Support Services, Apps, filters, and Links

Support Services, Apps, filters and Links

The following is a list of the regional support services, confidential phone chat lines, text services, Apps and face to face counsellors that we know of. If you can recommend any other referral services in your region please feel free to contact us.

Online & Phone Support Services

1737

Feeling anxious, down, depressed or overwhelmed? You can talk to (or text) a trained counsellor through this free service.

Text: 1737
www.1737.org.nz

Fortify Programme

An online programme to kick the porn habit, with peer forums offering encouragement from others.
www.joinfortify.com/legacy

Aunty Dee

If your problems are getting you down and you’re feeling confused, talk to Aunty Dee. She’s here to help you.
www.auntydee.co.nz

YOUTHLINE

You can call Youthline to talk about big or small stuff and they’re available 24/7.
Freephone: 0800 376 633
Text: 234
www.youthline.co.nz

Kidsline

You can talk to a trained youth volunteer at Kidsline 24/7 – they help young people up to the age of 18 years.
Freephone 0800 543 754

 

Safe to Talk

Free, confidential help and support for people affected by any type of sexual concerns or harm. Available 24/7 by phone, text, website, online chat and email.
Freephone: 0800 044 334
Text: 4334
Website/online chat: www.safetotalk.co.nz
Email: support@safetotalk.co.nz

LIFeLINE AOTEAROA

Want to speak to someone about how you’re feeling? Whether you’re stressed, lonely, depressed or unsure, you can call Lifeline 24/7 and speak with someone who can listen and help.
Freephone: 0800 543 354

 

Phone apps for young people 


TO help with compulsive porn behaviour

Fortify

This app is designed to equip individuals struggling with compulsive porn use – young and old – with tools, education and a community to assist them.

 Apple Store | Google Play

SafeSurfer

Using SafeSurfer, you can block pornography on your iPhone or iPad. It runs silently in the background and blocks adult content on all major browsers.

Apple Store | Google Play

Brainbuddy

Brainbuddy aims to help people addicted to porn and masturbation, so they can quit porn and rewire their brain.

Apple Store | Google Play

Quit Addiction Buddy

This app is designed to help you quit porn through developing discipline, keeping track of mistakes so that you can fix them and kickstarting your willpower.

Apple Store | Google Play

Internet filters 


MAKE YOUR HOME, WORKPLACE or school a SAFER place

OPEN DNS

This is an American company that has become the world’s largest and fastest-growing DNS service provider. It can be put on wifi or individual devices, and usage reports can be provided.

www.opendns.com

Safe Surfer

This is a NZ based social enterprise company that has set up innovative software currently filtering 300,000 homes and devices such as phones, laptops, tablets and TVs. It can set device time restrictions, reports on usage, emailing phishing and potentially speed up your internet.

www.safesurfer.co.nz

FAMILY ZONE

An Australian cybersafety platform used  in over 600 schools and by 350,000 families across Australia, New Zealand and the US. It can be used on wifi or on individual devices and can restrict youtube, games, social media sites, and timing of device use.

www.familyzone.com

TITAN HQ

This provides solutions for large businesses or schools, with unlimited devices protected. It provides award winning web and spam filtering solutions, trusted by over 7,500 businesses across 135 countries.

www.titanhq.com

CIRCLE WITH DISNEY

Circle is a new product with a filter you can put on your modem, and on each individual device. You can tailor your needs to each device, monitor app use, put time limits on devices and even turn off WIFI or put certain devices to ‘sleep’ at certain times of the day. This is an easy to use filtering option that costs $100 for modem adapter, then $5 per month following.

meetcircle.com

Face to Face Support

by Region

AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, CHRISTCHURCH
NZ Aids Foundation

www.nzaf.org.nz/services-programmes/counselling-support

NORTHLAND
Whangarei Youth Space

www.whangareiyouthspace.co.nz

AUCKLAND

Auckland North Shore

West Auckland

Central Auckland

East Auckland

MID NORTH ISLAND
LOWER NORTH ISLAND
 
CHRISTCHURCH
SOUTHLAND
 
 

For Adults

 

Auckland Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous

A supportive environment for men and women struggling with compulsive sexual and emotional behaviour.
www.aucklandslaa.org.nz

Wellington Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous

A supportive environment for men and women struggling with compulsive sexual and emotional behaviour.
www.slaawellington.org.nz

 

Respect is an essential place to begin in any conversation about sex. Explain that the disrespect men show towards women in porn isn’t something that should be recreated or accepted. Talk about the fact that what they are seeing isn’t real; that the people in the videos are paid actors.

— Richie Hardcore, NZ social change campaigner

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