Supporting your wellbeing

Supporting your wellbeing

Rural Support Trust is a support service for rural people dealing with stress, hardship, health challenges, or disruption. Get free, confidential, one-on-one help, including local face-to-face visits, triage, ongoing support, and connections to counsellors and other professional services.

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Wellbeing

Community

  • Upper Clutha Capability Development Grant

    Enterprise
    Community
    Wellbeing

    Grants for leadership and community growth in the Upper Clutha region. Support rural projects.

  • A Passion for Rural Health – Dr Sue Fowlie

    Whānau
    Community
    Health and safety
    Wellbeing

    Meet a Canterbury doctor who bought her local practice to keep rural health care close to home.

Sustainability

  • Forestry advisory service

    Climate
    Forestry
    Sustainability
    Wellbeing

    Get free forestry advice to grow trees, manage forests, and understand your responsibilities.

  • Funding and rural support

    Climate
    Agribusiness
    Community
    Employment
    Planning
    Resilience
    Sustainability
    Water

    Funding and support for primary industries, including farming, fishing, and Māori agribusiness.

An alternative perspective

  • Climate change training for rural professionals

    Climate
    Adaptation
    Emissions reduction
    Greenhouse gas
    Policy
    Sequestration
    Sustainability

    Training for rural professionals on climate change and agricultural geenhouse gas emissions in NZ.

  • About Māori land in New Zealand

    Whenua
    Sustainability
    Wellbeing
    Whenua Māori

    Learn about Māori land history, ownership, and its significance for iwi and whānau.

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Mana in Mahi - Funding for employers

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Employment
Wellbeing

Mana in Mahi helps employers support people starting their careers with training and wage subsidies.

Farm Source guide - Maximise herd health

Enterprise
Dairy
Livestock
Wellbeing

Check out ways to manage herd health, breeding and biosecurity to lift farm performance.

Real Optimism Podcast

Enterprise
Resilience
Wellbeing

Julia Jones explores leadership, resilience, and innovation, with a focus on the primary sector.

Engaging communities about climate change

Climate
Adaptation
Collaboration
Community
Flooding
Resilience

The South Dunedin Future programme aims to address climate change and community needs after severe floods.

Rural Fire - A guide on how to manage the risks

Climate
Community
Health and safety
Risk
Sustainability

Get tips on managing wildfire risks in rural areas.

Farm Source guide - Managing environmental stress

Climate
Adaptation
Livestock
Resilience

Understand how to protect cows from heat, cold and adverse weather to limit stress and losses.

Farm Debt Mediation Scheme

Enterprise
Agribusiness
Resilience
Wellbeing

Get help from independent mediators to work through your farm debt issues.

A Systems Approach to Climate Change, Water & Wellbeing

Climate
Adaptation
Community
Resilience
Water
Wellbeing

Explore how climate change affects water, health, and wellbeing with this interactive tool.