Every community in New Zealand has organisations working to prevent family violence.
They are experts on what family violence is, what is being done locally to prevent it and what others in the community can do to support their work.
The people listed below can be contacted for information and expert comment for news stories involving family/domestic violence.
Community spokespeople are organised by region.
National and special sector spokespeople appear at the end of the list.
Whangarei - Auckland - Waitakere - Refugee and Migrant Community -
South Auckland - Waiheke Island - Hamilton - Hauraki - Whakatane -
Tauranga - Rotorua - Tokoroa - Taupo - New Plymouth - Hawera -
Hawkes Bay - Wanganui - Palmerston North - Feilding - Wairarapa -
Kapiti - Wellington - Porirua - Nelson - Motueka/Golden Bay - Takaka -
Christchurch - Westport - Queenstown - Central Otago - Southland
Jigsaw - National Network of
Stopping Violence - Relationship Services -
Rape Prevention Education/NNEST - Brainwaves Trust
Whangarei back to top
Hemi Horne
Pa O Te Ora Trust
(09) 433 8313
027 301 2903
Eliza Wallace
Amokura
(09) 459 6913
Liz Nelson
CAPS North
(09) 438 8852
027 438 8852
Rodney back to top
Diane Woolson Neville
Family Violence Network Co-ordinator
(09) 426 6524
021 162 8332
Yvonne Churches
Hestia Women's Refuge
(09) 427 6334
Josie Young
Child Advocate
(09) 427 6334
Rex Ellacott
Family Violence Project
(09) 832 2200
Auckland back to top
Jill Proudfoot
Preventing Violence in the Home
(09) 303 3938
021 987 337
Holly Carrington
Preventing Violence in the Home
(09) 303 3938
021 798 333
Jane Drumm
Preventing Violence in the Home
(09) 303 3938
021 798 338
Deborah MacKenzie
Preventing Violence in the Home
(09) 303 3938
021 137 1318
Leonie Morris
Auckland Women's Centre
(09) 376 3227
021 209 8842
Waitakere back to top
Chris Davidson
Man Alive
(09) 835 0509
027 633 3432
Glenda Ryan
Viviana Refuge
(09) 836 1987
027 492 9002
Refugee and Migrant Community spokespeople - Auckland back to top
Mahad Warsame
and
Dahaba Hagi
Somali Association
021 366 478
Hashem Slaimankhel
and
Adul Khadir Siddique
Afghan Association
Contact through Siraj Silarzi
021 123 158 75
NZ Ethnic Social Services
(09) 834 6668
024 741 069
Hassan Husseini - main contact
Rose Sia - alternative contact
Samantha Foo - alternative contact.
South Auckland back to top
Lua Maynard
SAFVPN (South Auckland Family Violence Prevention Network)
(09) 263 6841
021 373 151
Suzanne Pene
SAFVPN (South Auckland Family Violence Prevention Network)
(09) 263 6841
027 445 7087
Rodger Smith
SAFVPN ( (South Auckland Family Violence Prevention Network)
(09) 263 6841
Waiheke Island back to top
Kathy Forbes
Waiheke Living Without Violence
(09) 372 9220
027 306 2792
Bill Kinghorn
Waiheke Living Without Violence
027 623 3786
Richard Postel
Waiheke Living Without Violence
(09) 372 9220
Lorri Mackness
Waiheke Living Without Violence
(09) 372 9220
021 175 6329
Hamilton back to top
Lila Jones
HAIP (Hamilton Abuse Intervention Project)
(07) 834 3148
027 687 4307
Hauraki back to top
Rachel Harrison
Hauraki DV Network
(07) 868 9831
027 33 7547
Joanna Fictoor
Hauraki DV Network
(07) 868 9831
021 255 0694
Tony Mumford
NZ Police
(07) 867 9606
Whakatane back to top
Jenny Seymour
Strengthening Families
(07) 3084 098
027 205 4787
Raewyn Butler
Family Violence Network
(07) 308 9059
027 520 8607
Tauranga back to top
Katharina BoehmTauranga Living Without Violence
(07) 577 6019
021 043 5340
Clare Montague
Victim Support
(07) 577 4356
027 231 0723
Kiri Prentice
Relationship Services
(07) 578 7833
021 311 518
Ash Smart
Relationship Services
(07) 578 7833
027 4393 442
Rotorua back to top
Shell BrownChallenge Violence Trust
(07) 348 9969
027 2955 929
Rae Mutu
Lakes DHB
(07) 348 1199 x 8566
Tokoroa back to top
Pat Seymour
Tokoroa Council of Social Services
(07) 886 8277
Lisa Bright
South Waikato Living Without Violence
(07) 886 7041
027 454 9428
Gail Clarke
Strengthening Families
(07) 886 7239 x878
021 061 9730
Taupo back to top
Jan Otsuka
Taupo Budget Advisory
(07) 377 1094
027 577 0080
New Plymouth back to top
Mary BeaumontTaranaki Community Law
(06) 759 1492
Diane Doehring
Taranaki Women's Refuge
(06) 769 5553
027 256 6012
Kathy Glass
Te Hauora Pou Heretaunga
(06) 759 7303
027 255 4412
Jillian Ridgewell
Barnardos
(06) 753 3484
027 4853 977
Megan Jackson
Taranaki Social Services
(06) 758 5037
027 248 9057
Hawera back to top
Nicky WallaceSouth Taranaki Women's Centre
