Counties Manukau
Contraception information and services available across Counties Manukau for when you need it.
Protected&Proud has partnered with Healthpoint, Aotearoa’s health and social services directory to provide kiwis with access to a wide range of contraception providers. This collaboration will provide sustainable, reliable and current service information.
General Practices, Community Pharmacies, Family Planning, Iwi Hauora and Pacific contraception providers has been provided by Healthpoint. If your practice, pharmacy or organisation provides contraception options and would like to be featured on the Protected&Proud service map or if your details need updating, please contact the Healthpoint team. For all other service provider listings, contact the Protected&Proud team.
To help people across Counties Manukau find out what contraception services are available near them, use our smart filter so you can see at a glance if your local service provider offers the contraception method you want. Not all providers have trained healthcare practitioners to offer Fit & Forget contraception (implants, IUDs).
More information on how to access free or subsidised contraception services can be found below the map.
Free or subsidised services & all contraception services (includes all of the Fit & Forget services i.e. implant inserts, implant removals, IUD inserts, and IUD removals)
All contraception services (includes all of the Fit & Forget services i.e. implant inserts, implant removals, IUD inserts, and IUD removals). Do not offer free or subsidised contraception services.
Free contraception services (may not offer all contraception services. Select the provider to see what services are available)
Service Providers (includes providers that may not offer all contraception services and do not provide free or susidised contraception services)
Te Whatu Ora | Health NZ are funding specific contraception services for free* to help empower people to make informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health.
This is in addition to other services that are available in the community through Sexual Health Clinics and Family Planning. Services that are covered under this agreement and free of charge to waahine/women+, includes:
Free appointment time to insert and/or remove either an Implant or IUD device
(this may vary depending on the contraception and/or the provider).
*Services and fees may vary at the discretion of the provider. Please ensure to ask your provider.
To be eligible** for free contraception, service users reside in Counties Manukau or are enrolled or are presenting to a practice in Counties Manukau and 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 at the discretion of the provider. Please ensure to ask your provider prior to your appointment.
Live in a quintile 4 or 5 area
Maaori or Pasifika
Hold a Community
Services Card (CSC)
At risk of poor outcomes from a pregnancy
Communities with health disparities
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
