Support, help, information and useful self help links
On campus
- Budget Advice/ Hardship
- Careers, Internships and Employment
- Disability Resource Service
- How to raise a concern - complaints resolution process
- UCSA - support
- Learning Skills centre
- Student Support - domestic and international students
- Information for Maori students
- Information for Pacific students
Off campus
Privacy and disability Commissioners
- Privacy Commissioner
This site is a full guide to the specific functions of the Commissioner and the practical applications of the Privacy Act in the workplace, media and life of the individual citizen. - Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Promotes and protects the rights of health and disability consumers, and facilitates the fair, simple, speedy, and efficient resolution of complaints.
Government services
- Community Service Cards
Information about the card and how to apply for one. - Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)
Information about how to make a claim, preventing injuries and how to contact ACC.
Support and information
- Youthline
Useful information and downloadable leaflets on a wide range of topics especially for young people. - CALM Website
Computer Assisted Learning for the Mind - www.depression.org.nz
Ministry of Health website with information about depression.
- Medsafe
Information about medicines. - Family Doctor
Reliable medical information by doctors and other health professionals. - Community and Public Health
Promotes healthy environments and choices. - Sexfiles (Auckland sexual health service)
New Zealand sex and reproductive health site. - Pashby Sports Safety Fund Concussion Site
Information about concussion injuries. - Quackwatch
Guide to quakery, health fraud and making intelligent decisions about your health. - e-hub self-help programs for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Offers a suite of online self help services for mental health - the MoodGYM
Online self help for mental health
Travel
- Centres for disease control and prevention (CDC)
Information on travel and health from the US Centres for Disease Control. - World Health Organisation
Information on the risks travellers are exposed and the precautions needed to protect their health. - Travel Health Online
Resource of information when travelling and travel medicine providers around the world.
Food and nutrition
- Manufactured Food Database
Minstry of Health database of manufactured foods of particular interest to people with food allergies. - American Dietetic Association (ADA)
Promotes optimal nutrition, health and well-being. - Agencies for Nutrition Action (ANA)
Support to achieve and maintatin a healthy weight throughout life through good nutrition and physical activity. - Community and Public Health
Nutrition information and advice from Crown Public Health.