Waikato support services

Food Banks - region wide

Taha Tinana
www.foodbank.co.nz

Civil Defence

Taha Tinana
www.waikatoregioncdemg.govt.nz

Crisis Assessment and Home Treatment Service (CAHT) Waikato DHB

Taha hinengaro, taha whānau
A community based service providing urgent crisis mental health assessment for individuals who require support and are likely to require community or inpatient mental health services. Find out more.

Direct From the Market

Taha Tinana
Online store that delivers to many different areas in the Waikato.
www.directfromthemarket.co.nz

Driving Miss Daisy

Taha whānau, taha tinana
Companion driving service - essential service under Level 4. Can help with transport to supermarket, hospital etc.
www.drivingmissdaisy.co.nz

Helpline for businesses

Taiao
Phoneline offering support for businesses that have been impacted by COVID-19
Phone: 0800 500 362

MSD Keep New Zealanders working tool

Taiao
Connecting people to jobs.
www.jobs-during-covid.workandincome.govt.nz

Work & Income

Taiao
www.workandincome.govt.nz/covid-19/

Rural Support Waikato

Taha hinengaro, iwi katoa, taiao
A wide variety of support for farmers including advice, emotional support, community and information.
rural-support.org.nz

Shakti

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whaanau, Taha Wairua, Taiao, Iwi Katoa
Serving migrant and refugee women of Asian, African and Middle Eastern origin. Family Violence and Sexual Harm support. 
Phone: 0800 742 584 Email: crisisline@shakti.org.nz

Te Whakaruruhau - Waikato Women's Refuge

Taha Tinana, Taha Whānau, Taha Hinengaro
Essential service during all levels of Covid. Supporting families to live free from domestic abuse. Provide safe housing; 24 hour crisis services; community support services; support & advocacy; information & resources. 24/7 essential services during covid.
Phone: 24/7 crisis line 07 855 1569 or (0800) 733 843 REFUGE Email:refuge@wwrt.co.nz

Toi Te Ora contact

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whaanau, Taha Wairua, Taiao, Iwi Katoa
Welfare Referrals
Email: ttoimtcommunitywelfare@bopdhb.govt.nz

Waikato Community Law Centre

Iwi katoa
Free legal advice available to the whole of Waikato region This is a useful resource regarding tenancy, benefit entitlement etc.
www.clwaikato.org.nz

Waikato Tainui

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whaanau, Taha Wairua, Taiao, Iwi Katoa
Organising body for a wide range of support. Tribal members can contact them directly on the 0800 number for support or direction to other services. This includes referral to essential services, hardship grants, flu vaccination and Covid testing, care packages, meals on wheels, wifi in the home, employment support. 
Phone: 0800 824 684 Email: aawhina@tainui.co.nz
www.waikatotainui.com

Whare Ora

Taiao
Helping whānau to create warm, dry and safe homes. This is particularly important for rural areas and South Waikato.
More information. 

Here to Help U NZ

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whaanau, Taha Wairua, Taiao, Iwi Katoa
Online platform to connect people to organisations who provide collection services,employment, financial, food parcels, general support, mental health support, prepared meals and safe social connection.
www.heretohelpu.nz

Anglesea Clinic

Taha Tinana
Urgent medical, accident, injury care and fracture clinics.
07 858 0800
www.angleseaclinic.co.nz

Bellyful Hamilton

Taha Tinana
Supports families who don’t have others available to help out by cooking and delivering free meals. Part of the criteria is having a new baby generally under three months old, have a young family or someone in the family unit who has a serious or terminal illness. No financial assessment involved.
Available level 3 onwards
www.bellyful.org.nz 

Green World fruit and vege

Taha Tinana
Contactless pick-up. Also offer deliveries in the St. Andrews and Pukete areas. Delivery charges applies, $5 or more depending on where you live.
www.greenworldfruitveges.co.nz

K'aute Pacifica 

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taiao
Providing health, education and social services to Pasifika communities and all other ethnicities who wish to access the services. Emergency relief including food, mental health support and other urgent needs is available. 

Vaccination available Tue to Fri, 10am to 3pm, Richmond St carpark, next to the Hamilton Old Boys Rugby Club entrance (across from FMG Stadium).

Anyone over 12 can book. You do not need to be a NZ resident. For a booking please phone or email Robert Lavei 022 318 7151/ Robert.lavei@kautepasifika.co.nz. For Covid swabbing or testing, place contact Terereawai Kipa-Kearns 0225445030.

