These resources help you manage your mental and emotional health after a weather event or natural disaster.
He āwhina e pā ana ki te hauora hinengaro whaimuri i tētahi aituā māori Help with mental health after a natural disaster
Last updated: 8 September 2025
Navigator support
Our Storm Recovery Navigators provided a free and confidential service to help people recover from the 2023 weather events.
The Storm Recovery Navigation Service stopped accepting new referrals on 1 September 2025.
The 'Whānau Support Guide' on Storm Recovery Navigation Service can help you manage the effects of the 2023 storms and get ready for future emergencies.
Helplines
Phone or text Need to Talk? on 1737 for help with anxiety or mental health after an extreme weather event.
Trained counsellors are available for free, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
You can also contact:
- Alcohol Drug Helpline – phone 0800 787 797 or text 8681 for confidential advice, information or support about drinking or drug use
- Anxiety Line – 0800 2694 389 (0800 ANXIETY)
- Depression Helpline – 0800 111 757 or text 4202 to talk to a trained counsellor
- Healthline – phone 0800 611 116
- Lifeline – phone 0800 543 354 (0800 LIFELINE) or free text 4357 (HELP).
- Manaaki Tāngata | Victim Support - phone 0800 842 846
- Mental Health Foundation
- Rural Support - phone 0800 787 254
- Samaritans – 0800 726 666
- Tautoko (suicide crisis helpline) - free phone 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO)
- The Lowdown - text 5626
- Vaka Tautua (for Pacific people) – 0800 825 282.
Support for young people
- Gumboot Friday
- SouthSeas Bubblegum
- Sparklers at home
- What's up – 0800 942 8787
- Youthline – phone 0800 376 633, free text 234, email talk@youthline.co.nz or use the online chat
Visit allsorts.org.nz for more wellbeing tips, resources and tools.
Workshops
Free workshops are available for managing stress, emotions and addiction after the extreme weather events. These workshops offer in-person and online sessions.
For more information and to register your place, visit:
Resources for mental health
Balance app
The Balance app offers personalised meditation experiences to help you improve your sleep, mental health and manage stress. You can use it for free for the first year.
Download the app on the Apple Store or on Google Play.
Groov
Groov gives you the tools to manage stress, build healthy habits and support your mental wellbeing.
Download the app on the Apple Store or on Google Play.
After the Disaster’ podcast
After the Disaster is a podcast where you can find practical tips and evidenced-based advice on how to find your way through a disaster.
Listen to the podcast on Apple podcasts.
The Five Ways to Wellbeing
The Five Ways to Wellbeing offers five simple, everyday actions to support good mental wellbeing and health.