ph: (09)480-6530
9:00am - 2:30pm
Free Phone 0800 472 637
email: office@grg.org.nz

Trust Head Office:
PO Box 34-892
Birkenhead,
Auckland 0742 

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren ™ Charitable Trust 2005




Any information on this site may not necessarily represent the views of the GRG Trust Board

Do you have any concerns or complaints about the Trust, please contact the Trust Secretary:

PO Box 34-892
Birkenhead,
Auckland 0742 

Support Groups

Support

If anyone is interested in starting an informal coffee group, please email the Trust at office@grg.org.nz

*  = Telephone support              ** = Telephone support and meetings.   

Title

Name

Contact Numbers

Email Address

Member Support Manager

Diane Vivian

09 480 6530

office@grg.org.nz
Information & new members registration plus National Office   Caregivers please call 0800 472 637 ext. 1 if a toll call  
 
Field Officers 

Field Officer - Central North island

Sharon Lee

 09 419 0045 Toll call's 0800 472 637 ext. 2

Monday & Friday only 10am - 4pm

Field Officer – Hawkes Bay

Nola Adams

06 845 3141or if a toll call please call 0800 472 637 ext. 3

laceforme@hotmail.com 

  Monday - Friday 9am -4pm

Field Officer - Wellington Diana East  04 970 8177 or if a toll call please ph 0800 472 637 ext. 4 d.east13@yahoo.co.nz Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
Field Officer - Thames Tricia Corin 07 8685490 or if a toll call please ph 0800 472 637 ext. 5 tricia.corin@gmail.com Monday - Friday 11am - 5pm
For more detailed info on services they offer see Field Officers on home page menu
       
Support Group Coordinators by Area

Ashburton:

Jude Suddens

03 307 2147

jude.brian@clear.net.nz

Auckland: North Shore ** Bonnie Williams 09 473 9055  willingclan@xtra.co.nz  
     

Waitakere** 

Debbie Hall 
 
09 818 7828  debron@xtra.co.nz 

South Auckland** 

Virginia Peebles

09 256 1620

Mangere East ** Teresa Van Kuylenburg 09 974 2388

 teresa.mangere.grg.gmail.com

East Auckland/ Tamaki**

Tess Gould-Thorpe

09 535 6903

pan@xnet.co.nz

Christchurch/ South ** Sharyn Parker 03 342 5528 davesharyn.parker@xtra.co.nz

Coromandel

Keitha Jenkins

 07 866 8273

 northbrook@slingshot.co.nz

Dargaville*

ladybeeorcon.net.nz

Dunedin** Catherine Butson 03 489 2942 cmbutson@ihug.co.nz

Gisborne **

Hamilton**

Jo Gregory

Kerry Batten

06 868 7056

07 560 0291

j.gregory@xtra.co.nz

kebatten@gmail.com

Huntly** 

Lodi Liebert 

07 828 6123 

lodevika@hotmail.com

Invercargill **

Lynette Nielsen

03 216 0411

jhandli@clear.net.nz

Levin*

Ann Waddell

06 362 7269

ann.hen@xtra.co.nz

Napier** Michelle Lark  06842 2656  larkmichele16@gmail.com

Nelson**

Paula Eggers

 03 544 5714 021 062 6583

paulaeggers2000@yahoo.com.au 

     

Otago/Dunedin *

Aad & Leonie

03 465 1764

omaandopa@xtra.co.nz

Palmerston North **

Porirua Wellington **

Martha Taonui-Andrews


06 356 6929 marthataounians@xtra.co.nz

Rotorua**

Rawinia Mcredie
Cyril Anderson
 

07 345 5003

07 347 8163

winmacredie@xtra.co.nzjudycyril@xtra.co.nz 

Taumarunui **

Ruth Sandiford-Phelan

07 896 7297

ruthsp@email.com

Tauranga ** Maureen Murphy-Boyd  07 5700175  murphy.boyd@xtra.co.nz

Te Hiku Northland*/Kaitaia

Koha Mehana

09 408 3788


Te Kuiti ** Patsy Roach 07 878 6704 roachp@waikatodhb.health.nz
Thames * Sonja Senior 07 868 4846 chchapple@xtra.co.nz

Upper/Lower Hutt**

Margaret Pearson

04 976 9475

maggiemagpie@paradise.net.nz 

Whanganui**

Lynette Dickinson
Cherryl Smith

06 344 2830
06 344 1278

sunflower201074@yahoo.com
cherryl@clear.net.nz

Wairarapa** 

Tere Lenihan

06 379 5407

terel@swscc.org.nz

Wellington**

Cecilee Donovan

04 477 0632

 cecileed@gmail.com

Whakatane/Kawerau **

Shirley Faulkner 07 322 8524 shirleyfaulkner@xtra.co.nz
Whangarei** Janet Puriri

09 435 0044 

jpuriri@ihug.co.nz

 ** = Meetings and telephone support           * = Meetings only

 

Informal Coffee Groups:

Auckland Central:

June 09 630 2409

Coromandel/Tairua/Whitianga:

Brenda 07 866 4476

Howick/Manukau:

Lorraine 09 271 2900

Marton/Hunterville

Sharon 06 322 9795

New Plymouth:

Sue 06 756 7542 or 027 8569242/txt

Te Kauwhata:

Denise 07 826 3779

Timaru:

Michelle Text 027 2323583 m-kerr@xtra.co.nz

Wainuiomata:

Tricia 04 971 3538
Wairarapa: Sheryl 06 304 9957