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• 0800 what's up? : 0800 942 8787 : help for young New Zealanders
  The Kids Help Foundation Trust offers a telephone counselling service for children and young people. Site has information about the trust's services, policies and procedures. No online counselling service.
  
  
• Al-anon, Alateen
  Organisation established to help families and friends of alcoholics recover from the effects of living with the problem drinking of a relative or friend. Includes Alateen, a recovery program for young people.
  
  
• Attitude
  Tips for youth on how to handle your head: getting to know yourself, sorting problems and handling emotions and relationships.
  
  
• BabyWebNZ
  A directory of mainly New Zealand baby-related websites which provide information on pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, babies, health, parenting, support services and shopping.
  
  
• Blind & Low Vision Education Network (NZ)
  The BLENNZ site provides vision-impaired children, their parents and teachers educational resources and information on services in New Zealand. Also offers free downloadable documents, Windows and Apple software, and MP3 audiobooks.
  
  
• Bounty Services
  Provides information for parents on planning pregnancy, baby and child care and health. Includes information packs.
  
  
• Brainwave : build a lifetime in the first three years
  Aims to inform people about what is happening inside baby's brains in the first critical years, and how this impacts on adulthood.
  
  
• CanTeen
  The national support network for teenage cancer patients.
  
  
• Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee = Te Rōpū Arotake Auau Mate o te Hunga Tamariki, Taiohi
  Mortality data and reports on the deaths of young people aged between 4 weeks and 24 years.
  
  
• Child Cancer Foundation
  Support and information for child cancer patients and their families.
  
  
• Child Safety Foundation New Zealand teaching our kids to live safely
  About the society. Information about child safety and accident prevention in the home and outside the home.
  
  
• Children's Health Camps = Te Puna Whaiora : the New Zealand foundation for child and family health and development
  Outlines current activities and history of New Zealand children's health camps. Includes a special children's section.
  
  
• Children's Issues Centre, University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand = Manawa Rangahau Tamariki
  Research and information centre for issues involving children, with local and international links, publications and current activities.
  
  
• Cleft Lip & Palate Support Group
  Provides information and support to assist parents and caregivers of children with cleft lip and/or palate. Site includes real people stories, discussion forum, and links to local support and related sites.
  
  
• Cloud 9 Children's Foundation New Zealand
  Aim is "Helping you understand children with Asperger's Syndrome and helping them understand you."
  
  
• Crying over spilt milk : Gastric Reflux Support Network NZ for Parents of Infants & Children Charitable Trust
  Gastric Reflux Support Network New Zealand for Parents of Infants & Children Charitable Trust (GRSNNZ) site. Information and advice from a variety of sources about gastric reflux disease in children. Includes a discussion board.
  
  
• Cure kids : turning research into hope : Child Health Research Foundation
  Cure Kids is the face of the Child Health Research Foundation, an organisation devoted to funding leading edge research in child health including areas such as cot death and cystic fibrosis. Includes research articles.
  
  
• Dare Foundation : skills for life
  Details of the programmes designed to challenge children, parents and their communities to develop skills in decision-making, assertiveness, responsibility and esteem to enable them to make informed and supported choices for a powerful life.
  
  
• FADE
  The Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Education (FADE) provides alcohol and drug services for New Zealanders in educational institutions, communities, workplaces and prisons. Services include education, training and resources.
  
  
• Feeding our futures
  A national social marketing programme developed by the HSC as part of the Government's Healthy Eating--Healthy Action (HEHA) Strategy, to help parents and caregivers ensure their children are getting a healthy diet. Includes information about healthy eating, tips for parents, research, and news.
  
  
• FOE : Fight the Obesity Epidemic : stop our children developing Type 2 diabetes
  FOE's initial focus is to improve children's nutrition through legislation, regulation, taxation and education. Includes publications in PDF format.
  
  
• Get Kids Active : active body, active mind
  GKA site aims to help provide parents, teachers and caregivers with advice, resources and downloads about getting children physically active. Also includes recipes; obesity calculator; competitions and discussion groups.
  
  
• Go kids! : a physical activity and nutrition resource for OSCAR programmes
  New Zealand-wide project to enhance the health and fitness of children participating in before school, after school and school holiday programmes through a set of resources that provides regular exercise activities and nutrition advice.
  
  
• Headspace.org.nz
  A community resource aimed at providing good information about mental health and illness for young people, their family/whanau and their schools. Headspace is part of the Kari Centre.
  
  
• Health and physical education online : for New Zealand schools and teachers
  Provides resources and support for teachers for teaching health and physical education in the New Zealand curriculum. Subsite of Te Kete Ipurangi.
  
  
• Heart Children New Zealand Inc.
  Heart Children New Zealand's mission is to provide and facilitate the best support and care for children with congenital heart disease and their families. The site provides: information on the services provided by the organisation, and on the facilities at Greenlane Hospital and the BNZ Heart House; resources including its newsletters and links to related websites; profiles of, and artwork and stories by heart children; and a list of frequently asked questions with answers.
  
