Want us at your event, or to get involved yourself?
Psy-Care Aotearoa works at festivals around Te Wai Pounamu (The South Island) of Aotearoa New Zealand, to provide a calm and secure space for festival-goers who are overwhelmed or struggling.
Psy-Care Aotearoa provides evidence-based, non-judgemental drug harm reduction services to improve safety and well-being at the events we attend. We do not advocate for, or against, drug use, and consider drug associated harm a matter of public health, not criminal justice.
Events we are attending
| Twisted Frequency | 30th Dec 2025 – 3rd Jan 2026, Cobb Valley, Mohua Golden Bay | Team Full |
| Kōwhai Grove | Friday 16th – Sunday 18th Jan 2026, Waimate | Seeking Volunteers |
| Rolling Hertz | Friday 6th – Monday 9th Feb 2026, Cobb Valley, Mohua Golden Bay | Seeking Volunteers |
Newsletter – June 2025
At this point, it is almost traditional that we send out our end-of-summer update well into winter. Ah well! Psy-Care Aotearoa keeps growing and improving, with more and more collaboration with other harm reduction rōpu and practitioners; read on to hear about Ashlyn’s trip to Tāmaki Makaurau, to kōrero all things Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy. We’ve added…
Newsletter – October 2024
New care space guidance published, a name change, and we’re going to be a registered charity KIA ORA KOUTOU, There have been some awesome updates and changes happening behind the scenes in the last couple of months, including starting the transition to charitable trust status, and taking advantage of the switch-up to change our name!…
Newsletter June 2024
KIA ORA KOUTOU,Welcome to our laughably delayed summer wrap-up! Clare here, on behalf of myself, Penny, Ashlyn and Charlie. I think we all got even busier than last year, if that’s possible? However, our Psy-Care season went incredibly well overall. The harm reduction kaupapa is also thriving – read more below on some of the…
“Having you at this festival, and knowing there’s somewhere to go, makes me feel so safe”
Freya, Psy-care visitor
Psy-Care Aotearoa 