Sexual health services — Hawke's Bay

Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora Hawke's Bay provides free sexual health services for people across the region. Services are provided by specialist clinicians with advanced knowledge and education specific to sexual health.

Services include:

• basic STI screening
• contraception, including long acting reversible contraceptives
• pregnancy testing
• STI counselling and advice
• complex case management
• specialist care and treatment. 

Services are available in

• Napier
• Hastings
• Flaxmere
• Wairoa
• Central Hawke's Bay.

We accept self-referrals and referrals from healthcare professionals.

For an appointment either:

• call 06 878 8108 extension 4113
• email sexual.health@hbdhb.govt.nz

We have 2 24/7 services for people who have experienced sexual violence.

• Sexual Assault Assessment and Treatment Service (SAATS)
• Non-Fatal Strangulation and Suffocation Assessment Service (NFSSAS)

A highly specialised team of clinicians and crisis support staff provide a safe and secure environment for both therapeutic and forensic management of sexual violence and family harm. Clinics are located in Napier and Hastings.

Contact us by either:

• phone on 0800 873 219
• email forensic.service@hbdhb.govt.nz

Most healthcare providers in the region offer sexual health services, including:

• advice and information
• contraception for girls, including oral contraception, depo-provera injection and Jadelle (which goes just under the skin in the arm)
• free condoms
• STI (sexually transmitted infection) checks
• pregnancy tests
• referral to the hospital if needed.

Sexual health services are free if you are:

• 20 years old and under and live in Hastings, Napier or Central Hawke's Bay
• 24 years old and under and live in Wairoa.

Find your local sexual health clinic — Just the Facts (external link)