Suicide bereavement support groups in NZ

Helping Parents Heal - Australia/New Zealand Moving Forward After Suicide

An online support group for parents and close family who have lost a child to suicide. We provide a safe space to share and receive support from others with lived experience and provide a shared healing journey.

Email: Alison at austnzhphaftersuicide@gmail.com
Facebook: View group

Northland Waves Group

Next group is TBC. To register interest, contact Sam Cassidy at Manaaki Counselling Services:

Email: samcassidy001@yahoo.co.nz

HUGS (Helping Understand Grief of Suicide) – Kerikeri & Whangarei

HUGS is a support group open to anyone who has lost their loved one to suicide.

We meet monthly. There is no cost to attend. A koha to contribute to use of the rooms and tea & coffee is appreciated, but not requested.

Details of where we meet is given upon contact. To find out more, please email Diane at: hugscommunity@yahoo.com.

Empathy Support Group, Hibiscus Coast/Orewa

For people who have lost loved ones to suicide in the Rodney or North Shore area.
Please get in touch with us via our Facebook page, or contact Brigitte Windor.

Phone: Brigitte Windsor: 021 102 8701
Email: brigitte.windsor@yahoo.co.nz

Solace Support Auckland

A peer support group for people bereaved by suicide. All welcome. Solace meets regularly, on the second Saturday of every month from 9.30am to 12 midday. Solace also holds an annual candle lighting ceremony in November.

Phone: Mark Wilson: 021 998 949 or Robyn Duffy 09 425 6750

Upcoming Waves Groups in the Auckland area:

Auckland

Next group TBC. To register interest in attending or for more information, contact:

Lila Vagana or Lynda Delamore
Phone: 09 390 1453
Email: sarsfield@delamoresupport.co.nz

Auckland North Shore

Next group TBC. To register interest in attending or for more information, contact:

Equip Mental Health
Phone: 09 477 0338

Auckland South

Verona Ramadu
Email: veronar@hcc.co.nz

Hamilton Waves Group

Date TBC.

Ross and Karyn Woodhouse
Fairfield Baptist Church Hamilton
Phone: 021 437 803
Email: karynwoodhouse@gmail.com

South Waikato (Tokoroa) Waves Group

Next group TBC.

To register interest in attending or for more information, contact Supporting Families in Mental Illnesses’ Waikato office.

Phone: Waikato office: 07 886 1568 or 0800 555 434
Email:  tokoroa@sfwaikato.org.nz

Grief Support Services, Tauranga

You are most welcome to come along and be part of this supportive group and/or receive our monthly newsletter. We also offer WAVES which is a grief education programme that aims to support adults bereaved by suicide in their understanding and management of grief and development of resilience. Subsidised one-on-one counselling is also available. Please phone for further details.

Address: 147 Chadwick Road, Greerton, Tauranga
Phone: 07 578 4480
Email: support@griefsupport.org.nz

Tauranga after suicide support group 

Meets on the last Monday of each month from 6pm-7.30pm. Our next meetings are on 28 September, 26 October and 30 November. 

Address: Grief Support Services, 147 Chadwick Road, Greerton, Tauranga    
Email: Amy at amy@griefsupport.org.nz 
Phone: 021 090 39568 

Papamoa after suicide support group 

Meets on the first Monday of each month from 1pm-3pm. Our next meetings are on 7 September, 5 October, 2 November and 7 December. 

Address: Papamoa Family Services at 35e Hartford Ave, Tauranga  
Email: Amy at amy@griefsupport.org.nz 
Phone: 021 090 39568 

Riverlight Suicide Support Group 

Providing hope and inspiration to those coping with the suicide of a loved one, bringing people together in a warm and caring environment.

Meetings are held the first Saturday of each month, 9.30-11.30 at 27 Pio Road, Bowentown, Waihi.  

Email: Karin at riverlight62@gmail.com
Phone/text: 021 103 7404

No Words Needed 

A support group for suicide loss, facilitated through the Taupo Family Centre.

Taupo Family Centre offers:

• Postvention services regarding counselling support and home visits.
• Postvention support from our Bereaved by suicide support group with home visits if required.
• The support group meet weekly to support each other.

Address: Taupo Family Centre Inc, 11 Manuka Street, R D 2 Taupo

Phone: For more info please contact: Jackie Hill, Service Manager on (07) 376 8222

Gisborne Waves Group

To register interest in attending or for more information, contact Karyn Williams.

Karyn Williams 
Email:  Karynjones48@live.com

Empathy - a Support Group for all who have been bereaved by suicide

Empathy is a support group for all who have been bereaved by suicide. Facilitated peer support; coffee and kai; tools and resources for your kete.

