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Free, plain-language guides to help you, your whānau, or someone you care about through grief and loss in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Grief guides
- Grief After a Death
- When Grief Feels Overwhelming
- Grief Journal Prompts
- Grief at Christmas and Special Dates
Practical help
Supporting others
- What to Say to Someone Who Is Grieving
- What Not to Say to Someone Who Is Grieving
- How to Support a Grieving Friend
- How to Check In After the Funeral
- Supporting a Grieving Child
- Helping Children Understand Grief
Suicide bereavement
Resources by region
Find grief support close to home. These regional guides bring together local grief counsellors, bereavement groups, hospice services, funeral aftercare, whānau support, Māori and Pasifika support, and practical first steps after a death.
- Northland / Te Tai Tokerā — Whangarēi, Kerikeri, Kaitaia, Dargaville
- Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau — Central Auckland, North Shore, West Auckland, South Auckland
- Waikato — Hamilton, Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Taupō, Tokoroa, Thames
- Bay of Plenty — Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatāne, Ōpōtiki
- Gisborne / Tairaāwhiti — Gisborne, Tolaga Bay, Ruatoria
- Hawke’s Bay — Napier, Hastings, Havelock North, Wairoa
- Taranaki — New Plymouth, Stratford, Hāwera
- Manawatū-Whanganui — Palmerston North, Whanganui, Feilding, Levin
- Wellington — Wellington City, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Porirua, Kāpiti Coast, Masterton
- Tasman — Richmond, Motueka, Tākaka, Murchison
- Nelson / Whakatū — Nelson, Stoke, Tāhunanui, Atawhai
- Marlborough — Blenheim, Picton, Renwick, Havelock
- West Coast / Te Tai Poutini — Greymouth, Westport, Hokitika
- Canterbury / Waitaha — Christchurch, Rangiora, Ashburton, Timaru
- Otago — Dunedin, Queenstown, Wānaka, Oamaru, Alexandra
- Southland / Murihiku — Invercargill, Gore, Te Anau, Bluff
Community
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