The following links provide excellent information and resources. We will continue to add to this list with local and national information and contact centres.
West Coast District Health Board
Greymouth Region
Phone: (03) 768 0481
Fax: (03) 768 9625
Buller and Reefton Region
Phone: (03) 788 9030 extn 8701
Fax: (03) 788 8221
LIFELINKS - Under 65 NASC Disability Supports
Phone: (03) 365 9593 or Freephone 0800 866 877
Fax: (03) 365 5244
Email Administration: office@lifelinks.co.nz
Email Referrals: referrals@lifelinks.co.nz
Email Community Liaison: community@lifelinks.co.nz
Options West Coast - Greymouth
Options is a vocational service for people aged 16 - 65 who are not case managed. The aim of the services is to support clients into vocational, educational or natural supports in the community.
Phone: (03) 768 5199
Fax: (03) 768 0524
Options is a vocational service for people aged 16 - 65 who are not case managed. The aim of the services is to support clients into vocational, educational or natural supports in the community.
Phone: (03) 789 6519
Fax: (03) 768 0524
Workbridge
There are more than 170,000 disabled Kiwis and many others with injuries and health conditions who want to work.
Workbridge provides a range of free employment support services for both job seekers and employers, individually tailored to suit every individual’s needs.
Call us on 0508 858 858 or contact your local centre on this link
https://workbridge.co.nz/regions/greymouth
Nationwide provider of urban and rural homecare services which include home help, personal care, home nursing and meal preparation.
Freephone 0800 AT HOME (0800 284 663)
Email: referral_enquriy@access.org.nz
CCS Disability Action - Hokitika
Provides a range of direct client services including: field officer, social worker services, early childhood services, recreation and leisure programmes, adult training services, advocacy and self advocacy programmes and computer services. It also offers a parking scheme called Mobility Parking.
Phone: (03) 755 5329 or Freephone 0800 227 225
Fax: (03) 755 5329
Email: hokitika@ccsdisabilityaction.org.nz
Health & Social Services Empowering Whanau to Achieve Whanau Ora
Office Hours | Monday - Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Hokitika Office
17 Sewell Street, Hokitika 7810
Phone: (03) 755 6572 or Freephone 0800 333 170
Fax: (03) 755 6578
Mawhera Office
37 Albert Mall, Greymouth
Phone: (03) 755 6572 or Freephone 0800 333 170
Kawatiri Office
The Denniston Room, Buller Hospital, Westport
Phone: (03) 789 7551 or Freephone 0800 333 170
Fax: (03) 789 7548
Email: enquiries@poutiniwaiora.co.nz
Formerly IHC. (Intellectual Disability Empowerment Association IDEA). Assists people with an intellectual disability to represent their interests and establish themselves in the community. Also keeps people informed about issues, lobbys the Government on right issues, supports families in accessing rights.
Phone: (03) 768 7873
Fax: (03) 768 4851
Formerly IHC. (Intellectual Disability Empowerment Association IDEA). Assists people with an intellectual disability to represent their interests and establish themselves in the community. Also keeps people informed about issues, lobbys the Government on right issues, supports families in accessing rights.
Phone: (03) 788 8280
Fax: (03) 788 8281
Greymouth Activity Centre - Greymouth
Provides vocational, educational, physical and recreational activities for people who have psychiatric and/or intellectual disabilities.
Phone: (03) 768 7263
Arthritis New Zealand - West Coast Service Centre
Offers a range of services for people affected by arthritis through its programmes in health, welfare, education and research. Also offers Arthritis Educator consultation support group meetings and opportunities for immersion exercises.
Phone: (03) 768 7254
Fax: (03) 768 7296
Email: yvonne.anisy@arthritis.org.nz
Polio NZ Inc - West Coast Support Group
Formerly Post Polio Support Society of NZ; provides information and support for people who have had Polio and may be experiencing the late effects of Polio (Post Polio Syndrome).
Contact: Patsy Bell
Phone: (03) 755 7172 or Freephone 0800 476 546
Email: info@polio.org.nz
Adventure New Zealand - Greymouth
Offers wheelchair tours and tours for disabilities. Specialises in designing tours to meet mobility needs. Has an extensive array of activities, accommodation and places to see that suit people with various mobility needs.
Phone: (03) 768 6649 or Freephone 0508 286 877
Fax: (03) 768 6649
Email: paul@fun-nz.com
Crohn's Colitis Support Group - West Coast/Buller
Offers support and companionship to people who have Crohn's or related inflammatory bowel disease.