(06) 278 3260
Pam Bassett
Family Counselling
(06) 278 6399
Hawkes Bay back to top
Brenda Campbell
Napier Women's Refuge
(06) 843 6515
027 696 9936
Maureen Mua
Roopu a Iwi Trust
(06) 843 1590
027 619 1109
Caroline Lampp
Dove Hawkes Bay
(06) 843 5307
027 263 3708
Tnaia Kiwara
Elder Abuse and Neglect
(06) 870 9060
021 0229 1019
Wanganui back to top
Vanessa LaingFamily Violence Network
(06) 345 6681
Cheryl Edwards
Wanganui Family Counselling Service
(06) 345 6681
Tim Metcalfe
Family Support Services
Whanganui Trust
(06) 345 1636
027 445 3098
Shelley Walker
Advocate for Children and Young People
Wanganui Family Counselling Service
(06) 345 6681
Annie Firaza
Life to the Max Trust
(06) 344 8555
021 636 164
Palmerston North back to top
Ang Jury
MAIN (Manawatu Abuse Intervention Network)
(06) 351 3633
027 294 9511
Feilding back to top
Andrew Dever-Tod
Te Manawa Services
(06) 323 8330
027 316 6508
Julie Miller
Te Manawa Services
(06) 323 8330
021 537 843
John Samuela
Feilding Youth Aid
(06) 323 6363
Wairarapa back to top
Jeremy LoganStopping Violence Services
(06) 377 0933
0274 332 215
Tararua back to top
Diane Clayton
Tararua Campaign for Action on Family Violence
027 427 3844
Kapiti back to top
Geoff LittlerKapiti Therapeutic Community
(040 298 1462
027 248 6992
Susan Colien-Reid
Media Liaison Officer
(06) 298 1404
027 411 4030
Sherree Bainbridge
Kapiti Living Without Violence
(06) 368 3705
021 044 4573
Kerry McGoldrick
Youth Worker
021 0227 3762
Wellington back to top
Andrew TreacherWellington Ending Abuse and Violence
(04) 384 8275
027 387 2873
Helen McVicar
Te Rito Co-ordinator
(04) 384 8275
027 387 2965
Amy Ross
Wellington Women's Refuge
(04) 939 0455
027 671 2277
Helen Sullivan
Sexual Abuse Help Foundation
(04) 499 7530
027 364 5631
Porirua back to top
Jazz Heer
Family Violence Network
(04) 238 0524
027 238 0524
Lara Connolly
The Lawstore
(04) 237 5800
Linda Allen
Cannons Creek Fanau Centre
(04) 237 7749
Nelson back to top
Gayle Helm
Family Violence Network
(03) 548 3798
027 202 5898
Motueka back to top
Jeanine Lumsden
Get Safe Motueka
(03) 528 8976
021 171 8063
Lenny Chick
Getsafe Motueka
(03) 528 8976
Christchurch back to top
Abi Stephens
Family Violence Project Co-ordinator
(03) 353 7406
Annette Gillespie
Women's Refuge
(03) 353 7401
Pat Creasey
Neighbourhood Support
(03) 378 0437
027 305 0632
Westport back to top
Ros Young
Te Rito Homebuilders
(03) 788 8065
Nel Van Greevenbroek
Budget Advisory
(03) 789 8080
027 203 3261
Queenstown back to top
Tina Mongston
Wakatipu Abuse Prevention Network
(03) 442 7105
027 203 3261
Fiona Young
Wakatipu Abuse Prevention Network
(03) 442 7105
027 4873 673
Shirley Boyes
Community Networks Wanaka
(03) 443 7799
Central Otago back to top
Deidre Snodgrass
Central Otago Women's Link
(03) 449 3146
021 187 9601
Anne Abel
Central Otago Women's Link
(03) 448 6186
021 147 2338
Southland back to top
Nicola Hillis
Southland DHB FV Co-ordinator
Project Manager FV Focus Group
(03) 218 1949 x8648
Catherine Murphy
Gore Women's Refuge
(03) 208 9333
027 270 5389
Don Wisely
Stopping Violence Southland
(03) 218 4468
Rhonda Hoffman
DV Co-ordinator
Barnardos
(03) 214 7751 x 211
027 406 4008
National Family Violence Organisations and Special Sector Spokespeople
Jigsaw back to top
Liz Kinley
(04) 385 7983
027 230 3312
Tau Huirama
(04) 385 7983
027 293 7437
National Network of Stopping Violence Services back to top
Brian Gardner
(04) 802 5402
0274 529 556
Garth Baker
(04) 802 5402
027 694 1051
Lila Jones
(07) 834 3148
027 687 4307
Vicki Sykes
(09) 262 2322
Relationship Services back to top
Phillipa Stubbe (National Office)(04) 472 8798
027 252 7274
Cary Hayward (National Office)
(04) 472 8798
027 221 6871
Jo-Anne Vivian
National Practice Manager
(04) 472 8798
027 226 3533
Glen Silvester (Thames)
(07) 868 9030
Kirsty Robertson (Christchurch)
(03) 366 8804
Lynley Lane (Waikato)
027 653 399
Les Simmonds (Bay of Plenty)
(07) 544 1237 (H)
(07) 578 7833 (W)
0274 202 363
Ash Smart (Bay of Plenty)
(07) 578 7833
0274 393 442
Louise Chapman (Auckland)
021 543 443
Sue Small (Auckland)
027 2500 131
Gilbert McMillan (Southland)
(03) 477 6766
Glenda Dixon (Upper South Island)
(03) 548 0905
Jayne O'Neil (Wellington/Wairarapa)
(04) 385 1729
Rape Prevention Education/NNEST back to top
Kim McGregor
(09) 360 4001
021 378 991
Brainwaves Trust back to top
Kim Van Duygen
(09) 521 5044
021 116 6885
Age Concern back to top
Alistair Stewart
(04) 801 9339
Jayne McKendry
(04) 801 9338
