Phone helplines

If you need some support or you'd like to talk things through with someone confidentially, try one of these free phone counselling lines:

Phone counselling helpline run for and by young people
0800 376 633

Lifeline

24 hour free and confidential phone counselling service
0800 543 354

Depression line

Free helpline - provides information and advice specifically about depression
0800 111 757

Alcohol drug help line

Information, referral and intervention phone counselling service
0800 787 797

24 hour health advice line run by registered nurses
0800 611 116

Samaritans

24 hour free and confidential support line
0800 726 666

Outline

Free, confidential, non-judgemental phone counselling service for anyone who is gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, takataapui, intersex, fa’afafine, queer or questioning.
0800 OUTLINE (688 5463)

Warmline

Peer support helpline for people who use mental health services
0800 200 207

Mensline

Phone counselling line run for men by men
0800 MENSLINE (636 754)

Kidsline

Phone support service for children aged up to 14 years
0800 KIDSLINE (543 754)