  
• IAS : Immunisation Awareness Society : for an informed choice
  A comprehensive resource for discussion of the issues surrounding immunisation, group wishes parents to make informed choices about immunisation, links to many health sites.
  
  
• Immune Deficiencies Foundation of New Zealand
  Offers support to children, teenagers and adults with diagnosed primary immune deficiency disorders. Includes information about the organisation and the disorders, stories of people with primary immune deficiencies, newsletters in PDF format, details of events, and links.
  
  
• Immunisation Advisory Centre
  IMAC is based at the University of Auckland. Site provides information for parents and caregivers as well as health professionals. Online publications.
  
  
• Kidney Kids
  A parent driven organisation, set up to meet the needs of parents of children who have kidney disorders. In addition to information about the organisation, the web site includes stories about children with kidney disease, renal information and links, guides to life, an events album and details about the annual camp.
  
  
• Kids Foundation of New Zealand Inc.
  Offers support to children and adults with primary immune deficiencies, immune defects and related blood disorders. In addition to information about the Foundation and the disorders, the web site includes stories of people with primary immune deficiencies, newsletters in PDF format, details of events, and links.
  
  
• Kidshealth
  A child and youth health information website intended to support parents and health professionals. Includes information on keeping children well, medical conditions and assists families through many health complexities such as disability, education and accessing welfare.
  
  
• Kidsline : it helps to talk : 0800 Kidsline
  Kidsline offers a telephone counseling service for children, where children can talk to either an older child "buddy" or a trained counsellor. Site has information about Kidsline services and procedures, including an optional online form for email counseling. Discusses some of the common problems faced by children and includes activities and competitions for children.
  
  
• Life Education Trust
  Describes the philosophy behind the Life Education Trust , a health education resource for pre-school, primary and intermediate schools that fits in closely with the Ministry of Education's Health and Physical Education Curriculum and Science Curriculum, and provides information about their programmes. Includes information for parents and teachers, and links to educational resources. Also includes activities for children and teenagers.
  
  
• Lungfish : the next generation
  Health Sponsorship Council's anti-smoking site targeted to 7-12 year olds and their parents or teachers. Offers information, activities and competitions for individual or school use.
  
  
• Meningococcal B : be wise, immunise
  Information to help people make an informed choice about getting the MeNZB vaccine. Available also in Māori, Pacific languages, Hindi, Korean and Chinese.
  
  
• Ministry of Youth Development = Te Manatū Whakahiato Taiohi
  Covers the policies, programmes, legislation and services that concern young people in New Zealand. It includes research, statistics, information on youth related conferences, the United Nations Convention of the Rights of a Child, and the Youth Parliament. Online publications are available.
  
  
• Mission-on
  Online games designed to inspire and teach children to eat healthy food and being active. Includes games, instructions how to play and a guide for parents.
  
  
• National Early Intervention for Psychosis Steering Group Aotearoa/New Zealand
  For health professionals working in the area of first episode psychosis, includes resources and information useful for patients and families, also includes newsletters.
  
  
• New Zealand Association for Adolescent Health and Development
  A national network organisation for people working with young people (those aged 12 to 25) in health, education, social work and other sectors to promote adolescent health and development.
  
  
• New Zealand Association of Children's Supervised Access Services Inc.
  NZACSAS provides a network and a forum for those involved with children's supervised access, disseminates information and enourages research. The site contains: general information, media releases, standards, services and Web service multi lingual translation.
  
  
• New Zealand Breastfeeding Authority
  Promotes and supports breastfeeding in New Zealand as the normal method of infant feeding. Site includes links to other organisations and publications.
  
  
• New Zealand Down Syndrome Association
  NZDSA is a national organisation offering support to parents/caregivers of Downs Syndrome children. Includes chatroom and newsletter.
  
  
• New Zealand Multiple Birth Association
  NZMBA site. Includes club contact list ; message board ; conference news ; annual reports and book list.
  
  
• No Bully
  This site is part of the Telecom/Police Stop Bullying Campaign. Kia Kaha the school-based anti-bullying programme can be downloaded in PDF format, and there is a collection of children's stories on bullying. Also includes information for children on what bullying is and what to do about it, as well as resources for adults including resource links.
  
  
• Office of the Commissioner for Children = Te Tari o te Kai-Kōmihana mō ngā Tamariki
  The office monitors and reviews policy and practice under the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act. It promotes the welfare of children and young people and ensures that their rights are recognised. Extensive links to sites connected with childrens health and welfare issues.
  
  
• Paediatric Society of New Zealand
  The Paediatric Society of New Zealand's aims are to stimulate interest in and to promote the scientific study of child health and paediatrics in New Zealand. Their web site covers membership information and material on child health generally.
  
  
• Parent & Family Resource Centre : supporting the parents and families of children with disabilities and special needs
  PFRC site includes specific illness and disability support groups contacts; events diary and stories built around key issues. Includes newsletter 'Networker'.
  
