Porirua is currently at Alert Level 2, visit our Covid support page to find our what services and facilities are open and operating.
👉 Government Agencies: www.covid19.govt.nz or call the free government helpline on 0800 779 997 (8am to 10pm, seven days a week).
We need to take extra care of our elderly and provide them with support. Check in with them via phone or through social media if possible and if they need anything, remember to do it from a safe distance
The lack of modern technology may be an obstacle for our elderly living alone during the emergency self-isolation period to combat Covid-19.
Arise church support for elderly
Elderly members of our community are invited to call 0800 WITHLOVE for support with everything from managing online shopping to having someone to chat to.
If experiencing domestic abuse or concerned about someone you know, 👉 Call Shine’s Helpline on 0508-744-633 now. You can call as many times as you need, for as long as you need to.
Who can get help from Shine’s Helpline?
Shine wants to make sure that anyone being physically or emotionally abused by a partner or family member in New Zealand has someone to talk to and can get information and professional advice – anyone who is worried about their own situation or who is worried about a friend, family member, child or anyone they know who might be living with domestic abuse.
If you are experiencing violence, we are here to support and help you whether you are a man or a woman, straight, transgender, young or old, no matter your ethnicity, culture or personal situation.
Men or women who have been violent or abusive towards their partners or family members and want to make a change can also ring our Helpline to get support, information and referrals.
If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech impaired, you can ring Shine's free national Helpline (0508-744-633) using the NZ Relay service. Helpline operators are trained to take calls from the NZ Relay service.
Our Helpline has access to an interpreting service, so if you have limited English, please let the Helpline worker know what language you speak when you ring and we'll see if we can access an interpreter for you.
Help support the victims of family violence
You can help the victims of family violence by booking a room for someone in need.
Go to Www.safenight.nz
Our normal delivery days will apply:
Donations can also be made through our National Office website www.svdp.org.nz.
Please do NOT leave donations of any kind outside the shop during this time.
👉For Foodbank assistance please call (04) 235 6266
St Anne's Pantry- operated through CAB
Due to the Covid-19 virus our walk-in service has closed
👉 You can order online here: www.foodtogether.co.nz/
They also have a team who provide support for people in financial stress (our Good Cents team) who are operating on phone and social media only at this stage. They are happy to talk with anyone who is feeling stressed about money and needs some support to work out what to do with their finances.
Nikolien Van Wijk nvanwijk@wesleyca.org.nz
Ashleigh Crawshaw acrawshaw@wesleyca.org.nz
Or find them on Facebook and message them at Good Cents Wesley.
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• Cook Islands Maori
• Fijian
• Niuean
• Samoan
• Tokelauan
• Tongan
• Tuvaluan
Pacific families who need to access a Covid 19 Package of Support, please call one of your local Whānau Ora Covid 19 Support Partners.
To support the education needs of students as New Zealand works through the Covid-19 epidemic, Chorus has offered to provide internet service providers with a free wholesale broadband service to support up to 50,000 homes currently without connectivity.
Skinny Jump (a division of Spark) is flexible prepaid broadband: $5 for 30GB of data, no contracts or credit checks, and the modem comes free of charge. Just top up as you go.
You can then renew the plan five times every month and can get up to a maximum of 150GB every month (it will cost you $25).
Skinny Jump is a not-for-profit service and we don’t use your information to promote or sell other products.
If one or more of the following sounds like you, then you could be eligible:
👉 If you qualify complete this form
(Providers or organisations can do this on behalf of whanau).
The Government has put together a COVID-19 Wage Subsidy for employers in all regions.
It’s to support your business if you are impacted by COVID and face laying off staff or reducing their hours because of COVID-19.
The impacts of the pandemic on families and communities do not cause violence, but it can mean abusers have more opportunities to perpetrate and conceal violence. Abusive people might withhold essential items from victims, scare tactics about the virus, or prevent them from seeking help
Work and Income is currently:
We’re working through transitional arrangements for any clients whose payments are affected by any of these changes/reviews.
We’re also working on other ways to make things easier for our clients and we’ll update you as soon as we can.
If you have been affected by COVID-19, they may be able to provide financial support. You may be self-isolating at home, or your work may be affected:
As we work through this together, there are people and agencies able to support you. Here’s a range of advice, help, or support if you need it. If you don’t speak English, you can ask for an interpreter when calling most government departments.