For general enquires, please ring Gade 022 461 47111
For Pacific emergency relief (food and other urgent needs), please call Moli 022 488 0294
For non-Pacific emergency relief (food and other urgent needs), please call Muia 022 032 5692
For Mental Health support, please call Amy 022 057 4211
www.kautepasifika.co.nz

Meals on Wheels: Red Cross

Taha Tinana
Dropping off prepared meals to the elderly and vulnerable.
More information

Ngaa Ringa Awhina

Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whanau
Kaupapa Māori Mental Health assessment and referral. Provide point of entry to ICAHMS. Child and Adolescents: Up to 18yo in Hamilton City Boundary, north to Meremere, east to Te Aroha, south to Ohaupo and west to Raglan. Pakeke/Adult Services: 18-65 years with coverage area is Hamilton City and 30 minutes drive surrounding.
07 839 5146 or 0800 367 222
Inward.Referrals.NRA@ngaaringaawhina.org.nz

Rauawaawa kaumatua charitable trust

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whaanau
Provides essential food and hygiene packs to only 55 year old kaumatua and older. You will need to register with Rauawawawa trust before you can receive assistance.
www.rauawaawa.co.nz

Salvation Army - Hamilton

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro
Online referral form for people to complete if experiencing financial hardship and need food delivered. Servicing Hamilton and Cambridge.
www.hcsa.co.nz/welfare

Settlement Centre Waikato

Taha Tinana, Taha Whaanau, Taha Hinengaro 
www.scw.org.nz

Te Au

Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whanau, Taha Wairua, Iwi katoa
Strengthening Māori health and wellbeing: specifically suicide prevention and postvention. National organisation with a branch in Hamilton.
www.centreofmaorisuicideprevention.com

Te Whare kokonga (Melville community centre)

Taha Tinana, Taha Whānau
Providing food packages under level 4
www.facebook.com/tewharek 

Te Runanga o Kirikiriroa

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whaanau, Taiao
A Kaupapa Māori organisation providing support across a number of areas including food distribution, Domestic violence support, mental health and addictions, emergency and transitional housing, help with benefit payments.
www.terunanga.org.nz

Te Whare o te Ata

Taha Tinana, Taha Whānau
They provide kai packages in Fairfield, Chartwell, Fairview and Enderly areas. Generally they offer a wider range of community services. During Level 4: Contact by text or Facebook messenger with name, address and members in whānau. 
Check Facebook page for more information and regular updates.
Email: shepherd@fairfield.org.nz Phone: 078557804 Mobile: 0223920912

The Serve

Taha Tinana
Providing takeaway meals at 11 Kings Street. Social distancing enforced.
Email: info@theserve.org.nz Phone: 022 1772210
www.theserve.org.nz

Sikhaware

Taha Tinana
Support with free grocery deliveries for over 70s. Operating througout level 4.
www.sikhaware.org.nz
Phone: 221772535

Vinnie Hamilton 

Taha Tinana
Food parcels and food assistance. Call to arrange.
Phone: (07)847-4044 Email: office@svdpham.org.nz

Western Community Centre

Taha Tinana
Providing some food to whānau - keep an eye on their facebook page for the latest updates.
www.westerncommunitycentre.org

Bellyful North Waikato

Taha Tinana
Bellyful Huntly supports families who don’t have others available to help out will cook and deliver free meals. Part of the criteria is having a new baby generally under three months old, have a young family or someone in the family unit who has a serious or terminal illness. No financial assessment involved.
www.bellyful.org.nz

Huntly Community Advice and Social Services

Taha Tinana
Support for those in need of a food package.
Phone: Tania Nepia Varnham Coordinator Admin 027 370 6628 Email: taniacomadvice@outlook.com

Huntly Community Foodbank

143 Main Street, Huntly
Phone: 07 8289500   

Huntly West Community Hub

143 Main Street, Huntly
Email:huntlywesthub@gmail.com
Phone: 07 828 0296

Ngāruawāhia Community House

Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whānau, Taha Tinana
A contact for emergency help for food, counselling etc.
13 Galileo Street, Ngāruawāhia.
Phone: Anne Ramsay 0210535848 

Raglan House

Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whānau, Taha Tinana
Budgeting, counselling, medical transport, linking to other services. Need to confirm services under level 4.
Phone: 07 825 8142
www.raglancommunityhouse.org.nz

Te Kauwhata Community House

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro
Counselling services, emergency assistance, clothing bank, medical transport, food Bank, frozen foods. Operating remotely under level 4.
Phone: 07 826 4303
Check Facebook for latest updates
 www.tekauwhatacommunityhouse.co.nz

Tu Tāngata Charitable Trust

Taha Whānau, iwi katoa
Helping whānau/families stand tall. Truancy, budgeting, legal services, housing, men, women and couple services. Need to confirm their services under level 4.
Phone: Maria Tamati – Manager 07 824 9358

