Getting Support
Here you can find information about how to access specific support services in relation to family violence in Taranaki.
If you are in immediate danger please call 111 and ask for the Police.
If you are reaching out to because you are experiencing abuse, know someone who is or if you are someone who has used family violence and you are wanting to make some changes good on you for making that first step.
Click on the support type filter below to find out more.
ACC
ACC helps prevent injuries and supports New Zealanders and visitors to recover after an accident. If you’ve been injured, you or your doctor can contact ACC to discuss how we can help.
Age Concern Taranaki
Age Concern Taranaki supports, connects, and empowers older people across our community. We provide services designed specifically for those aged 65 and over.
Aspire Mens Project
Taranaki Women’s Refuge runs ASPIRE Men’s Project which provides support to men who are ready to make positive changes in their behaviour within their relationships.
Barnardos NZ
Barnardos Aotearoa is New Zealand’s leading children’s charity, supporting over 31,600 tamariki, rangatahi and whānau each year through early learning, helplines and family services.
CCS Disability Action
Support people with all types of impairments and have been working alongside disabled people since 1935
Department of Corrections
Department of Corrections works with offenders in prison and the community to protect the public and reduce re-offending, making New Zealand safer.
Families Overcoming Addiction
Provide support and information for people affected by a loved-one's alcohol and/or drug use.
Family Works
Taranaki Family Works provides free social work and counselling for at-risk children and youth under 17 in New Plymouth, Waitara, Stratford, and Hāwera.
Flourish Taranaki
Flourish Taranaki is a charitable community collaboration focused on making parenting a little bit easier.
Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Taranaki improves, promotes, protects and cares for the health/wellbeing of Taranaki.
IDEA Services Taranaki
IDEA services provides support for people with intellectual disabilities so they can live, learn, work and enjoy life as part of the community.
Kidsafe Taranaki Trust
Kidsafe Taranaki Trust aims to reduce the incidence and severity of unintentional injuries to children/tamariki in Taranaki.
Kāinga Ora
Kāinga Ora provides social housing and support to individuals and families across Taranaki.
Migrant Connections
Migrant Connections Taranaki is a free service aimed at broad migrant support which includes skilled and non-skilled migrants and their families.
Ministry of Justice
Court Services for Victims is a free, confidential service from Victim Advisers, supporting you through the court process from the first hearing to sentencing and appeals.
Ministry of Social Development
Work and Income case managers are trained to support people in or leaving violent family situations. Talk to them so they can understand and help you create a safer future.
New Zealand Police
New Zealand Police provide emergency response and support through their Family Violence Coordinators.
Ngāruahine Iwi Health Services
Ngāruahine Iwi Health Services is Iwi-owned, providing health and social support using a Whānau Ora approach to uplift whānau within Ngāruahine’s reach.
Ngāti Ruanui Iwi Social Services
Provides holistic Tikanga Māori social work support, advocacy, mentoring, and assistance with WINZ, courts, Oranga Tamariki, housing, parenting, domestic violence, grief, and suicide prevention.
Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children
Oranga Tamariki supports children in New Zealand at risk of harm, believing that with the right environment and care, every child can flourish.
Out of Gate – NZ Community Living
Out of Gate is a service designed to support individuals transition from prison into the community.
Progress To Health
Progress to Health is a community based organisation supporting people with long-term mental health conditions or disabilities throughout Taranaki.
Roderique Hope Trust
Roderique Hope Emergency Housing Trust is a local Taranaki charity providing Transitional Housing, Sustaining Tenancies support, and the Ready to Rent programme to help the community.
South Taranaki Whānau Centre
South Taranaki Whānau Centre provides support and guidance for clients, including survivors of sexual and family harm.
Taranaki Community Law
Taranaki Community Law offers free, confidential legal services across the Taranaki region. Their service is provided to meet the unmet legal needs in the community
Taranaki Disabilities Information Centre Trust
Building inclusive communities through Information, Service and Support
Taranaki PARS
PARS reduces offending by supporting offenders and their whānau through reintegration, family support, court assistance, and post-release services.
Taranaki Plunket
Taranaki Plunket supports the health, development, and wellbeing of children under 5, helping parents gain confidence and families stay connected to their community.”
Taranaki Restorative Justice Trust
Taranaki Restorative Justice Trust works with victims and offenders referred by the Court, facilitating meetings to address harm and support positive outcomes for the future.
Taranaki Safe Families Trust – Ngāmotu Men’s Group
Taranaki Safe Families Trust is a collaborative of 27 member agencies that work together to prevent family violence in Taranaki
Taranaki Women's Refuge
Women’s Refuge supports women and children experiencing or at risk of domestic violence.
Tautoko Tāne Male Survivors Taranaki
Male Survivors Taranaki supports men who have experienced sexual abuse, offering discreet one-to-one and group peer support to help create a healthier, happier future.
Te Ara Pae Trust
Te Ara Pae Trust promotes family and whānau wellness, offering support for family violence, counselling, anger and sexual violence programmes, and safe house services.
The Salvation Army
Since 1883, The Salvation Army has fought poverty and social and spiritual distress in New Zealand.
Tū Tama Wahine o Taranaki
Tū Tama Wahine are a kaupapa Māori organisation delivering health and social services across the Taranaki region.
Vulnerable Adults Taranaki (SVAT)
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Taranaki is a multiagency approach to safeguarding vulnerable adults at risk of harm within Taranaki.
Wellstop
Wellstop provides assessment and treatment for those affected by sexual harm or harmful behaviour, supporting individuals and families to live healthy lives in the community.
Yellow Brick Road
A national organisation that provides mental health support for families who have a loved one experiencing mental health challenges.
Ngāruahine Iwi Health Services
16 Tauranga-A-Ika Street, Manaia 4612, New Zealand
Ngāruahine Iwi Health Services is Iwi-owned, providing health and social support using a Whānau Ora approach to uplift whānau within Ngāruahine’s reach.
Out of Gate – NZ Community Living
New Zealand
Out of Gate is a service designed to support individuals transition from prison into the community.