If you have lost someone
Postvention support for whānau after a suicide — practical help, someone to sit with you, and a place at the next healing wānanga whenever you are ready for it.
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Āwhina
You don’t have to explain yourself first
All ages, all stages, all walks of life. Depending on where you’re at — it doesn’t matter.
Ināianei tonu
Right now
All of these are free, and all of them are answered by real people. You will not be charged, and you do not need a referral.
Emergency
111If someone’s life is in danger right now — ring 111 and ask for help. Stay with them until it arrives.
Need to talk?
1737Free call or text, 24 hours. Trained counsellors. You do not have to be in crisis to ring.
Suicide Crisis Helpline
0508 828 8650508 TAUTOKO. For anyone in distress, and for anyone worried about someone else.
Youthline
0800 376 633For rangatahi and young adults. Free text 234, or email talk@youthline.co.nz.
Mā mātou
What we can do alongside you
A helpline is for the moment. This is for the months and years afterwards.
If you are worried about someone
You do not need their permission to ask us for advice. Ring and describe what you are seeing, and we will help you work out the next step.
If it’s your own head
Come to a wānanga, come to an information evening, or just come and have a cup of tea with somebody. There is no threshold to cross first.
Whakapā mai
Talk to our team
For anything about the wānanga, our schools mahi, or bringing your organisation alongside.
This form is not monitored 24/7
If you or somebody else is in danger right now, do not wait for a reply. Ring 111, or call or text 1737.
Email us
Everything from this site comes to one inbox, and every reply comes from it:
korero@heaturangikamamao.co.nz
Wānanga & registrations
Coming to a wānanga, or want to know when the next one is? Fill in the registration form and it comes straight to the coordinator. Somebody replies personally — you will not get an automated email.
Or come through any of us
Every organisation in the collective is a way in. Use whichever door you already know, and they will bring you to the rest of us:
- Fordlands Community Centre
- Save Our Babies
- Tātai Ora
- Te Arawa Whānau Ora
- Te Ariki Foundation
- Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Pikiao
- Te Taumata o Ngāti Whakaue
If you are already working with one of them, you do not have to start again with us.
Kanohi ki te kanohi
If a phone call is too much, say so and we will come to you — or meet you somewhere that feels easier.
Kia haumaru
Talking about suicide safely
How we talk about it here
We do not describe methods, we do not treat any death as inevitable or as a solution, and we do not sensationalise. We name suicide plainly, because not naming it is part of what keeps whānau silent.
Sharing our videos
Please share them — that is what they are for. When you do, add a support line (1737 is the simplest) alongside the link, and give people a heads-up about what the kōrero is about so nobody comes across it unprepared.
Media and reporting
We are glad to kōrero with media about this kaupapa. We will not discuss individual whānau or individual deaths, and we ask that any coverage follows Aotearoa’s safe reporting guidance. Get in touch through the form above.