Auckland
ME/CFS Auckland Support Group
Website: http://www.meauckland.org.nz
Email: manager@meauckland.org.nz
Facebook: ME/CFS Auckland Support Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/110616075638479/?fref=nf
Phone: 0800 632 553 (0800MEAKLD)
Facebook: CFS/FM YOUNG PEOPLE SUPPORT GROUP https://www.facebook.com/groups/812932815437476/?fref=gc&dti=543462209363705&hc_location=ufi
Drury – South Auckland Group (new group)2nd Saturday of each month
Venue: Redshed Palazzo www.redshedpalazzo.co.nz Drury. All who are interested are most welcome.
For more information email Annette Spence at annette.drurymovingforward@gmail.com
Young Peoples Group
Contact: Rosalie Oliver
Phone: 021 107 9572
Email: sylvacrowe@gmail.com
Bay of Plenty
BAY OF PLENTY
Complex Chronic Illness Support Inc.
(Tauranga, Mt Maunganui, Whakatane, Katikati/Waihi, Te Puke & Rotorua)
Field officers in Western & Eastern BoP
Website: www.ccisupport.org.nz
Email: info@ccisupport.org.nz
Bay of Plenty (Western)
Contact: Administration or Field Officers
Email: info@ccisupport.org.nz
Phone: 07 281 1481
Bay of Plenty (Eastern)
Contact: Elizabeth McGougan
Email: elizabeth@ccisupport.org.nz
Canterbury
M.E. / CFS Group (Canterbury) Inc.
Canterbury Website
Contact: Anna Grenfell
email: mecfs1@gmail.comPhone: 03-365-5887
Webpage: canterbury.cyberplace.co.nz/community/MECFS
Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/1543817449032899/?ref=group_browse_new
Address: P.O. Box 29-256,
Christchurch, New Zealand;
Gisborne
Contact:Margaret Stuart
Phone: (06) 868-6861,
Email: Margaret.stuart@xtra.co.nz
Hamilton
Waikato ME/CFS Client Services
MS Waikato Website
Coordinator and Support Group Facilitator
Contact: Tracey Larsen
Ph: 07 8344745
Email: tracey@mswaikato.org.nz
Te Aroha ME Support Contact
Contact: Dave O’Hara
Ph: 07 884 9988
Email: djskoh@gmail.com
Kaitaia
Contact: Pauline Price
Kaitaia ME/CFS Support Group
Phone: (09) 408-0826.
Email: hpckta@xtra.co.nz
Napier
Contact: Elizabeth Carmine-Dick
Phone: 027 224 9525
Email: lizmecfshb@gmail.com
Nelson
Nelson Bays ME/CFS & FM Support Group Contact: Jaimie to request an information pack Email: strengthtogethernelson@gmail.com There are regular informal monthly café meet-ups in our region in Nelson, Richmond and Motueka to which all are welcome.
MOTUEKA:
Support Group Meetings are held every 3rd Tuesday in the Month.
Time: 11am till midday
Place: Motueka Community Services, 15 Courtenay Street, Motueka – Old Motueka Hospital Building – (opp Jack Inglis Friendship Hospital)
Contact: Miriam Gratton
Phone: 03 528 9174 Mobile: 027 243 7124
Email:auntsally01@msn.com
Otago and Southland
MEISS ‘ME Information and Support Service’ Otago and Southland Inc.’
Area covers – Dunedin, Oamaru and Invercargill.
MEISS Otago and Southland Website
Contact: Heather Wilson
Phone: (03) 471-6169
Email: meiss.support@gmail.com
Facebook Page: Mecfs Meiss Webpage: sites.google.com/sites/meiss2inc
Support group meetings are held in Dunedin on the last Tuesday of the month.
Coffee mornings are held in Dunedin every 2nd Tuesday of the month.
Invercargill – Southland
Phone: Heather (03) 471-6169 for inquiries
Support group meetings are held on the last Tuesday of each month. Meetings are lead by Katrina Lucas
Alexandra (Central Otago)
Contact: Suzanne Benck Phone: (03) 448-8431
Email: southquest@xtra.co.nz
East Otago Support Group – Gore
Contact: John Ibbotson
Phone: (03) 208-6966
QUEENSTOWN/Wanaka See MEISS Otago/Southland
Contact: Suzanne Duffy
Phone: (03) 689-8847
Email: n.s.riviera@xtra.co.nz
Timaru
Contact: Lyn Mason,
Phone: (03) 684 7099
NZcare4ME
NZcare4ME is a Facebook support group for carers of young people with ME/CFS and related illnesses. We provide a local (NZ) forum for friendly supportive chat, links to latest research and pathways to help. Some regions have begun their own meet ups.
https://www.facebook.com/NZcare4ME/
Palmerston North
Palmerston North ME/FM support group
Contact: Leah Baken
Phone: (06) 3267305
Email: memanawatu@gmail.com
Rotorua
Contact: Administration or Field Officers
Email: info@ccisupport.org.nz
Phone: 07 281 1481
Tauranga
Phone (07) 5787804
Contact Tina Richards ( Field officer)
Tauranga has support group meeting on second Wednesday of the month. Coffee morning on the last Monday of the month.
Mount Manganui Support group meets the last Monday of the month.For Katikati/Waihi and Te Puki Groups please contact Tina.
Whakatane Support Group meetings on the last Monday of the month.Please ring Alison on (07)3071447Whakatane has support group meeting on the second Tuesday of the month and aqua therapy every
Friday. These times may change so please check.
Te Kuiti
Contact Coralle Hodder
Phone: 078755206
Wellington and surrounding area
WellMe – Wellington Region ME/CFS Support Group
WellMe Website,
Phone: 0272455961 – answers within 3 – 5 days at present due to Wellme – Wellington and affiliated groups restructuring.
Address: P O Box 13-029, Johnsonville, Wellington, 6400.
Email: information@wellme.org.nz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WellingtonRegionMECFSSupportNetwork/
WellMe has a vibrant Coffee Group Network and holds monthly Support Group meetings in Wellington, the Hutt Valley, Kapiti and Levin.
Kapiti Support Group meetings, information@wellme.org.nz
Lower Hutt Support Group meetings, information@wellme.org.nz
Levin Support Group meetings, information@wellme.org.nz
Wanganui
Contact: WellMe
Phone: 0800 600 113
Email: information@wellme.org.nz
A Social Coffee Group for ME/CFS/Fibro sufferers is being set up.
Phone: Linda Deakin 021-1488553 (anytime for information)
Whakatane
Contact: Administration or Field Officers
Email: info@ccisupport.org.nz
Phone: 07 281 1481
Whitianga
The Mercury Bay Health Support Trust
Buffalo Road, Whitianga
Contact Wendy Algie
Ph: (07) 867 1333 or (work) 0800 224 221
Email: Wendy.Algie@gmail.com
or Gwen Ph: (07) 866 5008
Contact people in areas where no support group is present, or ‘not necessarily affiliated with a support group’.
Timaru Jean Gee Phone: (03) 686 1232
Email: grajea15@gmail.com
Karamea Janet Lodge janliza888@gmail.com or
Rosemary Christiansen Phone: (03) 972 3853 10am – 6pm only
Email: rosedawn.c@gmail.com
North Canterbury Christine Benson Phone: (03) 314 2340 10am – 6pm only
Email: benlea@actrix.co.nz
Rangiora Julia Raymer
Email: juliaraymer@orcon.net.nz
Timaru Lyn Mason Ph: (03) 684 7099
Wanganui Merleen Lilford Phone: (06) 344-4456