Where to go for more support
Legal information and support groups
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Community Law |
Your local Community Law Centre can provide you with free initial legal advice. Find your local Community Law Centre online: www.communitylaw.org.nz/our-law-centres Access the free “Lag Law: Your Rights Inside Prison and on Release” book. This book contains practical answers to common questions relating to prisoner rights, including transgender rights in prison. A useful guide for people going to prison, in prison, or getting out of prison and their whānau. Online: www.communitylaw.org.nz/community-law-manual/prisoners-rights-chapter-1-before-prison-the-criminal-court-process/before-prison-the-criminal-court-process |
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InsideOUT |
InsideOUT is a national organisation that provides workshops, resources and support to help make schools, community organisations and workplaces inclusive for rainbow people. Website: www.insideout.org.nz |
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Gender Minorities Aotearoa |
Gender Minorities Aotearoa is a nationwide organisation providing support and information to transgender people. Website: www.genderminorities.com |
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Naming New Zealand |
Naming NZ is an organisation to help transgender, gender-diverse and intersex youth with updating their identity documents to correctly reflect their sex and gender. Website: www.ry.org.nz/namingnz |
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Intersex Aotearoa |
Intersex Aotearoa are an intersex-led education, lobbying, advocacy and peer support organisation in Aotearoa, welcoming all people with intersex variations in Aotearoa, whānau and friends. Website: www.intersexaotearoa.org |
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Genderbridge |
Genderbridge is a peer-to-peer transgender community organisation providing support to transgender and gender-diverse people, their whānau and friends throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/genderbridge |
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OutLine |
OutLine is a confidential, free, all-ages support line that provides rainbow specialist counselling and trans and non-binary peer support. Call for free from 6pm-9pm. Website: www.outline.org.nz |
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Rainbow Rights in Aotearoa |
RainbowYOUTH and YouthLaw have collaborated to provide information about the various legal rights afforded to people living in Aotearoa, and how they relate to queer, intersex and gender diverse people. Website: www.rainbowrights.nz |
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Rainbow Youth |
RainbowYOUTH provides a number of services for queer and gender-diverse youth and their wider communities all across Aotearoa. Website: www.ry.org.nz |
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Q Youth |
Q Youth is a charity run by youth for youth in Nelson. Q Youth provides support, training and education to rainbow youth, friends, family and whānau. Website: www.qyouthnz.com |
Government departments, agencies and courts
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Department of Internal Affairs |
The Department of Internal Affairs processes applications to legally change your name. Website: www.govt.nz/browse/passports-citizenship-and-identity/changing-your-name/change-your-own-name |
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NZ Transport Agency |
The NZTA deals with changes to drivers’ licences, including changing your name or gender on your driver’s licence. Website: www.nzta.govt.nz/driver-licences/renewing-replacing-and-updating/updating-your-licence |
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Te Whatu Ora/Health New Zealand |
Te Whatu Ora has guidance for health professionals dealing with transgender people and information on gender affirming surgeries. |
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Te Kāhui Tika Tangata/Human Rights Commission |
See the Human Rights Commission website for information about human rights and discrimination in Aotearoa. It outlines how you can make a complaint to the Commission. Website: www.tikatangata.org.nz or www.hrc.co.nz To make a complaint online, download a complaint form or find out more about the complaints process: www.tikatangata.org.nz/resources-and-support/make-a-complaint Other resource of interest: “To be who I am: Report on the Inquiry into Discrimination Experienced by Transgender People”: www.tikatangata.org.nz/our-work/to-be-who-i-am-report-on-the-inquiry-into-discrimination-experienced-by-transgender-people |
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Nationwide Health & Disability Advocacy Service |
The Nationwide Health & Disability Advocacy Service offers free, independent, and confidential advice to support you making a complaint about health and disability services. Website: www.advocacy.org.nz |
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Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) |
MBIE has some guidance for employers with transgender employees. Website: www.employment.govt.nz/starting-employment/hiring/discrimination-when-hiring/transgender-employees |
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Department of Corrections |
The Prisons Operations Manual Policy outlines the procedure for determining where to place transgender and intersex prisoners in prison (see Movements M.03.05). |
