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CareNZ Manaaki Aotearoa
Mental Health & Addictions Service
Today
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Description
CareNZ supports anyone concerned about their own or someone else’s use of alcohol or other drugs.
We provide a range of services throughout the country, in both the community and prison settings. Last year we supported over 7,000 New Zealanders.
We currently operate Community Services in Counties Manukau, the Waikato Region, and Greater Wellington. Here you can access a variety of services, from assessment and individual counselling to group work and whānau support.
In addition, we are operating Drug Treatment Units (DTUs) in prisons in conjunction with the Department of Corrections. These programmes offer prisoners the opportunity to address their drug and alcohol issues while serving their sentence, and offer them a pathway to sustainable life changes after their release.
For offenders in the community or those who have been released from prison, we offer support through our Out of Gate Settlement Service and Single Point of Entry triage service.
Programmes
Assessment
- Programme Areas
Addictions - drug & alcohol
- Programme Type
Community / social support (AOD)
- Regions
Wellington, Waikato, Hutt, South Auckland
- Age Groups
Youth / rangatahi, Adult / pakeke, Older adult / kaumātua
- Referral Types
Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services
Referral Process
CareNZ operates Community Services in Counties Manukau, the Waikato, and Greater Wellington regions. Please check with your local CareNZ services which options are available in your region.
Description
During an assessment session, we take a look at your use of alcohol or other drugs, and explore how other issues might be connected to it. An assessment provides an…
Individual Counselling
- Programme Areas
Addictions - drug & alcohol
- Programme Type
Community / social support (AOD)
- Regions
Wellington, Waikato, Hutt, South Auckland
- Age Groups
Youth / rangatahi, Adult / pakeke, Older adult / kaumātua
- Referral Types
Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services
Referral Process
CareNZ operates Community Services in Counties Manukau, the Waikato, Greater Wellington regions. Please check with your local CareNZ services which options are available in your region.
To make a self…
Description
We provide one-to-one support and counselling for up to 12 sessions. During these sessions, we will work with you to identify the underlying issues that might play a role in…
Living Free – Intensive outpatient programme
- Programme Areas
Addictions - drug & alcohol
- Programme Type
Social detox
- Regions
Wellington, Waikato, Hutt, South Auckland
- Age Groups
Youth / rangatahi, Adult / pakeke, Older adult / kaumātua
- Referral Types
Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services
Referral Process
CareNZ operates Community Services in Counties Manukau, the Waikato, and Greater Wellington regions. Please check with your local CareNZ services which options are available in your region.
To make a…
Description
Living free is an abstinence based group work programme. Work with others in a group situation, exploring a range of life and social skills designed to help you ‘live free’…
Recovery Groups
- Programme Areas
Addictions - drug & alcohol
- Programme Type
Advocacy / group / family whānau support (AOD)
- Regions
Wellington, Waikato, Hutt, South Auckland
- Age Groups
Youth / rangatahi, Adult / pakeke, Older adult / kaumātua
- Referral Types
Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services
Referral Process
CareNZ operates Community Services in Counties Manukau, the Waikato, Hutt and Greater Wellington regions. Please check with your local CareNZ services which options are available in your region.
To make…
Description
For everyone who has stopped using alcohol or drugs, we offer abstinence based recovery support groups. Sharing experiences and hearing other people’s stories can be beneficial for maintaining abstinence.
We…
Peer Support
- Programme Areas
Addictions - drug & alcohol
- Programme Type
Peer support (AOD)
- Regions
South Auckland
- Age Groups
Adult / pakeke, Older adult / kaumātua
- Referral Types
Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services
Referral Process
CareNZ operates Community Services in Counties Manukau, the Waikato, and Greater Wellington regions. Please check with your local CareNZ services which options are available in your region.
To make a…
Description
Peer Support Workers have personally experienced issues with alcohol and drug use in the past. They use their recovery experience and knowledge to help other people by providing peer support…
Youth Services
- Programme Areas
Addictions - drug & alcohol
- Programme Type
Community / social support (AOD)
- Regions
Waikato
- Age Groups
Youth / rangatahi
- Referral Types
Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services
Referral Process
CareNZ operates Community Services in Counties Manukau, the Waikato, and Greater Wellington regions. Please check with your local CareNZ services which options are available in your region.
