Local Groups

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Contacts

Rodney

• Tania Pulman (09) 423-8089 Email

Support Meetings:

Support Group meetings will be held on the following dates for the rest of 2010.

• Saturday 9th October, Saturday 11th December.

Time: 10.30am 

Venue: Orewa Community House, Orewa

Coffee mornings:

We are also running coffee mornings at 10:30am on these dates (children welcome):

• Wednesday 8th Sept, 10th November

Venue: Orewa Community House, Orewa.

• Alana or Allison 0508 Sands A/0508 72 63 72
• Email

Support Meetings:

Support Group meetings are held on the first Saturday of every month 10am - 12pm at Pt Chevalier Community Centre, 18 Huia Road, Pt Chevalier.  

Sorry - there are no childcare facilities available, these meetings are for adults only.

Coffee Group:

Third Tuesday of each month (no January group) For further details please call or email

Children and babies welcome.

Postal Address PO Box 41 111, St Lukes, Auckland 1346

Manukau

• Sarah (09) 577 5239 (for general info/meeting details)
• admin@sandsmanukau.com

Support Meetings:

Monthly meetings are held. 

Please phone or email for meeting venue and day (contact details above)

Sorry - there are no childcare facilities available, these meetings are for adults only.

Please see our website www.sandsmanukau.com for further information about Sands Manukau.

Franklin*

• Tarsha Mehrtens (09) 236-0228/021 256-0082
• Email

Support Meetings: to be established

• Janet Williams 0800 57 00 33 Email: janet.williams@wisegroup.co.nz

Support Meetings:

First Monday of month in the evening, at a Sands member's house, contact Janet for details

Piako/Coromandel 

• Leonie Kirwan 027-2476818 Email: lkirwan@xtra.co.nz  
  

Phone support; one-to-one and internet support.

See our Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Sands-Coromandel/134960956520963?ref=ts

Tauranga/Bay of Plenty

• Lauren MacRae (07) 575-2077 Email
• Nicole Richardson (07) 544-7995 Email

Support Meetings:

First Monday of month, 7:30pm, please contact Nicole or Lauren for venue details

Whakatane

• Amanda Rouse 0274 200194 Email: sandswhakatane@hotmail.co.nz  
  

Support Meetings

Please contact Amanda for any further details.

Rotorua (includes Taupo)

• Lorraine Bennett (07) 574-6454/021 0390093 Email

Support Meetings:

No set monthly meetings but get together when possible; Coffee mornings when needed.

Please note that the 0800 number for Rotorua Sands is no longer in use.

Gisborne

• Shirley Rolfe (06) 868-9514/021 1551022 Email
• Frank Rolfe (06) 868-9514

Support Meetings:

Last Wednesday of month
Please contact Shirley for details

Hawkes Bay*

Napier/Hastings

• Lisa Bailey (06) 835-3857 Email

Support Meetings: to be established

Waipukarau

Sids NZ runs a support meeting for anyone who has experienced the loss of a baby. Meetings are held on the third Sunday of the month. Please phone 0800 164455 or Andrea Todd (06) 858-5268 or Racheal Berkahn (06) 858-9681.

Stratford*

• Julie O'Sullivan (06) 762-8659

New Plymouth/Taranaki

• Angela Kehely (06) 753-9920 Email
• Angie Walton (06) 753-4041
  

Support Meetings:

First Monday of the month (except January), 7:00pm, Labour Party rooms, 158 Tukupa Street, New Plymouth

Wanganui

• Catherine Bronnimann (06) 343-3648 Email: carzands@xtra.co.nz  
  

Support Meetings:

Last Tuesday of the month, 7:30pm, at the Parent Support Centre, 303 Wicksteed St, Wanganui.

