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General Advice

Money Talks

Free, national financial helpline
0800 345123

https://www.moneytalks.co.nz/

Power Switch

Find the cheapest electricity and gas plans — website by Consumer NZ

https://www.powerswitch.org.nz/

Citizens Advice Bureau

06 357064

https://www.cab.org.nz/

Manawatu Community Law

Free, national financial helpline
0800 345123

https://communitylaw.org.nz/centre/manawatu/

Food Bank and Food Rescue

Methodist Social Services Foodbank

06 3500307

https://pnmss.nz

Salvation Army

06 3587455

https://salvationarmy.org.nz

Just Zilch

Ka kohikohi kai kia manaaki tāngata
We rescue food and help people

https://justzilch.org.nz

Specialist information and freephone support numbers

Samaritans 24/7 helpline

0800 726 666

https://www.samaritans.org.nz/

Women’s Refuge, Palmerston North

Crisis line 06 356 5585
Freephone 0800 733 843

http://pnwomensrefuge.org.nz/

Safer Gambling Aotearoa

0800 645655

https://choicenotchance.org.nz

Quitline help to quit smoking

0800778778

https://quit.org.nz/

MASH

MASH services for people with mental health conditions, intellectual or physical disabilities, alcohol and addiction struggles and youth respite care.

06 355 7200

https://mashtrust.org.nz