Waahi Whaanui

Taha Whānau, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Tinana, Taha wairua
Holistic whānau support - social services, budgeting, counselling. Call to see what services are available for COVID welfare.
Phone: 07 828 9695
www.whanui.org.nz

Waikato Online delivery services

Taha Tinana
Waikato online food delivery services.
Covid 19 NZ: Lockdown deliveries: What you can get, where

Waka Tautoko North Waikato Transport Trust

Taha Tinana
Community shuttle – Volunteers assist community members to their health appointments. Need to confirm which levels they operate under.
Phone: Alicia Leef Manager 0800 828 865 Email: northwaikatotransport@gmail.com 

Age Concern Hauraki

Taha Whaanau, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Wairua
Outbound calling to vulnerable clients Connected with Grey Power.
Phone: 07 868 9790 or freephone 0800 65 2 105 Email: thamesmanager@ageconcern.gen.nz
www.ageconcern.org.nz

Bellyful Whitianga

Taha Tinana
Bellyful cooks and delivers meals to families with new-born babies and families with young children who are struggling with illness, where there is little or no family or social support.
Operating Level 3 and below.
www.bellyful.org.nz/bellyful-branches/whitianga/

Coromandel Cabs

Taha Whānau
A transport provider in Coromandel Town and surrounding areas.
Operating Level 3 and below
Phone: 021 230 5995

CAPS Hauraki

Taha Whānau
Family violence / sexual harm / associated mental health distress - counselling.
Phone: Rachel 07 868 8644
www.capshauraki.co.nz

Colville Junction

Reaching out to vulnerable people in Northern Coromandel.
Phone: 07 866 6920 Facebook page
www.cssc.net.nz

Coromandel Independent Living Trust (CILT)

Taha Tinana, Taha Whānau
Family Support Services contact - Jean Ashby - 021 503 148 / Abbey Namana - 022 516 0737.
Food bank / pharmacy / family support / other local initiatives. CILT are working with the Coromandel Four Square to provide a shopping and delivery service for people in the community who can not get to the shops themselves or do not have someone who can shop for them. They will collect the grocery order from the Four Square and deliver it to the door the next day. Call or email with the order to: 022 524 8511 or email orders@cilt.org.nz. Four Square will call for payment details on the same day as delivery. Delivery days are: Coromandel and Manaia: Monday - Friday; Harataunga / Kennedy Bay: Wednesday and Colville: Thursday. Access to the Coromandel Foodbank is available for those who can not pay. Contact Coromandel Foodbank 022 018 0849 or email corobudget@xtra.co.nz.
www.cilt.org.nz

Hauraki Family Violence Intervention Network

Taha Whānau, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Wairua
Up to date support information. Supports Eastern Bays Local Wefare Committee.
Phone: 273337547 Email: lauren@hfvin.co.nz 

Hauraki Maori Trust Board

Taha Tinana, Taha Whānau, Iwi Katoa
Iwi Support across Hauraki Regional food hub to ensure there's food stock and sufficient staff and volunteers to make up kai packs. 
www.hauraki.iwi.nz/

Paeroa Community Support Trust

Taha Tinana
Ensures Meals on Wheels is well organised and the Food bank is well stocked.
Email: Manager - Glenice Te Rore glenice.terore@pc.org.nz

Paeroa Food Bank

www.foodbank.co.nz/paeroa-foodbank

Thames Food Bank

www.foodbank.co.nz/thames-baptist-church

Te Ahi Kaa

Taha whanau, Taha Tinana
Hygiene packs, Kai packs and keeping on top of support whānau require.
Phone: 022 155 6165 Email: Erica Burke - teahikaas1@gmail.com or Marianne Hale kbayhale@gmail.com

Te Korowai o Hauraki

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whānau, Taiao
kaumatua, whānau, iwi, hapu and marae support. There are offices in Thames, Paeroa, Coromandel, Te Aroha, and Whitianga. Refer to Te Korowai Facebook page for COVID-19 swabbing clinics and Coromandel pop-up testing sites for whānau. 
www.korowai.co.nz

Te Whariki Mana Waahine o Hauraki (Womens Refuge)

Taha Tinana
www.hauraki.refuge.co.nz

Thames Connector

Taha Whānau
Local bus service operating during level 4 for essential workers and helping people access essential services.
Phone: 07 8683100

Whangamata Community Services Trust

Taha Tinana, Taha Whānau, Taha Hinengaro
Access to social workers, office is closed, but are able to assist with grocery shopping and can provide food parcels.
whangacst.co.nz