Contact: Graham Bill
Phone: (03) 755 7277
Muscular Dystrophy Association of NZ Inc - Canterbury Branch
We provide practical support, specialist information and life enhancing resources for people living with neuromuscular conditions and their whānau. We raise awareness of these rare conditions, providing education for health professionals, advocacy for care standards and facilitating access to research and emerging treatments. (Neuromuscular conditions is an umbrella term for muscle wasting conditions – we cover around 60 different conditions, many of which are genetic or inherited).
Regional Branches provide community level support through a Fieldworker service and by hosting social events. The Canterbury branch is based in Linwood, Christchurch, and represents association members residing in the geographical areas defined by the Nelson, Marlborough, Tasman, West Coast, mid and South Canterbury regions.
Freephone: 0800 463 222
Email: eris@mda.org.nz
MS West Coast Inc.
Provides information, education and support for people with MS, Parkinson's, Motor Neurone, Huntingtons and other Neurological diseases and their support networks.
Phone: (03) 768 7007
Fax: (03) 768 7023
Email: westcoastms@paradise.net.nz
Hearing Association - Westport
Deals with the education, rehabilitation and special needs of persons over 16 years of age who experience degrees of hearing loss. Continually seeks ways of improving the social, vocational and educational conditions of the hearing impaired. Provides hearing testing, hearing aid maintenance, rehabilitation support for families and tinnitus management.
Phone: (03) 789 5003
Fax: (03) 789 5002
Email: wpthear@xtra.co.nz
Hearing Association - Greymouth
Deals with the education, rehabilitation and special needs of persons over 16 years of age who experience degrees of hearing loss. Continually seeks ways of improving the social, vocational and educational conditions of the hearing impaired. Provides lip-reading tuition.
Phone: (03) 768 4068
The Federation of Disability Information Centres
Disability Line Freephone: 0800 693 342
Freephone: 0800 693 342 for disability information
Health and Disability Commissioner
Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Ministry of Health Disability Services
Manawanui Individualised Funding Support
The following links provide excellent information and resources. We will continue to add to this list with local and national information and contact centres.
West Coast District Health Board
Greymouth Region
Phone: (03) 768 0481
Fax: (03) 768 9625
Buller and Reefton Region
Phone: (03) 788 9030 extn 8701
Fax: (03) 788 8221
LIFELINKS - Under 65 NASC Disability Supports
Phone: (03) 365 9593 or Freephone 0800 866 877
Fax: (03) 365 5244
Email Administration: office@lifelinks.co.nz
Email Referrals: referrals@lifelinks.co.nz
Email Community Liaison: community@lifelinks.co.nz
Options West Coast - Greymouth
Options is a vocational service for people aged 16 - 65 who are not case managed. The aim of the services is to support clients into vocational, educational or natural supports in the community.
Phone: (03) 768 5199
Fax: (03) 768 0524
Options is a vocational service for people aged 16 - 65 who are not case managed. The aim of the services is to support clients into vocational, educational or natural supports in the community.
Phone: (03) 789 6519
Fax: (03) 768 0524
Workbridge is a government funded agency established in 1990 to promote equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Phone: (03) 768 0225 or Freephone 0508 858 858
Fax: (03) 768 0226
Email: davidw@workbridge.co.nz
Nationwide provider of urban and rural homecare services which include home help, personal care, home nursing and meal preparation.
Freephone 0800 AT HOME (0800 284 663)
Email: referral_enquriy@access.org.nz
CCS Disability Action - Hokitika
Provides a range of direct client services including: field officer, social worker services, early childhood services, recreation and leisure programmes, adult training services, advocacy and self advocacy programmes and computer services. It also offers a parking scheme called Mobility Parking.
Phone: (03) 755 5329 or Freephone 0800 227 225
Fax: (03) 755 5329
Email: hokitika@ccsdisabilityaction.org.nz
Health & Social Services Empowering Whanau to Achieve Whanau Ora
Office Hours | Monday - Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Hokitika Office
17 Sewell Street, Hokitika 7810
Phone: (03) 755 6572 or Freephone 0800 333 170
Fax: (03) 755 6578
Mawhera Office
37 Albert Mall, Greymouth
Phone: (03) 755 6572 or Freephone 0800 333 170
Kawatiri Office
The Denniston Room, Buller Hospital, Westport
Phone: (03) 789 7551 or Freephone 0800 333 170
Fax: (03) 789 7548
Email: enquiries@poutiniwaiora.co.nz
Group Special Education - Greymouth
Provides a service for students and children with special educational and developmental needs from birth to 21 years of age. Our professional staff includes; Advisors on Deaf Children, Early intervention Teachers, Psychologists, Speech Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Special Education Advisors.
