Need Assessment Services Co-ordination (NASC) agencies work with people to help identify their mental health needs and to outline what support services are available. They allocate District Health Board-funded support services and assist with accessing other supports.
Definition
The Ministry of Health definition of an eligible person is:
The client must have a mental health diagnosis and require a key worker to access community supports, however the keyworker is not required for the duration of supports and the client can be referred to primary care and remain eligible. Clients with an alcohol and/or drug addiction diagnosis must have a co-existing mental health diagnosis.
See the map to find your local NASC service.
Northland
Community Mental Health & Addiction Services
Level 1 25 Rathbone Street Whangarei
Free-phone: 0800 22 33 71
Phone: +64 9 430 4101 x3501
Fax: + 64 9 438 0437
Email: richard.pehi@northlanddhb.org.nz
Community Mental Health Services North Team
Whangarei Hospital Private Bag 9742 Whangarei 0148
Phone: +64 9 430 4101 x3503
Fax: + 64 9 435 0163
Email: margaret.kelly@northlanddhb.org.nz
Auckland
St Lukes Community Mental Health Centre
615 New North Road Morningside Auckland 1022
Phone: +64 9 845 0940
Email: marianneh@adhb.govt.nz
Adult Mental Health Services
Building 6/17 Lambie Drive Manukau City 2241
Phone: +64 9 261 3700
Email: Leisha.AhKuoi@middlemore.co.nz
Auckland DHB
c/- Cornwall House Cornwall Complex Lower Ground Floor, Building 16 Greenlane Clinical Centre Greenlane Road Epsom Auckland 1142
Phone: +64 9 623 5780 x28830
Email: LynneA@adhb.govt.nz
Waitemata
Locality Co-ordination Services Private Bag 93 503 Takapuna North Shore City 0740
Phone: +64 9 822 8504
Fax: +64 9 488 4682
Email: Glenda.Knox@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Waikato
Residential Coordination Service
193 London Street Hamilton 3240
Phone: +64 7 834 6902 x22442
Email: linda.grady-thomson@waikatodhb.health.nz
Bay of Plenty / Lakes
Lakes NASC
Lakes DHB Private Bag 3023 Rotorua 3046
Phone: +64 7 343 1030
Fax: + 64 7 348 3461
Email: carolyn.gilmour@lakesdhb.govt.nz
Community Mental Health Services
Bay of Plenty DHB Private Bag 12 024 Tauranga 3143
Phone: + 64 7 579 8329
Fax: + 64 7 571 8647
Email: MentalHealth.NASC@bopdhb.govt.nz
Bay of Plenty DHB
P O Box 241 Whakatane 3158
Free-phone: 0800 774 545
Phone: +64 7 306 0154
Email: Jan.hudson@bopdhb.govt.nz
Tairawhiti
NASC Community Mental Health Services
Tairawhiti District Health Private Bag 7001 Gisborne 4040
Phone: +64 6 869 2091
Website: www.tdh.org.nz
Email: penny.feyen@tdh.org.nz
Hawkes Bay
NASC Mental Health & Addiction Services
Private Bag 9014 Hastings 4156
Phone: +64 6 878 8109 x5951
Fax: + 64 6 878 1320
Email: Bruce.Green@hawkesbaydhb.govt.nz
Taranaki
Mental Health & Addiction Services
Taranaki DHB Private Bag 2016 New Plymouth 4342
Free-phone: + 64 6 753 6139 x8647
Fax: + 64 7 753 7715
Email: lauren.cameron@tdhb.org.nz
Mental Health Services – Kauri House
Mid Central Health Private Bag 11 036 Palmerston North 4442
Phone: + 64 6 350 8035
Fax: +64 6 350 8253
Email: suzanne.fitzpatrick@midcentraldhb.govt.nz
Wanganui
Whanganui DHB
Private Bag 3003 Whanganui 4540
Phone: + 64 6 348 3469
Fax: + 64 6 348 1255
Email: Mihi.Backhouse@WDHB.org.nz
Manawatu
Mental Health Services
Mid Central Health
Phone: 06 350 8035
Email: suzanne.fitzpatrick@midcentraldhb.govt.nz
Wairarapa
Mental Health Services
Wairarapa DHB P O Box 96 Masterton 5840
Phone: +64 6 946 9805
Fax: + 64 6 946 9835
Website: www.wairarapa.dhb.org.nz
Email: andrew.curtis-cody@wairarapa.dhb.org.nz
Wellington
NASC & Community Mental Health & Addiction Services
Hutt Valley DHB Private Bag 31 907 Lower Hutt 5040
Phone: +64 4 570 9801
Fax: +64 4 570 9004
Website: www.huttvalleydhb.org.nz
Email: jayne.coombes@huttvalleydhb.org.nz
Mental Health Services
P O Box 50 215 Porirua 5240
Phone: + 64 4 381 1600
Fax: +64 4 381 1640
Email: kym.park@ccdhb.org.nz
Nelson / Marlborough
Mental Health NASC
Iona Braemar Site Private Bag 18 Nelson
Phone: +64 3 546 1447
Fax: +64 3 546 1405
Email: rita.vaniddekinge@nmhs.govt.nz
Canterbury / West Coast
LifeLinks
P O Box 2379 Christchurch 8140
Phone: +64 3 365 9593 x126
Website: www.lifelinks.co.nz
Email: maddockp@lifelinks.co.nz
Toiora Arotake
P O Box 13 070 Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 379 7200
Email: donna@kakakura.org.nz
West Coast DHB
P O Box 387 Greymouth 7805
Phone: +64 3 768 0499 x2525
Email: diana.hay@westcoastdhb.org.nz
West Coast DHB
P O Box 248 Westport 7866
Phone: +64 3 788 9030
Fax: +64 3 788 8221
Email: jeanette.thomas@westcoastdhb.health.nz
South Canterbury
LifeLinks
P O Box 35 Timaru
Free-phone: 0800 866 877
Phone: +64 3 684 3621
Fax: + 64 3 684 3175
Website: www.lifelinks.co.nz
Email: maddockp@lifelinks.co.nz
Otago
Miramare Ltd
PO Box 989 Dunedin
Phone: 03 474 5552
Website: www.miramare.co.nz
Email: dunedin@miramare.co.nz
South Community Mental Health Team
599 Princes Street Dunedin 9016
Phone: +64 3 471 8475 x701
Email: lynda.hilder@southerndhb.govt.nz
North Community Mental Health Team
Fraser Building 154 Hanover Street Dunedin 9016
Phone: +64 3 470 9429
Email: Kyla.Jasperse@southerndhb.govt.nz
Te Oranga Tonu Tanga
Te Taiahoaho Wakari Hospital Taieri Road Dunedin 9010
Phone: +64 7 474 0999 x5510
Email: sarah.wallace@southerndhb.govt.nz
Southland
Southern District Health Board
P O Box 828 Invercargill 9840
Phone: +64 3 214 5786 x8177
Email: julie.dillon@southerndhb.govt.nz

