Suicide Prevention Tīaki Whānau
Mental Health Helplines
- Need to Talk? 1737 free call or text any time. Are you feeling anxious, want to talk, feeling down or a bit overwhelmed? call or text.
- Lifeline (open 24/7) 0800 543 354
- Depression Helpline (open 24/7) 0800 111 757 or depression.org
- Healthline (open 24/7) 0800 611 116
- Suicide Helpline (open 24/7) 0508 828 865 – This is a service for those thinking about suicide, or those who are concerned about family or friends
- Youthline (open 24/7) 0800 376 633 or free txt 234 between 8 am and midnight
- Kidsline (open 24/7 0800 543 754 – This service is for children aged 5 to 18
- Rural Support Trust 0800 787 254
- Te Whatu Ora Taranaki Crisis Team (Assessment & Brief Care) 0508 277 478 – sometimes you will need to leave a message
Taranaki Suicide Prevention Collaborative
Tui Ora Ltd provides promotion and coordination of existing regional suicide prevention services. The group includes representatives from:
- New Plymouth Injury Safe
- Rural Support Trust Taranaki
- Taranaki Retreat
- Te Whatu Ora Taranaki
- Yellow Brick Road
- Building Wellness Taranaki
- I Am Hope
- Ministry of Education
This collaboration aims to increase community awareness, coordinate training and education, and support communities to reduce self-harm and suicide.
For further information, please contact TaranakiSuicidePrevention@tuiora.co.nz
Building Wellness Taranaki
NPiS is proud to have been a catalyst in the establishment of Building Wellness Taranaki, which was set up by local industry leaders to help address the high rates of suicide in the construction sector. Their purpose is to ‘change the culture of the construction sector in Taranaki to one that cares for the mental wellbeing of our workforce’. Visit www.buildingwellness.co.nz for more informationYouth Self-Harm
NPiS completed a scoping project in 2021 that highlighted a significant number of issues and recommendations pertinent to Taranaki. Self-harm is a behaviour increasingly being used for distress and suffering by our young people, which needs to be safely addressed and resolved.
NPiS will be implementing recommendations identified to help assist in the effective prevention, management and treatment of youth self-harm. Please contact manager@npis.org.nz for more information.
TALK TO US
LINKS
- Helplines and local mental health services directory
- Tui Ora – Suicide Prevention Service
- Te Whatu Ora Taranaki – Mental Health Services
- Taranaki Retreat
- Mental Health Foundation – Suicide Prevention
- Ministry of Health – Suicide Prevention
- Ministry of Health – Suicide data and stats
- Yellow Brick Road – Mental Health Support For Families
- Family Works Taranaki
- Lifeline Aotearoa
- Rural Support Trust – Taranaki
- Progress to Health
- Agender NZ – a support group for transgender people and their families
- Coronial Services of New Zealand
- Health Promotion Agency’s Kupe data explorer – Mental health and wellbering
The Numbers
Average number of SUSPECTED suicides in Taranaki every year
Average number of SUSPECTED suicides are of people who identify as Māori
people hospitalised for self-harm in Taranaki each year
Percentage of males to females that die by suicide in TaranakI
document Library
| Title | File Type | File Size | Categories | Link | file_type_hfilter | doc_categories_hfilter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enhancing Wellbeing in the Construction Industry Report | 917 KB | All Suicide Prevention | all-suicide-prevention | |||
| High Schools Road Safety Survey 2013 Report – Taranaki | 2 MB | All Suicide Prevention | all-suicide-prevention | |||
| NPiS Taranaki Suicide Prevention Needs Assessment Report 2009 | 765 KB | All Suicide Prevention | all-suicide-prevention | |||
| Suicide Conversation Guide NATIONAL | 54 KB | All Suicide Prevention | all-suicide-prevention | |||
| Suicide Conversation Guide TE REO | 100 KB | All Suicide Prevention | all-suicide-prevention | |||
| Suicide Prevention Needs Assessment Summary Report 2009 | 2 MB | All Suicide Prevention | all-suicide-prevention | |||
| Taranaki Suicide Prevention Postvention Action Plan 2015 – 2017 | 2 MB | All Suicide Prevention | all-suicide-prevention |