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Contact Us

How to contact our Auckland and Wellington offices, including using the NZ Relay Service.

General Enquiries

National Freephone: 0800 11 22 33
Available Monday to Friday, 8.30am-5pm

Fax: 09 373 1061

Email: hdc@hdc.org.nz 

Postal address:
PO Box 1791, Auckland 1140

Making Complaints

Click here for information on making a complaint.

Website Feedback

Email: website@hdc.org.nz

Deaf, hard of hearing, speech-impaired or deafblind

The NZ Relay Service is available for people who are Deaf, hard of hearing, speech-impaired or deafblind and want to connect over the phone.

  1. Go to New Zealand Relay Service.
  2. Select the service best suited to your needs – Text Relay, Caption Relay, Speech to Speech services, TTY service or NZSL Interpreted services.
  3. Provide our contact number to the NZ Relay assistant – 09 373 1060
  4. You will be connected to the Health & Disability Commissioner's Office

Our team treats complainants with fairness and respect.

We acknowledge that you may be feeling distressed or angry in making a complaint, but we take a zero-tolerance approach to any abuse towards our staff.

Staff safety and wellbeing are paramount to HDC. Offensive, threatening or abusive communications will not be tolerated and will be responded to accordingly. This may include issuing a warning, reporting a matter of concern to the Police, or modifying or restricting access to our services.