independent support groups in New Zealand

- Auckland
- Coromandel
- Dunedin
- Hawera
- Napier
- Nelson
- Taranaki
- Wellington
- Whangarei

sands.org.nz
Sands is NZ wide with groups across the country who support bereaved parents and whanau when a baby dies, at any age or gestation. Many of their volunteers have experienced the heartache of miscarriage. Go to Sands support groups to find one if there are no Miscarriage Support groups near you in the list below.

Auckland
Miscarriage Support Auckland Inc.
P.O. Box 35 434 Browns Bay
Auckland 0753
New Zealand
Office phone and Fax (09) 360 4034
Supportline (09) 378 4060
Vonney Allan (President)
email: support@miscarriagesupport.org.nz
NZ Forum: www.everybody.co.nz

DOWNLOAD Understanding miscarriage brochure PDF

Coromandel
Leonie Kirwan who represents Sands, has also had a 3 miscarriages and offers to talk to anyone in the Coromandel area who would like support after their miscarriage.
Ph: (06) 374 7173
email: lkirwan@xtra.co.nz

Dunedin
Baby Bereavement Group
c/- South Dunedin Plunket Centre
Macandrew Road
Dunedin 9001
New Zealand
Helen Muir (03) 455 4251
Rose Scott (03) 472 8048
Sarah Barton (03) 476 4126

Hawera
c/- Bereaved Parents & Families Support Group
P.O. Box 99
Hawera 4080
Peter and Sonia Keller
7 George Street
Hawera
New Zealand
Ph: (06) 278 4072

Napier
Hawkes Bay Miscarriage Support Group
Kim de la Haye,
510 Whitehead Rd.
Hastings
New Zealand
Ph: (06) 878 7682

Nelson
Martine Robertson,
Co-ordinator for Sands Nelson,
Martine has experienced both a stillbirth and a miscarriage.

03 545 7374
027 236 7565
martine100@gmail.com

Taranaki
c/- Pregnancy Help
Taranaki Branch
4 Romeo St., P.O.Box 81
Stratford 4352
New Zealand
Ph: (06) 765 5042
Fax: (06) 765 5062
Cell: (027) 2125304
www.pregnancyhelp.org.nz
tkipreghelp@xtra.co.nz

Wellington
Wellington Miscarriage Support Group
PO Box 30474,
Lower Hutt
5040 Wellington
Ph.(04) 384 4272
Sarah Whitaker
WgtnMiscarriageSupport@xtra.co.nz
The Wellington Miscarriage Support Group have monthly meetings held on the first Monday of every month at 7.30pm, Ngaio Plunket Rooms, 65 Ottawa Rd, Ngaio.
www.facebook.com/miscarriagewgtn

Whangarei Butterflies
c/- Lifeline Whangarei (Inc.)
P O Box 8024
Kensington
Whangarei
New Zealand
Infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth or death of a baby or young child.
Gay Abercrombie
(09) 437 2961
Office (09) 437-0658