Kia ora

 

Thank you for taking the time to get in touch with Prime Minister, Chris
Hipkins.

 

Please accept this as acknowledgement that your email has been received by
my office.

 

If you are writing about an issue relating to COVID-19, mental health,
immigration, housing or benefit assistance, here's a list of links which
you might find helpful:

 

COVID-19

 

For information on COVID-19, including the latest updates, go to
[1]www.covid19.govt.nz

 

For immigration and visa advice

Contact the call centre which is open  6:00am Monday to midnight on
Saturday (NZT).

[2]https://www.immigration.govt.nz/contact/  

 

 

For urgent housing or benefit enquiries:

∙             Call 0800 559 009 (for under 65)

∙             Call 0800 552 002 (for over 65)

 

 

If you need treatment or support for your health or wellbeing. The
following options are available:

 

Healthline – You can call Healthline for health advice on freephone 0800
611 116 at any time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Healthline staff
can advise you on the best thing to do in your situation, including which
services are near you and open.

 

1737 – If you need to talk to someone about how you are feeling, you can
call or text 1737 for free at any time to talk to a trained counsellor.

 

Mental health crisis teams – If you are concerned that someone is going to
hurt themselves or someone else, you can all your local mental health
crisis team. A full list of numbers is available here:
[3]www.health.govt.nz/your-health/services-and-support/health-care-services/mental-health-services/crisis-assessment-teams/

 

For Police assistance in an emergency call 111. For everything else use
105.

You can also make a report online at [4]www.105.police.govt.nz

 

 

We hope that this information is helpful, if not we will try to get back
to you as soon as possible.

 

Thank you again.

 

 

Office of the Prime Minister

 

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Tēnā koe, Tulson

 

On behalf of Andrew Kirton, I attach a letter in regards to the above
matter.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Private Secretary (Executive Support)

Office of the Prime Minister

 

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Tēnā koe, Tulson

 

On behalf of Andrew Kirton, I attach a letter in regards to the above
matter.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Private Secretary (Executive Support)

Office of the Prime Minister

 

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Dear Tulson

 

Please see attached response from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te
Pūtea Matua to your request made under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Kind regards

 

Ruth

 

Ruth Duncan

Senior Advisor

Government and Industry Relations

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