Useful organisations and resources

Auckland Sexual Health Service

Auckland Sexual Health Service aims to provide sexual health care that is client focused, culturally appropriate and of an excellent standard. We are a specialist service offering free and confidential sexual health care.

http://www.ashs.org.nz/

Community HIV Team

Public service providing education, medication adherence support, and assistance to HIV infected patients in Auckland Tel: (09) 375 7077

New Zealand Prostitutes Collective

Advocates for the human rights, health and well-being of sex workers in New Zealand

http://www.nzpc.org.nz

Family Planning

Family Planning is a not-for-profit charitable organisation that works to promote a positive view of sexuality to enable people to make informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health.

http://www.familyplanning.org.nz/

YWCA Aotearoa New Zealand

Empowering young women to make positive life choices

http://www.ywca.org.nz/

Auckland Regional Migrant Services Charitable Trust

Help new migrant with all your settlement information needs

http://www.arms-mrc.org.nz

Refugees as Survivors New Zealand

The lead mental health agency for all incoming United Nations quota refugees entering New Zealand.

http://www.rasnz.co.nz/

Women’s Health Action

Aims to provide women with high quality information and education services to enable them to maintain their health and make informed choices about their health care.

http://www.womens-health.org.nz

Shine*

A national domestic abuse charity and runs a domestic abuse helpline to help keep people safe from domestic abuse and family violence.

http://www.2shine.org.nz

UNAIDS

The mission of UNAIDS is to lead, strengthen and support an expanded response to HIV and AIDS that includes preventing transmission of HIV, providing care and support to those already living with the virus, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV and alleviating the impact of the epidemic.

http://www.unaids.org/en

UN Women

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In doing so, UN Member States took an historic step in accelerating the Organization’s goals on gender equality and the empowerment of women.

http://www.unwomen.org/en

NAM – aidsmap

NAM works to change lives by sharing information about HIV and AIDS. They believe independent, clear and accurate information is vital in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

http://www.aidsmap.com/

Other HIV networks in Aotearoa New Zealand

Body Positive Inc.

PWI’s brother organisation, Body Positive Inc. is a group founded by and run for people with HIV/AIDS. They welcome all people living with HIV and AIDS in Aotearoa New Zealand. Body Positive Inc. breaks down isolation and builds a sense of community while advocating on behalf of HIV+ people on a national level.

http://www.bodypositive.org.nz/

The New Zealand AIDS Foundation

The NZAF aims to achieve a world without HIV and AIDS: by preventing the transmission of HIV and providing support for people living with HIV and their whanau and families.

http://www.nzaf.org.nz/

For teenagers

CHIVA works to ensure young people living with HIV have the treatment and care, knowledge, understanding, skills and wider support needed to live well and achieve their greatest potential

http://www.chiva.org.uk/