New Zealand based apps to support you during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Contact tracing app
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Features |
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NZ COVID Tracer app
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- Digital diary of the places you visit
- Scans QR codes
- Registers contact information
- Country of origin: New Zealand
- Available from Google Play and App Store
- Free
- Read more about NZ COVID Tracer app
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Apps to support your mental health and wellbeing
COVID-19 and the impact on New Zealand is unknown territory for all of us. It is perfectly normal to feel worried, concerned and anxious when in a global pandemic. The following are New Zealand based apps designed to support your mental health and well being during these challenging times.
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Melon app
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- A health and wellness app with a variety of programmes. This review is of the COVID-19 programme.
- Country of origin: New Zealand
- Available from Google Play and App Store
- Free
- Read more about Melon app
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Aroha chatbot
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- A Facebook Messenger chatbot to guide young people through some activities to help them cope with the COVID-19 pandemic
- Country of origin: New Zealand
- Web-based
- Free
- Read more about Aroha chatbot
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Mentemia
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- An app to help New Zealanders cope with COVID-19 by coaching them in mental wellbeing
- Country of origin: New Zealand
- Available from Google Play and Apple
- Cost: Free
- Read more about Mentemia
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Staying on Track
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- An online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) course covering a variety of CBT tools within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Web-based
- Cost: Free
- Read more about Staying on Track
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The clinical score depends on the context in which Staying on Track is used.
If guided by a relevant health professional with phone or email follow up, or self-guided for highly motivated patients:
If you use this on your own without a health provider, studies show fewer people complete the full course (although completing even one session could be helpful) so the score is lower:
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