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