national support network

Our national support network consists of a team of dedicated volunteers with a common interest in allergy. They will not have all the answers to your questions and their experience of allergy may be totally different to your own. Our volunteers can assist you with local service information and provide general information about allergy and related conditions.

Our support team is more than happy to receive your telephone calls, but please bear in mind that they are all volunteers with busy family lives and work commitments. Please understand if they are not immediately available to take your call and need to arrange a suitable time to make further contact.

Members of our support network are not medically qualified so if you require specific advice about your, or your child’s, condition please consult your general practitioner, allergy specialist or dietitian.

Support Group Meetings

Support groups are a great way to meet others facing the same challenges. They are relaxed, informal sessions in which to share ideas and discuss your concerns with others suffering and coping with allergy.

Phone 0800 34 0800 for telephone support and any of our Regional Support Network.

Northland

Contact: Sue Devaliant
Tel: (09) 401 7585
Support group held in Kerikeri on the first Wednesday of each month at 10:30am.
For venue and further details contact Sue.

Manukau City

Contact: Kimberley Madden-Snoad
Tel: (09) 576 0674
Support group meetings held on the 1st Monday of the month.
For venue and further details contact Kimberley.

Counties/Papakura

Contact: Kimberley Madden-Snoad
Tel: (09) 576 0674
Support group meetings held on the 1st Friday of the month at Franklin Baptist Church,
128-142 Victoria Street West, Pukekohe.
For further details contact Kimberley.

Auckland West

Contact: Yvonne Wood
Tel: (09) 835 2006
Fax: (09) 836 0014
West Auckland Support Group Meeting on the last Friday of the month, 10 am to 11.30 am, Sturges West Community House, 58 Summerland Drive, Henderson

Auckland Central

Contact: Lisa Aish
Tel: (09) 630 8508
Support group meetings held on the 1st Friday of the month.
For venue and further details contact Lisa.

Taranaki

Contact: Lynne & Tom Dunn
Tel: (06) 278 1211
For telephone support, activities and local information.

Wellington

Contact: Anna Farrier
Tel: (04) 479 3744
Support group meetings held on the last Friday of the month at 10.00am
For venue and further details contact Anna.

Nelson

Contact: Wendi Turner
Tel: (03) 546 6974
Fax: (03) 546 6974
For enquiries and support, please contact Wendi

Canterbury

Contact: Raewyn Mitchell
Tel: (03) 942 4557
Monthly meetings held on the first Wednesday of each month from 10-12.00pm at the Fendalton Plunket Rooms on Fendalton Road.
Please telephone Raewyn for further details.

Wakatipu/Queenstown

Contact Steven Leat
Tel: (03) 409 8292
For enquiries and support, please contact Steven.

Otago

Contact: Erin Martin
Tel: (03) 476 1329
For enquiries and support, please contact Erin.
Meetings advertised in The Star community noticeboard.

Southland

Contact: Wendy Jenkins
Tel: (03) 215 9558
Support Group held on the 1st Wednesday of each month (except August) at the Invercargill Parent Centre Rooms, 18 Don Street (upstairs beside Everything for Hair).
For more information please contact Wendy.

Please contact your local co-ordinator for venues and times. If you are interested in co-ordinating or maybe rekindling a support group in your region, please contact Allergy New Zealand at the address below.

Unable to attend support group meetings, or no meeting near you, but still feel you would like to make contact with fellow members? If you want to find out specific local information, like where to source certain foods, hear about others’ experiences searching for suitable childcare facilities, preschools, schools and medical and health professionals, then phone 0800 34-0800 to get details of a telephone support person near you.

Info Support Line:

Allergy New Zealand PO Box 56 117, Dominion Road, Auckland.
Auckland: Ph: (09) 303 2024, Other Areas: Ph: 0800 34 0800
Admin Office: Phone: (09) 623 3912, Fax: (09) 623 0091
Email: membership@allergy.org.nz Website: www.allergy.org.nz