Accurate and unbiased information on ārai hapū contraception options and access to services in Aotearoa New Zealand for when you need it.
Accurate and unbiased information on contraception options and access to services in Aotearoa New Zealand for when you need it.
We help to connect you with the information you need to be educated and informed about your own reproductive and sexual health, and the relevant service providers in your area.
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Across Aotearoa New Zealand some providers are funded to deliver free or subsidised contraception services*.
Protected&Proud is here to help kiwis find contraception services in your local area and help people understand if they are able to access services at no cost or a reduced cost. To know if you may be eligible for free of subsidised contraception services, see the Eligibility section and always check with your provider before booking an appointment.
Free or subsidised contraception services may include:
*Services and fees may vary at the discretion of the provider. Please ensure to ask your provider.
Fit & Forget Appointment time to insert and/or remove either an Implant or IUD device (if preferred contraception).
No costs for either the Implant or IUD device (if preferred contraception).
Free or subsidised contraception services are available at selected providers across Aotearoa New Zealand and for people that meet eligibility criteria**. To access free or subsidised contraception services, you will have to:
1 – Visit a provider that is FUNDED to deliver free or subsidised contraception services; AND
2 – Meet any ONE of the following priority populations:
Informed consent, patient choice and autonomy must be upheld at all times
Ask your service provider to see if you are eligible to access funding. If you are not eligible, fees will be determined by the provider.
**Eligibility has been defined by Te Whatu Ora – Health NZ. Eligibility and fees will be determined by the provider and may vary. Please ensure to ask your provider prior to your appointment.
Under 25 years old
High risk of unplanned
pregnancy and poor health
and social outcomes
Live in a quintile 5 area
Māori or Pacific
Hold a Community
Services Card (CSC)
Across Aotearoa New Zealand there are a range of healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, midwives, and pharmacists) and service providers (general practice, school, Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa, Sexual Health Clinic, community clinic, kaupapa Māori and Pacific, hospital) that deliver sexual and reproductive services.
Note: Wāhine/women+ includes consideration of whānau and social context and is intended to be inclusive of gender diverse people who share some of the health needs of women but do not identify as women. (RANZCOG, 2022)
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A non-hormonal (Copper) IUD is a small, T-shaped plastic device which contains copper. It is put into the uterus (womb). A Copper IUD does not contain hormones. The copper IUD can also be used as an Emergency Contraception.
LASTS FROM 5 TO 10 YEARS | PLACED IN THE UTERUS | EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY | EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION – UP TO 5 DAYS AFTER SEX
A Hormonal IUD is a small, T-shaped plastic device, which contains the hormone progestogen to control your fertility. The device is put into the uterus (womb).
HORMONES | LASTS FROM 3 TO 5 YEARS | PLACED IN THE UTERUS | EFFECTIVE IN 7 DAYS
Two small, flexible plastic rods that are placed just under the skin in the upper arm. The implant releases the hormone progestogen to control fertility.
HORMONES | LASTS UP TO 5 YEARS | PLACED IN THE ARM | EFFECTIVE IN 7 DAYS
