Types of help

Some services have social workers. Social workers support people and whānau with personal or social difficulties to reach their goals and build skills to manage challenges in the future. 

Relationship counselling supports couples to learn to work out differences or communication difficulties. This type of counselling is usually suited to couples who aren’t experiencing family violence.

People can attend a family violence programme if their behaviour has caused harm or fear for someone they care about. There are individual programmes, as well as group programmes and they can help people learn new skills to manage their behaviour and keep safe. Partners and children/tamariki can also attend programmes to learn about family violence too.

Some people think of these programmes as Anger Management programmes, but anger is just one of the things that these programmes help people with.

Along with the support you can find in the Service Finder (above), there are some additional services available:

Community Law - Free Legal Help throughout New Zealand

Citizens Advice Bureau (cab.org.nz)

Suicide Support | Homicide Support and More | Victim Support NZ

Worried about a child? Tell us | Oranga Tamariki — Ministry for Children

1737 - Need to Talk?

Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura | Outing Violence

Te Kupenga Whakaoti Mahi Patunga: National network of Family Violence Services:

Making Homes Violence Free in New Zealand - Shine (2shine.org.nz)

Man Alive