  
• Parents of vision impaired NZ
  P.V.I. site for parents of vision impaired children. Information and advice from a variety of sources and online newsletter.
  
  
• Project Energize : energize yourself with physical activity and health food
  Project for primary schools to improve children's physical activity and nutrition, to improve their overall health. Includes information and ideas for teachers, parents and children.
  
  
• Safekids news
  Safekids News is the official quarterly publication of Safekids New Zealand. It shares information about resources, programmes and research in child unintentional injury prevention, brings key relevant national issues into the spotlight and provides tips on action which readers can undertake to positively influence these issues. Available in full-text.
  
  
• Safekids
  Safekids is a service of Starship Children's Health. It works to reduce the incidence and severity of unintentional injury to children aged 0-14 in New Zealand. The web site describes Safekids, including its Information Centre.
  
  
• Save the Children New Zealand
  Save the Chidren New Zealand is part of the international Save the Children Alliance. Save the Children believes in the rights of the child, develops and supports programmes which improve standards of living and promote self-sufficiency, regardless of sex, race, politics and religion in New Zealand and overseas. This charitable organisation raises funds from the New Zealand public, government and corporate sector for projects. The site describes these projects, solicits donations; details of publicatons; teachers' resources and has links to other related organisations.
  
  
• Skylight
  Agency which supports children and young people facing change, grief and loss. Includes details of the counselling service available, training opportunities and articles about children and bereavement.
  
  
• Smokefree schools
  Information, advice and resources to help schools comply with Smoke-free Environments Act 1990 and to assist them to incorporate the smokefree message into the curriculum.
  
  
• Special Education
  Special Education (also referred to as GSE) is a group in the Ministry of Education focused on providing services - directly and indirectly - to children and young people with special education needs. Provides information on government policy and gives links to local services and contacts.
  
  
• SPINZ
  SPINZ (Suicide Prevention Information New Zealand) is a joint project with the KidzFirst Centre for Youth Health, South Auckland Health and the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, funded by the Ministry of Youth Affairs. SPINZ's purpose is to provide advice to the community on prevention of youth suicide. The site includes information on observable warning signs and signs of distress in young people, frequently asked questions, newsletters, and conference details.
  
  
• St John of God Waipuna Youth and Community Services Trust
  A child and family social service agency providing young people, and their families, with support and opportunities for change. Contains electronic referral form.
  
  
• Starship Children's Health & Starship Foundation
  Starship Children's Health, located in central Auckland, provides health services for children throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific. The Starship Foundation is a charity which provides additional equipment, support and help to patients, their families and staff. In addition to description of the services, including the Family Information Service, the web site provides information for parents and children on preparing to go to hospital. An interactive tour is available.
  
  
• Stillbirth and Newborn Death Support : SANDS
  Site includes bereavement resources; list of counsellors and newsletter. Also includes SANDS conference details.
  
  
• Strengthening families = Whakakaha whānau
  A strategy that joins the Health, Education and Welfare Sectors of government to improve life outcomes for children. It aims to improve family health, educational attainments and reduce the incidence of persistent offending or abuse and neglect. Some publications available in PDF format.
  
  
• Sussed
  Sussed contains information for young people, about all sorts of topics and a searchable map-based database of youth service providers. A project of Whai Marama Youth Connex.
  
  
• Tripppin : the website created for Taranaki youth
  Website for Taranaki youth. Contains information about: teenage issues and problems, self-help for young people, and Taranaki agencies that can help.
  
  
• Vibe : Youth Transition Services
  VIBE is a free advice and support health sevice for people aged 10 to 24. Includes location, dates and times of clinics. Also information about YTS which supports 15-19 year olds who have left or are planning to leave school.
  
  
• WellChild = Tamariki ora
  About babies, infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers under 5 years old and keeping them well, growing and developing to their fullest potential.
  
  
• Word / produced by the FPA Resource Unit
  A sexuality education resource the Word gives young people, especially of secondary school age, information about sex and sexuality so that they can make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health. Introductory notes for parents and teachers' notes for use with the web site. Dictionary of terms.
  
  
• Youth 2000 : New Zealand youth : a profile of their health and wellbeing
  Findings of a national secondary school youth health survey.
  
  
• Youth Cafe Taupo
  Cafe for Youth Health provides a service for 5-24 year olds in the Taupo area. Information about becoming a teenager, relationships, drugs, sex and legal issues for youth.
  
  
• Youth horizons = Kia puawai
  Information about the organisation, its philosophies, programmes, services and therapies, including residential care programmes. Defines "Conduct disorder" in young people, and describes its epidemiology, and treatment.
  
  
• Youthline
  Youthline provides confidential support for young people from all walks of life all over N.Z.
  
  
• [Urge] = Whakamanawa
  Urge/Whakamanawa is a youth (health) and information service designed to assist young people find useful information or resources to help them regarding a variety of youth related topics, including drugs, drink, sex and stress.