Where to go for more support
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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 |
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Te Hiringa Mahara/Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission |
The objective of Te Hiringa Mahara is to contribute to better and equitable mental health and wellbeing outcomes for people in Aotearoa New Zealand. Website: www.mhwc.govt.nz |
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Health and Disability Commissioner |
The Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) website sets out your rights under the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights and how you can make a complaint to the Commissioner. Website: www.hdc.org.nz To make a complaint online: www.hdc.org.nz/making-a-complaint/make-a-complaint-to-hdc |
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Mental Health Support |
Publicly funded health and disability support services available in New Zealand: |
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Mental health district inspectors |
District Inspectors are lawyers appointed by the Minister of Health to protect the rights of people receiving treatment under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, or the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003. Website: www.health.govt.nz/mental-health-district-inspectors |
