Health and Well-Being in the times of COVID-19

All of Aotearoa New Zealand is at Alert Level 4

At Alert Level 4, everyone must stay home and keep within their bubble, except for essential personal movement.


Here you will find a curated selection of the health and well-being links to the resources published on the COVID-19 portal and others.  We will not link to everything but to the most immediately critical topics. For everything else, at the bottom of the page we are listing the authoritative portals and sources where one can find a much wider variety of topics and much more detailed information.

Call for Help

Healthline: Free health advice and information, anytime – 0800 611 116 – just click to call.

111 EmergencyOne-One-One (111) Call triple one (111) when you need an emergency response from Police, Fire or AmbulanceIf you have difficulty hearing or talking on the phone you can register here for the 111 TXT service.

Ten Five (105):  Use Ten Five (105) to report things that don’t need urgent Police assistance and to report a breach of the COVID-19 rules.  If the 105 call centre is saturated and the operator asks you to report it via the website form, here it is (105 web form for reporting a breach of lockdown/rāhui rules).

Suicide Crisis Helpline:  0508 TAUTOKO or 0505 882 8865 – just click to call – is a free, nationwide service available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is operated by highly trained and experienced telephone counsellors who have undergone advanced suicide prevention training. If you think you, or someone you know, may be thinking about suicide, call the Suicide Crisis Helpline for support. If you believe either you, or someone you know, is in immediate danger, please call emergency services immediately on 111.

Important information

How to access healthcare

Self-isolation if you are unwell

All about COVID-19: how it spreads, symptoms, diagnosis and contact tracing

Looking after your mental well-being

Suicidal Ideation? - Get Help Here

Family violence and sexual violence prevention

Financial support tool

New Zealand Government COVID-19 Portal and other authoritative organisations