Name: NICHE
Location: 52 Rutherford Street: Nelson
Postal: PO Box 1400, Nelson 7040
Phone: 03 546 8170
Fax: 03 546 8170
Manager: Chris Brough
Email: nichenelson@xtra.co.nz
Website:http://www.niche.org.nz/


Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 9:00am to 5:00pm. Saturday: 10:00am to 2pm. Sunday closed. Public Holidays: 10:00am to 2:00pm

In their own words: "NICHE utilises a peer-based model to provide better strategies for the minimisaton of harm associated with injection drug use. We neither encourage or condone intravenous drug use. Injecting drugs is a dangerous practice and the decision to use drugs in this way is yours"

Services: NICHE provides full NEP services, safe sex product distributionn, health service & health professional referral, peer basededucation and a range of resources aimed to minimise drug related harm. NICHE publishes a quarterly magazine containing articiles relevant to drug related harm. We also provide education seminars on subjects relating to drug use including HIV, Hepatitis C, infection risk, poly-drug use and warning signs for parents relating to early drug use.

Copyright NENZ Trust January  2011