Phone: (03) 768 7210
Fax: (03) 768 7550
Formerly IHC. (Intellectual Disability Empowerment Association IDEA). Assists people with an intellectual disability to represent their interests and establish themselves in the community. Also keeps people informed about issues, lobbys the Government on right issues, supports families in accessing rights.
Phone: (03) 768 7873
Fax: (03) 768 4851
Formerly IHC. (Intellectual Disability Empowerment Association IDEA). Assists people with an intellectual disability to represent their interests and establish themselves in the community. Also keeps people informed about issues, lobbys the Government on right issues, supports families in accessing rights.
Phone: (03) 788 8280
Fax: (03) 788 8281
Greymouth Activity Centre - Greymouth
Provides vocational, educational, physical and recreational activities for people who have psychiatric and/or intellectual disabilities.
Phone: (03) 768 7263
Arthritis New Zealand - West Coast Service Centre
Offers a range of services for people affected by arthritis through its programmes in health, welfare, education and research. Also offers Arthritis Educator consultation support group meetings and opportunities for immersion exercises.
Phone: (03) 768 7254
Fax: (03) 768 7296
Email: yvonne.anisy@arthritis.org.nz
Polio NZ Inc - West Coast Support Group
Formerly Post Polio Support Society of NZ; provides information and support for people who have had Polio and may be experiencing the late effects of Polio (Post Polio Syndrome).
Contact: Patsy Bell
Phone: (03) 755 7172 or Freephone 0800 476 546
Email: info@polio.org.nz
Adventure New Zealand - Greymouth
Offers wheelchair tours and tours for disabilities. Specialises in designing tours to meet mobility needs. Has an extensive array of activities, accommodation and places to see that suit people with various mobility needs.
Phone: (03) 768 6649 or Freephone 0508 286 877
Fax: (03) 768 6649
Email: paul@fun-nz.com
Crohn's Colitis Support Group - West Coast/Buller
Offers support and companionship to people who have Crohn's or related inflammatory bowel disease.
Contact: Graham Bill
Phone: (03) 755 7277
Muscular Dystrophy Association of NZ Inc - Canterbury Branch
We provide practical support, specialist information and life enhancing resources for people living with neuromuscular conditions and their whānau. We raise awareness of these rare conditions, providing education for health professionals, advocacy for care standards and facilitating access to research and emerging treatments. (Neuromuscular conditions is an umbrella term for muscle wasting conditions – we cover around 60 different conditions, many of which are genetic or inherited).
Regional Branches provide community level support through a Fieldworker service and by hosting social events. The Canterbury branch is based in Linwood, Christchurch, and represents association members residing in the geographical areas defined by the Nelson, Marlborough, Tasman, West Coast, mid and South Canterbury regions.
Freephone: 0800 463 222
Email: eris@mda.org.nz
MS West Coast Inc.
Provides information, education and support for people with MS, Parkinson's, Motor Neurone, Huntingtons and other Neurological diseases and their support networks.
Phone: (03) 768 7007
Fax: (03) 768 7023
Email: westcoastms@paradise.net.nz
Hearing Association - Westport
Deals with the education, rehabilitation and special needs of persons over 16 years of age who experience degrees of hearing loss. Continually seeks ways of improving the social, vocational and educational conditions of the hearing impaired. Provides hearing testing, hearing aid maintenance, rehabilitation support for families and tinnitus management.
Phone: (03) 789 5003
Fax: (03) 789 5002
Email: wpthear@xtra.co.nz
Hearing Association - Greymouth
Deals with the education, rehabilitation and special needs of persons over 16 years of age who experience degrees of hearing loss. Continually seeks ways of improving the social, vocational and educational conditions of the hearing impaired. Provides lip-reading tuition.
Phone: (03) 768 4068
The Federation of Disability Information Centres
Disability Line Freephone: 0800 693 342
Freephone: 0800 693 342 for disability information
Health and Disability Commissioner
Office of the Privacy Commissioner