To make a…
Description
The CareNZ Schools Youth Programme is currently available in schools across the Waikato. Our Schools Youth Team meets with students on school premises. We provide advice and information on alcohol…
Support for Whanau
- Programme Areas
Addictions - drug & alcohol
- Programme Type
Advocacy / group / family whānau support (AOD)
- Regions
Wellington, Waikato, Hutt, South Auckland
- Age Groups
Youth / rangatahi, Adult / pakeke, Older adult / kaumātua
- Referral Types
Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services
Referral Process
CareNZ operates Community Services in Counties Manukau, the Waikato, and Greater Wellington. Please check with your local CareNZ services which options are available in your region.
To make a self…
Description
Alcohol and drug addiction not only affect the person using substances, but also their whānau and friends. We can provide help and support to those struggling with another’s use of…
Impaired Driving Programmes
- Programme Areas
Addictions - drug & alcohol
- Programme Type
Community / social support (AOD)
- Regions
MidCentral, Wairarapa, South Auckland
- Age Groups
Youth / rangatahi, Adult / pakeke, Older adult / kaumātua
- Referral Types
Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services
Referral Process
CareNZ operates Community Services in Counties Manukau, the Waikato, and Greatter Wellington regions. Please check with your local CareNZ services which options are available in your region.
To make a…
Description
Our Driving Forwards Programme is a group work programme for recidivist drink drivers. It is currently available in Manawatu, Counties Manukau and the Wairarapa. Participants are usually referred to us…
NZTA Assessment
- Programme Areas
Addictions - drug & alcohol
- Programme Type
Community / social support (AOD)
- Regions
Wellington, Waikato, Wairarapa, Hutt, South Auckland
- Age Groups
Youth / rangatahi, Adult / pakeke, Older adult / kaumātua
- Referral Types
Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services
Referral Process
CareNZ operates Community Services in Counties Manukau, the Waikato, and Greater Wellington regions. Please check with your local CareNZ services which options are available in your region.
To make a…
Description
Our community services are able to offer NZTA Assessment for those who have lost their driver’s licence indefinitely following a conviction for drink driving. This is a specialist assessment to…
Therapeutic Communities – Drug Treatment Units
- Programme Areas
Addictions - drug & alcohol
- Programme Type
Residential alcohol & other drug treatment
- Regions
Wellington, Dunedin - South Otago
- Age Groups
Adult / pakeke, Older adult / kaumātua
- Referral Types
Corrections
Description
CareNZ has worked alongside the Department of Corrections in facilitating Drug Treatment Units (DTUs) across New Zealand since 1997, when the first DTU in Arohata Women’s Prison was opened.
Alcohol…
Single Point of Entry Service (Wellington/Wairarapa)
- Programme Areas
Addictions - drug & alcohol
- Programme Type
Community / social support (AOD)
- Regions
Wellington, Wairarapa
- Age Groups
Adult / pakeke, Older adult / kaumātua
- Referral Types
Corrections
Description
This service supports offenders serving a community sentence, helping them to get support for problematic use of alcohol and drugs at the right time.
Our Criminal Justice Team receives referrals…
Out of Gate – Prisoner Re-integration Service
- Programme Areas
Addictions - drug & alcohol
- Programme Type
Community / social support (AOD)
- Regions
Wellington, Nelson Marlborough, West Coast, Dunedin - South Otago, Southland, MidCentral, Wairarapa, Hutt
- Age Groups
Adult / pakeke, Older adult / kaumātua
- Referral Types
Corrections
Description
Out of Gate is a prisoner re-integration service provided by CareNZ in the South Island (except Christchurch) and the Lower North Island i.e. Wellington, Manawatu and Wairarapa, assisting short-serving men…
Charges
For most clients our treatment programmes and community support services are free – as these are paid for the by health system.
Hours
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
| Mon – Fri | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
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After hours by arrangement by referral into a group
Languages Spoken
English, Māori, Fijian Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, Cook Islands Māori, Samoan
Website
Contact Details
521 Great South Road, Manukau, Auckland
South Auckland
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Phone
0800 682 468
Email
Website
298 Tristram Street, Hamilton Central, Hamilton
Waikato
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Phone
0800 499 469
Email
Website
Coastlands Shoppingtown, State Highway 1, Paraparaumu
Wellington
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Phone
(04) 298 2805
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This page was last updated at 12:44PM on February 9, 2021. This information is reviewed and edited by CareNZ Manaaki Aotearoa.