Whitianga Social Services

Taha Whānau, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Tinana
Food, grocery parcels, social services and phone counselling.
http://wcst.org.nz

Raukawa Charitable Trust

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whānau, Taha Wairua
Operating testing centres around South Waikato. Offices closed but still offering services remotely.
www.raukawa.org.nz

Te Aroha Foodbank

www.foodbank.co.nz/te-aroha-foodbank

Te Korowai o Hauraki, Te Aroha

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whānau, Taiao
Kaumatua, whānau, iwi, hāpū and marae support. There are offices in Thames, Paeroa, Coromandel, Te Aroha, and Whitianga. Refer to Te Korowai Facebook page for COVID-19 swabbing clinics and Coromandel pop-up testing sites for whānau. 
www.korowai.co.nz

Te Hauora o Ngati Haua

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whānau, Taiao
Te Hauora o Ngāti Hauā provides services and resources aimed at nurturing, connecting, empowering Ngati Hauā whānau, hāpū and iwi. The office is closed, but all staff are avaialble to soffer support as needed.
www.tehauora.co.nz/

Citizens Advice Bureau

Iwi Katoa
A good source of community based information to support whānau.

• Matamata, email: matamata@cab.org.nz
• Te Aroha, email: tearoha@cab.org.nz

SWPICS (South Waikato Pacific Island Community Services)

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whaanau, Taha Wairua
Providing pop-up testing and vaccination, as well as support for whānau as needed.
www.aeretai.nz

Raukawa Charitable Trust

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whaanau, Taha Wairua
Iwi health and social services provider. Operating testing centres around South Waikato. Iwi Offices closed but still offering services remotely.
www.raukawa.org.nz

Cambridge Community House

Taha Tinana, Taha Whānau
Wide range of social services including food parcels, groceries and violence free Waipa.
www.camcomhouse.org.nz

Here to Help U NZ

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whaanau, Taha Wairua, Taiao, Iwi Katoa
Online platform to connect people to organisations who provide collection services,employment, financial, food parcels, general support, mental health support, prepared meals and safe social connection.
www.heretohelpu.nz

Hinengakau Maatua Whangai

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whānau, Taha Wairua
Charitable Trust, to maintain, strengthen and re-establish the spiritual, physical, mental and wellbeing for families, Whānau, hāpū, and iwi. They will need to be contacted to see what specific COVID-19 support they provide.
Phone: 07 8956013 Email: managerhmw@xtra.co.nz

Kainga Aroha

Taha Tinana, Taha Whānau, Taha Hinengaro
Offering support with food (shopping, parcels) They also offer family support, social workers, family harm intervention, budgetting.
Phone: 07-871-6506 Email: info@ka.org.nz 

Korowai Trust

Taha Tinana
Provides emergency food parcels through their food bank at all levels.
Phone: Jacob Ngarewa - 020 414 77870 Email: tekuiti.korowaitrust@gmail.com

Kokiri Trust

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whānau, Taha Wairua
Whānau Pai team are able to offer mental health support over the phone. Check if they are doing food parcels.
www.kokiritrust.org.nz

Life Care

Taha Tinana
Providing a meals on wheels service in Cambridge
Phone: 07 827 5972 Email: office@lifecarecambridge.co.nz 

Maniapoto Maori Trust Board

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whānau, Taha Wairua
Supporting covid vaccinations. General priorities are cultural and social wellbeing.
www.maniapoto.iwi.nz

Ngati Maniapoto Marae Pact Trust

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whānau, Taha Wairua, Taiao
Essential services continue to operate under level 4. Urgent queries to Dennis 027496 7624.
www.maniapoto.org.nz

Otorohonga Foodbank

www.foodbank.co.nz/otorohanga-foodbank

Overdale Community Centre

Foodbank operating during Level 4 - call ahead to discuss needs.
Phone: 07 883 8771 Email: OCCCT@xtra.co.nz

Tokoroa Community Ministries

Taha Wairua, Taha Whānau, Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro
General services: Budgeting advice, advocacy, counselling and assistance with food, furniture and clothing is available from our Community Ministries centre in Tokoroa. The centre also runs family violence and parenting programmes. Need to confirm their activities during COVID-19.
Phone: (07) 886 9812 Email: Tokoroa_cfs@nzf.salvationarmy.org

Women's Refuge 

Taha Tinana, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whānau
Essential service during all levels of COVID-19. Supporting families to live free from domestic abuse. Provide safe housing; 24 hour crisis services; community support services; support & advocacy; information & resources.

• Taumaranui - Phone: 07 8967869/0800 473338 Email: office@twrsc.org.nz
  
• Waipa - Phone: 07 878 5081/ 0800 473338