Meetings fortnightly, no cost to attend. We meet at The Blind Foundation, New Plymouth.

To find out more please contact Jamie Allen at empathy@taranakiretreat.org.nz. Call: 06 215 0993

We also offer the Waves Programme regularly - people can contact us on the same number/email to find out more information.

Phone: 06 215 0993
Email: Jamie Allen: empathy@taranakiretreat.org.nz

One Voice

Grief group for men and young men. This group is for all types of grief, including suicide loss.

Address: Flaxmere, Hawkes Bay
Phone: Lynsey Abbott on 022 0805736 or Haira Abbott on 022 0368796

STAROS - Hawke's Bay Affected by Suicide Support Group

Facilitated group enabling those affected by suicide to talk and share freely with others similarly affected by suicide and ways to manage the impact it has on their lives. For more information email warren@staros.org.nz or sandra@staros.org.nz

Phone: Warren Brown 027 286 4071 or Sandra Pell 027 684 3033
Email: warren@staros.org.nz

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Support group for those bereaved by suicide

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.

Contact Bonnie Lethaby or James Forrest for more information.

The support group's 24-hour helpline number is 027 684 3386. Texts are welcome.

Phone: Bonny: 06 343 7573 or James: 06 349 0202

Wairarapa Waves Group

Next group TBC. To register interest in attending or for more information, contact Jill Renata.

Phone: Jill: 06 377 3081 ext 704
Email:  jill@sfwai.org.nz

Bereaved by Suicide Support Groups

Peer support groups for people bereaved by suicide in Levin, Otaki, Manawatu and Horowhenua. Groups run by Rose Allan at ACROSS: Te Kotahitanga o te Wairua.

Phone: 06 356 7486
Email: rallan@across.org.nz

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Wellington Waves Group

Dates TBC. To register interest in attending or for more information, contact Skylight.

Phone: Skylight: 0800 299 100
Email:  info@skylight.org.nz

Hutt Valley Waves Group

Dates TBC. To register interest in attending or for more information, contact Lisa Almand or Leah Cooper:

Phone: Te Awakairangi Health Network 04 566 5320
Email: lisa.a@teahn.org.nz or leah.c@teahn.org.nz  

Wellington Suicide-Loss Support Group     

A peer support group for adults bereaved by suicide. All welcome. We meet fortnightly on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month from 7-9pm in the Youth Room at the Newlands Community Centre.  

Phone or text: Nerys 027 340 8579 or Shelley 027 454 8558 to confirm our next meeting date, or if you have any questions.
Email: Shelley Brunskill-Matson at shelley@shelleybrunskillmatson.com
Facebook: (search Suicide Loss Support Group, Wellington).

West Coast Suicide Loss Group

Meeting monthly and alternating between Greymouth and Hokitika for shared activities. For details please phone Ian and Bronwyn Gray.

The group meets at 6.30pm on the first Friday of every month for shared activities such as walks and pot luck meals.

Phone: 03 762 5812

West Coast Waves Group

Next group TBC. To register interest in attending or for more information, contact Debbie Cogger or Annabel Gosset:

Phone: Debbie: 027 478 9892 or Annabel 027 463 9059
Email: debbiecogger@xtra.co.nz or annabelgosset@yahoo.com

Christchurch Waves Group

To register interest in attending or for more information, contact Yellow Brick Road (previously known as Supporting Families in Mental Illness):

Phone: 03 366 9284 or 0800 87 66 82
Email: waves.canterbury@sfnz.org.nz

Timaru Waves Group

Next group TBC. To register interest in attending or for more information, contact Erin Anderson:

Phone: 03 684 4523 or 0800 732 000

Bereaved by suicide support group – Invercargill

Meet with others living with suicide grief.

Group facilitator: Caroline Loo

This group runs at the Loss and Grief Centre Invercargill from 5.00pm – 6.00pm on the last Tuesday of every month (sometimes varies).

For details contact the Invercargill Grief Centre.

Phone: Invercargill Grief Centre on 027 443 8788
Email: lossandgriefcentre@gmail.com

Invercargill Waves Group

Next group TBC. To register interest in attending or for more information, contact Able Southern Family Support:

Phone: 03 218 2100 
Website: www.able.org.nz

Life Matters Suicide Prevention Trust – Bereavement Support Group

The Life Matters Suicide Bereavement Group meets first Tuesday each month (except in January) at 5.30pm in Dunedin at the Hope Centre.

We also host an online support group called Life Matters Bereavement Support Group on Facebook and we can be contacted via Facebook or our website.

We also have coffee groups and meet whenever the need arises.

Address: Hope Centre, 3 Albion Place, Dunedin
Phone: Corinda Taylor: 021 293 0094