“It was a real godsend that it was free because it ensured that everybody was getting clean gear.”
Needle Exchange
We try to make it easy to find a needle exchange. We have fixed locations across the South Island, offer a mobile service in the West Coast, +200 pharmacies and a range of alternative providers, including Hauora Māori services, across the motu to distribute harm reduction equipment.
We operate seven needle exchanges across Te Waipounamu | South Island, they are located in the main centres:
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Can’t find a needle exchange open? Don’t worry we have +200 pharmacies or alternate providers…see pharmacies, see alternative providers
Pharmacy
Pharmacies and alternate providers provide a set of packs, the packs are designed to meet your needs. What’s in the pharmacy packs? Each pack comes with swabs, and a returns container.
Standard IV pack – Green
10 x 3ml syringes
10 x 27g x ½ needles
Intramuscular PIEDs pack – Yellow
10 x 3ml syringes
10 x 23g x 1½ needles
10 x 18g x 1½ needles
1 ml fixed needle pack - Blue
10 x 1ml Insulin syringes with attached 29g needles
10ml Syringe Pack - Pink
5 x 10ml syringes
5 x 26g x ½ needles
All in One pack – Red
2 x 3ml syringes
2 x 27g x ½ needles
Butterfly pack - Orange
4 x 10ml syringes
4 x 18g x 1½ blunt needles
4 x 25g butterflies
West Coast Mobile Outreach
Every month our peers and new outreach van—Reretau, head over one of the alpine passes to the West Coast. Our peers call in to Hokitika, Greymouth, Westport, Reefton and all the wee places in between to keep West Coasters safe by bringing new equipment, advice, rapid Hep C testing, and love. They will also collect used equipment and return it to Christchurch for safe disposal.
If you, or anyone else you know may need this service, please get in touch.
