The Whitehouse please call: 03 546 9317 or alternatively you can ring 0800 114 976

If you need to talk to someone NOW, you can call:

• Lifeline 03 546 8899 (or Lifeline freephone 0800 423 743) for a friendly and supportive 24-hour listening service or for face-to-face counselling; phone to make an appointment.
• Youthline 24/7, (24hrs a day) 0800 37 66 33 from a landline, 0800 211 211 from any cellphone (& ask for Youthline) or text 027 4 YOUTHS or visit the Youthline website bulletin board talk@youthline.co.nz
• In Emergency: Dial 111 for Ambulance
• ‘Get the Msg‘ is a free text message information service; text the name of any drug to DRUG (3784) to receive information

Some other 0800 services:

• Alcohol Drug Helpline (free, confidential advice & referrals about own or someone else’s drug use) 0800 787 797 (10am – 10pm 7 days)
• Alcoholics Anonymous 0800 229 675
• Free Dental Care if you’re Year 9 (form 3) up to age 18 call: 0800 Its Free (0800 487 3733) To order adolescent dental care enrollment packs phone Anne on (03) 546 1536
• Quitline (for quitting smoking) 0800 778 778
• 0800 What’sUp, 0800 942 8787 is a counselling service for 5 – 18 year olds, daily noon to midnight.
• Youthlaw 09 309 6967 (NZ Collect calls accepted from young people)
• Termination of Pregnancy free counselling Hospital Social Worker 03 546 1902

If you want to search on-line directories try the following local sites:

• Many Nelson Community Groups are listed in Found Directory: www.found.org.nz
• The Nelson Community Group website is at www.clicks.org.nz
• The national Addictions Treatment Directory website is available at: www.addictionshelp.org.nz
• www.211.govt.nz – this address connects to the Ministry of Social Development’s on-line National Social Services directory which includes organization contact details and a brief description of services.

If you want to list your details in a Services Directory, please contact the Nelson City Council Found database or the Nelson Primary Health Organisation directory of health services. The Nelson PHO can be contacted here and the Found administrator here.