Health & Wellbeing

Books: Dunedin Public Libraries has great books and e-resources. Search the catalogue for 'health and wellbeing.'

BASE Youth Directory

This directory summarises the training courses, programmes and help and support services available to young people, including job seekers, in Dunedin.

Advice Hub - Youthline
Lots of helpful stuff about your mind, your body, drugs and alcohol, relationships, the law as well as free counselling and advice.

0800 What's Up
Free telephone counselling service for children & young people up to 18 years old.

Aunty Dee
A free online tool for anyone who needs to work through a problem.

Health Navigator NZ
Healthy  living topics specific to teens and young adults.

Alcohol.org.nz
Information, advice, research and resources to help prevent and reduce alcohol-related harm.

The Lowdown
About helping young Kiwis understand and deal with depression. It is free and interactive. It has heaps of really good information and is easy to use.

Thrive Te Pae Ora
A free face to face professional counselling service for young people (rangatahi) aged 12 to 24 and their family (whānau) living in the lower South Island.

Rainbow Youth
Support, information, resources and advocacy for Aotearoa’s queer, gender diverse, takatāpui and intersex youth.

Youth Line
Free call or free text for help and advice to get counselling and support