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Auckland
Solace Support Group, updated Aug 2011Mark (09) 360 6410
Kay & Allan (09) 832 4571
Kassy (09) 479 9407
solacesupport@paradise.net.nz
view their brochure
Hamilton
Solace Support, updated March 2010Aynsley and Dennis Parker
(07) 846 3550
parkers@wave.co.nz
South Waikato Taumaranui
Family and Caregiver Support, updated March 2010Ph (07) 883 3976
Tokoroa
facs@xtra.co.nz
Ron & Marie Summer
Compassionate Friends
Ph (07) 895 4879
Taumaranui
Bay of Plenty
Bereaved by Suicide Support Group / Grief Support Services, updated April 2010Our support group meets at 147 Chadwick Road, Greerton Tauranga You are most welcome to come along and be part of this supportive group and / or receive our bi-monthly newsletter. Free counselling is also offered.
For more information please contact Janet Baird, Ph (07) 578 4480,
email griefsupport@xtra.co.nz, website: www.griefsupport.org.nz
Wainuiomata
Grief Support Network
This network has been set up within the Wainuiomata community to provide support for those who are experiencing grief through suicide or other death, particularly in the weeks/months after the event when initial support has often ceased. The WGSN is a link and resource service only, and can advise of local professional support services. They do not provide grief counselling or crisis services.Ph (04) 564 1338Taranaki
Touched by Suicide Support Group, ph 06 759 5519 / 021 733 816, email joanah.phillips@yts.tuiora.co.nz
Palmerston North
Levin and OtakiBereaved by Suicide Support Group, updated April 2010
ACROSS: Te Kotahitanga o te Wairua www.across.org.nz
Groups run by Rose Allan, Ph (06) 356 7486
Email enquiries@across.org.nz or rallan@across.org.nz
Wanganui
Support Group for Those Bereaved by Suicide www.beeaved-by-suicide.co.nz
"The support group welcomes in confidence immediate family, relatives, friends and others. We are here to support others by understanding their pain as we still walk our lives." Phone or text 027 684 3386 or ph (06) 3446573.
Wellington
"The Wave" - Bereaved by Suicide Support Group, updated Aug 2011For adults and young people, 17 years plus, who have been affected by the suicide of someone they know. The group allows members to share their thoughts and feelings around what's happened; discuss the nature of suicide; gain information and ideas about how to care for themselves and others, including children, after a suicide.
The group is faciliated by professional counsellors and educators and runs over 8 weeks, more information at the skylight website under Support Groups
Contact skylight Ph (04) 920 9967 or email css@skylight-trust.org.nz
Marlborough
Bereaved by Suicide Support GroupContact Alana Wilson Ph (03) 572 7445, updated April 2010or c/- P O Box 110
Renwick, Blenheim 7243 Top


