Gambling support

Safer Gambling Aotearoa(external link)
Phone 800 654 655 or email [email protected] for free confidential information and support over the phone. They can also help arrange for you to see someone in your area.

Asian Family Services(external link) Asian Helpline on 0800 862 342, text 832 or email [email protected]. The only provider for Asian people who are affected by gambling harm/mental health issue in New Zealand.

Family Mental Health Support Inc South Canterbury(external link) 
Phone (03) 684 4523, freephone 0800 732 000 or email [email protected]. Enhancing the well-being of family and whānau who are supporting someone with mental illness and/or addiction. Service covers the Aoraki region, including Timaru, Waimate, Twizel, Fairlie, Geraldine, Pleasant Point and Temuka.

Gambling Helpline New Zealand(external link)
Freephone 0800 654 655 or text 8006 for free counselling. A 24 hour, freephone helpline for those worried about gambling or the gambling of others. You can call us to receive immediate support, to be referred to another gambling support organisation, or for information services for problem gambling. Gambling Helpline is the helpline associated with the Government's Safer Gambling Aotearoa campaign to end harmful gambling.

Problem Gambling Foundation of NZ(external link)  
Freephone 0800 664 262, or text 5819 for free, professional and confidential counselling services for both gamblers and others affected by gambling. 

Mapu Maia(external link)
Freephone 0800 21 21 22 or email [email protected], Mon - Fri 8:30 am – 5:00 pm. Free talatalanoa (counselling) in English, Samoan and Tongan for Pacific peoples.

MASH Trust(external link) 
Freephone 0800 627 4878 or email [email protected]. Provides a wide range of support services for people with mental health conditions, disabilities, alcohol and addiction struggles, and youth support. MASH operates throughout the lower North Island in Wellington, Kapiti, Horowhenua, Manawatū, Whanganui, and Hawkes Bay.