Health & Wellbeing
MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
What is Mental Health?
Mental health relates to our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others and make choices.
Positive mental health allows people to:
Realize their full potential
Cope with the stresses of life
Work productively
Make meaningful contributions to their communities
The Rural Support Trust
The NZTBA are proud to endorse the Rural Support Trust. They have local, rural people who know from experience that pressures can mount up. Their networks and training can help with all kinds of situations, and help you get through your current challenges.
Sometimes you need to chat with someone who gets your issues, someone who’s been there before.
Call 0800 787 254 to get in contact with the Rural Support Trust who can help with everything from mental health and wellbeing challenges to budgeting and employment issues.
Useful Resources
HELPLINE - Need to Talk, call or text 1737
SUICIDE CRISIS HELPLINE - 0508 828 865
Farmstrong
Groov
Mindshift App
Beating The Blues
SPARX
Just A Thought
Mental Health Crisis Contacts
If someone is at immediate risk of harming themselves or others, or has attempted suicide contact your local crisis line:
Northland (Topuni to North Cape) Whangārei 0800 223 371
Waitematā (Wellsford to North Shore) West Auckland and North Shore 09 487 1414, After Hours 09 486 8900 (ask for North Crisis team)
Auckland Central Auckland 0800 800 717
Counties Manukau (South Auckland to Te Kauwhata) South Auckland 09 261 3700
Waikato (Coromandel, Hamilton to National Park) Hamilton 0800 505 050
Bay of Plenty (Tauranga, Whakatane to Te Kaha) Tauranga 0800 800 508, Whakatāne 0800 774 545
Tairāwhiti (Hicks Bay to Gisborne) Gisborne 0800 243 500
Lakes (Rotorua, Taupō, Tūrangi) Lakes 0800 166 167
Hawke’s Bay (Wairoa, Napier, Hastings, Waipukurau) Napier, Hastings 0800 112 334
Taranaki (New Plymouth to Waverly) New Plymouth 0508 292 467
Whanganui (Ohakune, Whanganui to Bulls) Whanganui 0800 653 358
Mid Central (Palmerston North to Waikanae) Mid Central 0800 653 357
Wairarapa (Masterton to Martinborough) Te Haika 0800 745 477
Hutt Valley (Lower and Upper Hutt) 0800 745 477
Capital & Coast (Kāpiti to Wellington) 0800 745 477
Nelson Marlborough (Top of South Island to Hanmer Springs) Nelson 03 546 1421, After Hours 03 546 1800, Marlborough 03 520 9907, After Hours 03 520 9999,Golden Bay 03 525 7647
Canterbury (Kaikōura to Ashburton) Ashburton 0800 222 955, Christchurch 0800 920 092
West Coast (West Coast, South Island) Greymouth 0800 757 678
South Canterbury (Timaru, Mt Cook, Tekapo, Temuka, Waimate) 0800 277 997
Southern Dunedin (Milford Sound South to Stewart Island) 0800 467 846 - Press 1 for Southland, Press 2 for Otago
