Health Services for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
All publicly provided health services are available to people from refugee backgrounds. There are some specific services which are outlined by region. To view contact details of health services for refugees and asylum seekers in your region click on the map below:
Auckland
Refugee Health Clinic at Mangere Refugee Reception Centre For Quota Refugees and Refugee Status Seekers (Asylum Seekers)
Mangere Refugee Reception Centre
251 Massey Road, Mangere
Phone (09) 276 6719
Refugee Status seekers (Asylum Seekers) – by appointment only. The Auckland Regional Public Health Service Refugee Health Clinic at Mangere Refugee Reception is the national refugee health screening centre in New Zealand.
- Transition Nurse
- RHSS Screening Protocol is available on request
- RHSS Medical Handbook is available on request
ADHB Interpreting Service
Phone (09) 630 9943
Provides a 24-hour health interpreting service to Auckland District Health Board and a provides for external services during normal business hours.
http://www.adhb.govt.nz/Sites-services/interpreting.htm
Auckland Refugees as Survivors Centre (Auckland RAS)
Phone (09)270 0870
The Auckland Refugees as Survivors Centre provides a counselling service for the treatment and rehabilitation of survivors of torture and trauma.
RASNZ Auckland Regional Refugee Mobile Team
Provides quality community mental health services to diverse former refugee communities throughout the greater Auckland region. A multidisciplinary specialist unit provides mental health services in assessment, intervention, counselling, social work, body therapies and a range of culturally responsive clinical therapies for trauma, family, and resettlement issues
Community Child Health and Disability Service (Central Auckland)
The Community Child Health & Disability Service has child development, disability, and health promotion services for pre-school and school age children and their families. The service provides medical officers, public health nurses, social workers, community health workers (including refugee community health workers), social workers in schools, nutritionists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and visiting therapists and paediatric disability support services are provided. This service has an open referral system.
The service has a Refugee Community Health Worker Team who provide assistance to families from refugee backgrounds in the Auckland region.
Contact details:
Community Child Health and Disability Service
Refugee Health Community worker team and services
Level 7 Cornwall Complex, Greenlane
Phone (09) 639 0215
Mental Health Services for Refugees
Central Auckland
St Lukes Community Mental Health Centre provides a consultant psychiatrist for clients from refugee backgrounds.
Contact details:
St Lukes Community Mental Health Centre
615 New North Rd
St Lukes
Phone (09) 8450940
The service provides psychiatric assessment, diagnosis and treatment for clients from refugee backgrounds in the area served by the St Lukes Community Mental Health Centre only.
West Auckland
Community Mental Health Service, West
Waitakere Hospital
Mental Health services for refugees
Mental Health Clinician
Phone (09) 822 8501
Crisis Line (09) 822 8600/8500
A Mental Health Clinician works with clients from refugee backgrounds who are referred to the Henderson Community Mental Health Centre through GPs or crisis team. Support and consultancy is provided to Waitemata Mental Health services regarding refugee mental health issues.
Hamilton
Refugee Co-ordinator/Clinical Support Coordinator (Population Health Service)
Phone: (07) 838 2569
Fax: (07) 838 2382
Health Promoter (Refugee, Pacific and Migrant)
Phone: (07) 838 2569
Fairfield Medical Centre (includes screening services)
Phone (07) 855 2079
Hamilton East Medical Centre (includes screening services)
Phone (07) 839 1232
Palmerston North
Midcentral Health District Health Board
Public Health Service
Midcentral Health
Rata House
Private Bag 11036
Palmerston North
Medical Officer of Health
Phone (06) 350 9110
Communicable Disease Co-ordinator
Phone (06) 350 9110
Wellington
Public Health Nurses
Phone (04) 570 9313
Hutt Valley Health
Medical Officers of Health
Phone (04) 570 9002
Public Health Advisor (Refugee), Public Health Service, Lower Hutt
Phone (04) 570 9739
Asylum Seeker Health Screening - Regional Public Health Service
Phone (04) 587 2633
Newtown Union Health Service (includes screening services)
Phone (04) 389 2020
Nelson
Nelson Marlborough District Health Board
Public Health Nurse
Phone (03) 549 9820
Nelson Bay PHO Health Promotion Coordinator
Phone (03) 539 1170
Christchurch
Crown Public Health
Medical Officer of Health
Phone (03) 379 9480
Asylum Seeker Health Screening - Community Public Health
Phone (03) 363 1307 or 03 378 6760
Communicable Diseases Nurse - Community and Public Health
Phone (03) 379 9480 x 807
Union and Community Health Centre
Phone (03) 381 3522
