Successful relationships
The following links are to organisations that provide support around developing and sustaining successful relationships.
Child protection
- works with families to ensure children and young people are safe and live in an environment in which they thrive, and provides families with support to raise confident, secure children. The provides information about the , and .
Violence prevention
- is part of the Ministry of Education’s Positive Behaviour For Learning (PB4L) website with information about bullying.
- is a guide for schools that provides practical advice on how to prevent bullying and respond effectively when it does occur.
- The aims to prevent violence against women by raising awareness about the signs of abuse in dating relationships. They are Police’s partners in Loves-Me-Not.
- is a community-driven behaviour change campaign to reduce family violence in New Zealand.
Online safety
- promotes confident, safe, and responsible use of online technologies.
- - online bullying help for young people
- .
- - Other information for young people
- provides information on how to improve online protection.
Skills development
- provides training so people have the skills to maintain personal safety.
Counselling services
- offers support to young people. Their provides tips, tricks and techniques for life.
Helpline: 0800 37 66 33
Free Text: 234
Email: talk@youthline.co.nz - is a counselling phone line for children and young people 5-18 years old, staffed by trained counsellors.
Helpline: 0800 942 8787
If you come across a broken link, or have suggestions for other relevant links, please email schools@police.govt.nz.
Travelling safely
The following links are to organisations that provide support around the safe use of our transport networks.
- The website includes information relevant to young people:
- section of the NZ Transport Agency’s website.
- The - road and rail safety resources for teachers to use as part of their local school curriculum.
- The website includes information relevant to young people:
- The section provides information on getting your licence
- is a section of the Automobile Association website on road safety, and includes information specifically about young drivers.
- enables student-led action to reducing the youth road toll.
- provides a practical plan to help learner drivers pass their restricted licence.
- Auckland Transport’s and sites provide information about travelling safely in Auckland (if you live outside Auckland, check out your council website to see what they have available to support safe travel).
If you come across a broken link, or have suggestions for other relevant links, please email schools@police.govt.nz.
Responsible citizens
The following links are to organisations that provide support around the protection of personal possessions and respect the possessions of others.
- aims to make homes, streets, neighbourhoods and communities safer and more caring places in which to live.
- are voluntary groups who give time and take responsibility to help the Police make their communities safer.
- enables people to give information about crime without revealing their identity.
- Phone: 0800 555 111 or complete a .
- The Ministry of Justice’s is a practical resource on how to stop graffiti vandalism.
- is a project to protect school property using a forensic property marking product to deter theft.
- provides a free 24/7 community response to help victims of serious crime and trauma.
- help make our communities safer, assist rangatahi and support whānau.
If you come across a broken link, or have suggestions for other relevant links, please email schools@police.govt.nz.
Healthy body, healthy mind
The following links are to organisations that provide support around the respect for body and mind and resisting the abuse of behaviour-altering substances.
Alcohol
- is the Health Promotion Agency's site for information, advice, research and resources to help prevent and reduce alcohol-related harm.
- supports those who are concerned about their own or someone else’s drinking or other drug use.
Helpline: 0800 787 797
Tobacco
- provides facts about the dangers of smoking and information to encourage New Zealand smokers to quit.
All drugs
- The aims to reduce and prevent the harms caused by drugs, by advocating for policies and services that build a healthy society.
- provides support to people for whom drug use is causing problems.
Helpline: 0800 787 797
Pasifika Helpline: 0800 787 799
Whaka-tu-tangata Helpline: 0800 787 798
Health
- offers information on how smoking, drinking, and doing drugs affect people's lives.
- The provides education about healthy choices, respecting others , and appreciating uniqueness.
- The is a searchable directory of service providers that can help families, including for example local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
- The website provides information on mental health conditions, where to get help and how to obtain support through their section.
If you come across a broken link, or have suggestions for other relevant links, please email schools@police.govt.nz.