Youth Sites
Youth 2000
The Youth2000 project is conducted by The Adolescent Health Research Group (AHRG) at the University of Auckland with the goal of improving the health and wellbeing of New Zealand's young people. The group aims to provide accurate and timely information that parents, schools, people working in health and education and policymakers can use to improve the health and wellbeing status of all young people in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Experience in mind: raising awareness about young people's mental health
Experience in Mind is a UK volunteering project for young people aged between 16 and 25 who have some experience of mental health issues, either as carer, or through personal experience. Theb their own experiences.
Lowdown
An interactive website helping young people with depression, produced by the Ministry of Health.
Ministry of Youth Development
Where you can find out about the policies, programmes, legislation and services that concern young people in New Zealand.
Trippin
"Trippin" can help you figure out what's going on when life feels a bit "out of it". Heaps of stuff can cause you to trip out, things like depression, worries and fears, alcohol and drugs, stress or even stuff to do with sex or sexuality. Trippin explains what all of these things are (plus heaps of other stuff too), and gives you some ideas for how you can sort them out if they are a problem for you. Taranaki origins.
Urge/Whakamanawa
A youth (health) and information service designed to assist young people find useful information or resources to help them regarding a variety of youth related topics.
YoungMinds
This manifesto has been created by YoungMinds Very Important Kids panel (VIK) and Healthy Heads group, advocating to parliament.
Youthline
Youthline offers a range of counselling and other support to young New Zealanders, including seminars and programmes.
Infant Mental Health Association of New Zealand
Launced 2007, Promotion of an increased recognition of the mental health needs of infants within their families
Dissemination of resources on infant mental health, from a wide variety of disciplines, through seminars, workshops and conferences.
Network Mosiac
Northern Region with a focus on children and youth with family/whanau members experiencingmental health and/or addiction issues.
Youth Mentoring Trust
The Youth Mentoring Network is a charitable trust that works alongside those that work with young people. Aiming to provide advice, support, access to best practice resources and training in Mentoring.
