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Meet with a MATE at your local cafe and get the support you need. ​

MATES Cafe is here for you when you are going through crisis. We understand that we all go through challenges in life, just as you are and when we have, we have reached out to a MATE for support. MATES recognise the benefits of having someone to talk to and just being there for us. We therefore want to be there for someone else when they need a shoulder to lean on. After all, isn't that what MATES are for?
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All other enquiries please go to "Contact Us" or "Refer Someone" (under the contact tab)  Thank You.
A Call-Out to ALL!
Can You Spare ONE Hour of Your Life to Save a Life?

MATES Cafe is purely about saving lives. Do you realise that in 2017-2018 over 668 people in New Zealand chose to take their own life because they couldn't stand the emotional trauma they were undergoing. Many of these occurred because of relationship breakdown.

Over 16,280 New Zealanders have killed themselves  since 1985! 
One person has taken there own life on average every 18 hours over the last 33 years.(approx. 12,500 Men and 3,780 Women Suicides in same period) Age-standardised suicide death rate, 1996 - 2012 New Zealand

Enough is enough!
MATES has been operating for nearly 10 Years in New Zealand... we now need your help to drastically lower the suicide rate... are you with us?

Saving someones life can be to either:
  1. Help them navigate in a new direction, and potentially prevent them from killing themselves...
  2. Help them to find support and hope to move forward in rebuilding their new life...
  3. Help spare the pain and anguish of all those around them that will be affected for the rest of their lives, if they go through with it... spouses, ex-spouses, children, friends, friends of friends, workmates, colleagues, school friends many more...​
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New Zealand - South Island

Information about New Zealand

Number of people counted

Total population
  • 4,027,947 people usually live in New Zealand. This is an increase of 290,667 people, or 7.8 percent, since the 2001 Census.
Population of New Zealand, 2006 Census 
  • Male  1,965,618
  • Female  2,062,329
  • Total  4,027,947
Māori ethnic population
  • 565,326 Māori usually live in New Zealand, an increase of 39,048 people, or 7.4 percent, since the 2001 Census.
Māori Population of New Zealand, 2006 Census 
  • Male  274,860
  • Female  290,469
  • Total  565,326
Note: The Māori ethnic group population is the count for people of the Māori ethnic group. It includes those people who stated Māori as being either their sole ethnic group or one of several ethnic groups.  

Number of dwellings counted
  • For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,276 unoccupied dwellings.
  • There are 13,560 dwellings under construction in New Zealand.
Dwellings in New Zealand, 2006 Census Dwelling status      
  • Occupied Private  1,471,746    
  • Non-private  6,963    
  • Total  1,478,709
  • Unoccupied  159,276
  • Under construction  13,560
  • Total  1,651,542
Note: This data has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not add up to totals, and values for the same data may vary in different text, tables and graphs.
MATES North Island Centres (Click Here)
​MATES South Island Centres (Click Here)