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Disability Support Services contacts

Contact details for Disability Support Services within the Ministry of Health.

If you wish to make a general enquiry or a complaint about Ministry-funded services you can, choose from the following options:

Alternatively you can contact your local Disability Services office directly.

Locality offices

Auckland
Postal address Private Bag 92 522
Wellesley St
Phone (09) 5809000
Fax (09) 5809001
Hamilton
Postal address PO Box 1031
Phone (07) 8587000
Fax (07) 8587070

 

Wellington (national office)
Postal address PO Box 5013
Phone (04) 4962000
Fax (04) 496 2050

 

Dunedin
Postal address PO Box 5849
Phone (03) 474 8040
Fax (03) 474 8582

Needs Assessment Service Co-ordination (NASC) services

List of Needs Assessment Service Co-ordination (NASC) services that provide services for Disability Support Services at the Ministry of Health.

Disability information and advisory services (DIAS)

List of disability information and advisory services (DIAS) contracted by Disability Support Services at the Ministry of Health to provide disability information and advisory services.

You can also find contact details for DIAS organisations by contacting your local NASC, or through the New Zealand Federation of Disability Information Centres

Advocacy and support agencies

There are a number of agencies that provide advocacy and advice to people with disabilities, including:

  • Human Rights Commission which champions fundamental human rights as a framework for a fair and just society for all the people of New Zealand. The Commission can also resolve disputes relating to unlawful discrimination.
  • Health and Disability Commissioner who works to promote and protect the rights of health and disability consumers, and to facilitate the fair, simple, speedy, and efficient resolution of complaints.
  • Communitynet Aotearoa has a list of community organisations and support groups.

Feedback

If you have questions or comments relating to Ministry-funded disability support services then please send them to disability@moh.govt.nz, call our message box on freephone 0800 DSD MOH (0800 373 664) and press 1, or fax us on freefax 0800 000 838. Messages will be cleared daily.

We also welcome your feedback on this website. Please send any feedback to disability@moh.govt.nz. If you are commenting on a specific page of this website please send us the web address of that page (this can be found in the address box near the top of your screen).

Your comments and email address will be used only by the Ministry of Health, and will not be passed to any other agencies.

Complaints

If you wish to complain about Ministry-funded disability support services you can email us on dsdcomplaints@moh.govt.nz, call our message box on freephone 0800 DSD MOH (0800 373 664) and press 2, or fax us on freefax 0800 000 838. Messages will be cleared on a daily basis.

More information

Downloads

Making a Complaint Factsheet can be downloaded on the Contact Disability Support Services webpage

Related areas

Page last updated: 24 March 2010