Holiday Office Hours Support Agency Contacts

Rural Women New Zealand National Office will be closed from 5:30 PM Friday, 15 December until 8:30 AM Monday, 15 January 2018.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2018. Have a relaxing holiday with friends, family and your local community.

Thank you for your support of our organisation and your commitment to growing dynamic communities.

Christmas and New Year can be particularly stressful times on farm. If you feel like you, or someone you know needs some extra help, support

or assistance over the holidays, or anytime, there are a number of support agencies and helplines you can refer to:

The Rural Support Trust – 0800 787 254 or www.rural-support.org.nz

Dairy NZ – Sharemilkers support – www.dairynz.co.nz/farm/tactics/support-for-sharemilkers

Federated Farmers – 0800 327 646 OR www.fedfarm.org.nz – drought feedline 0800 376 844

www.depression.org.nz OR 0800 111 757

Lifeline 0800 543 354

Youthline 0800 376 633 or free text 234

Samaritans 0800 726 666

Women’s Refuge 0800 REFUGE (733 843)

Shakti New Zealand 0800 SHAKTI (0800 742 584) (24 hour crisis line with multi-lingual counsellors)

Farmstrong www.farmstrong.co.nz

Doug Avery’s Resilient Farmer – www.resilientfarmer.co.nz

SPCA – www.rspca.org.nz