See our Facebook page: 

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=100000878379497&ref=ts  

Palmerston North

• Gaylene & Shaun Vivian (Palmerston North) (06) 356-9715 Email:vivian.family@xtra.co.nz

• Allan Davey (Photography) (06) 323-8818 

Support Meetings:

Last Saturday of the month, 2:00-4:00pm, Milson Scout Hall,  John F Kennedy Drive

Dannevirke*

• Deb Barrow (06) 374-5153 Email

One-to-one support either by phone or in person, please contact Leonie or Deb.

Levin

Wairarapa

• Linda Penlington (06) 377-2414  or Mobile 021-297-4801                                                                    
  

Linda is available for hospital and home visits, phone and internet support.

Kapiti Coast

• Leigh Hindry 021-422653

• Email: SandsKapiti@gmail.com  

Leigh is currently available for phone and internet support. Support meetings will be organised at a future date, please email Leigh for information about meetings.

See our Facebook page on:  http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Sands-Kapiti/127761213915136?ref=ts  

Hutt Valley

• Caryn Vautier (04) 586-3166 Email
• Lisa Mansfield (04) 565- 3259

Support Meetings:

Third Wednesday of the month, Alicetown Community Centre, 38 Victoria Street, Alicetown, Lower Hutt.

Wellington

• Joan Curle (04) 478-9307 Email
• Vicki Culling (04) 478-0895/021 776-436 Email

Support Meetings:

First Wednesday of each month (except January), 7:30pm
Plunket Family Rooms, Rotoiti Street, Johnsonville

See our Facebook page on  http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=131250756893038&ref=ts  

We're under groups - Sands Wellington/Hutt Valley

Young Parents Support (for all of NZ):

Claudia Astorga-Ralph can be contacted on (04) 563-6656, text on 027-7272951 or email on claudia_ralph@yahoo.co.nz

Blenheim

• Jill Ashfield (03) 572-9921 Email
• Anna Simpson (03) 577-7765 Email

Support Meetings:

No set monthly meetings, will meet up as required

Nelson

• Angela Hayes (03) 544-4904 Email
• Martine Robertson (03) 545-7374 Email
  

Support Meetings: 

First Tuesday of every month (except January), 7:00pm   Nick Smith's Electorate Office, 54 Waimea Road, Stoke

Christchurch

• Malia Hill (03) 323-9850 /027 293-3167
• Sands Canterbury mobile 021 103-4911 Email

Support Meetings:

First Monday of month, 7:30pm
St Albans Community Centre
1047 Colombo Street, Christchurch

• Sands Timaru & Districts cellphone 027-8269406; calls or texts welcome
• Email us on contact@sands.org.nz  (please write Timaru in the subject line)

Support Meetings:

7:30pm on the third Wednesday of every month. Gleniti Community Rooms, 58 Gleniti Road, Timaru

Coffee mornings also held as the need arises.

For information about meetings, please contact Sam Joyce on msjoyce@xtra.co.nz  

North Otago   Mel Watson   Email

• Sands North Otago cellphone 022-6876375; calls or texts welcome
  

Support Meetings:

Monthly meetings held at St John's Hall, Exe Street, Oamaru on the first Thursday of every month from 7:30pm.

See our Facebook page on:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sands-North-Otago/120007471378160

Dunedin

• Sarah Barton (03) 476-4126 Email
• Rose Scott (03) 472-8048 Email
• Helen Muir (03) 455-4251

Support Meetings:

Last Tuesday of the month, 10:00am - 12:00pm
South Dunedin Plunket Centre, Macandrew Road, Dn

• Linda Campbell (03) 768-5884 

One to one contact or support, please phone Linda
No support meetings

Westport

 A group is being established in Westport - we will post details very soon.

• Natasha Robinson 027-4104685 Email: nat_robby@yahoo.co.nz  
  
• Amanda Elliott (03) 441-3996
  

Support Meetings:

Every second month, Wednesday evenings, above the Salvation Army room, Camp St, Queenstown. Contact Natasha for dates.

• Sheryll Joyce (03) 217-9540/027 600-4071 Email

* No active group, contact person only.