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Support Groups

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CINCH: Medical Support Groups

Search the CINCH database for local support groups

Everybody: Support Groups

Links to a huge number of New Zealand health and disability support groups

Support Groups @ New Zealand Organisation for Rare Disorders

Addison's Network

Agoraphobic Support Group (Canterbury)

Allergy New Zealand

A voluntary not-for-profit organization supported by a medical and scientific panel of New Zealand's leading Allergy and Immunology specialists.

Alzheimers NZ

Offers support for sufferers and caregivers and information about the disease.

Amputees Federation of New Zealand Inc.

Arachnoiditis Sufferers Action and Monitoring Society (ASAMS)

Support group for arachnoiditis disorder

Arthritis Foundation of New Zealand

Contains arthritis information, news, treatments and support.

Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand

Self advocacy group for blind and vision impaired

Asthma & Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand (ARFNZ)

Contains information about asthma and asthma drugs; details of support groups in New Zealand and news.

Asthma New Zealand

Autistic Association of New Zealand

Autistic Spectrum Disorder Information Network (ASDIN)

Brain Injury Association New Zealand

Breast Cancer Research Trust

Burn Support Group Charitable Trust

Cancer Society - Auckland Auckland

Cancer Society - Canterbury/West Coast Division

Information about the society and its support services.

Cancer Society of New Zealand

Information about the society; links to society divisions; includes information about cancer.

CanTeen

The New Zealand Teenage Cancer Patients’ Society

Canterbury Asthma Society

Cerebral Palsy Society of New Zealand Inc

Child Cancer Foundation of New Zealand

Information about the society; includes brief descriptions of types of cancer.

Cleft Lip and Palate Support Group

Coeliac Society of New Zealand Christchurch

Crohn's & Colitis Support Group

Crohn's and Colitis Support Group (CCSG)

Cystic Fibrosis Association of N.Z

Deafblind New Zealand Incorporated

Provides information on the disability of deafblindness, people to contact in New Zealand, members newsletter, and links to sister organisations internationally. DeafBlind New Zealand arose from the need seen in New Zealand Royal Foundation for the Blind for a separate society run by Deafblind people themselves.

DEBRA New Zealand

Support and research for Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

Diabetes Auckland

Diabetes New Zealand

Disabled Persons Assembly (DPA)

DPA is an advocacy and lobby organisation, made up of individuals with disabilities, their families and service-providing agencies.

Dyspraxia Support Group of New Zealand

Ehlers-Danlos Foundation of New Zealand

Enable New Zealand

formerly the New Zealand Disabilities Resource Centre

Epilepsy New Zealand

Fertility NZ

Fertility NZ exists to help all New Zealanders affected by infertility.

Fetal Alcohol Support Trust

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a set of mental and physical disorders that can include mental retardation, brain dysfunction, physical abnormalities, learning disabilities and psychological disorders.

Haemophilia Foundation of NZ

Head Injury Society of New Zealand

Hearing Association of New Zealand

Heart Children New Zealand Inc.

A support group for children with congenital heart disease

Hepatitis Foundation

Hepatitis-C Support Group of New Zealand

HPV Project

Support and education about human papillomavirus

Huntington's Disease Association

IHC New Zealand

New Zealand's largest provider of services to people with intellectual disabilities and their families.

International Federation for Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida (if hsb)

The International federation for hydrocephalus & spina bifida (if) is the world-wide umbrella organisation (NGO) for Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida created in 1979 by national organisations of people with these impairments and their parents. Today if’s membership consists of National Umbrella Organisations for Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida in over 40 countries. News, information, human rights issues and support for parents/caregivers and people with Spina Bifida.

IRONZ New Zealand Haemochromatosis Support and Awareness Group

Kidney Kids Support Group

LAM Charitable Trust

Support group for Lymphangeoleiomyomatosis disease

Learning and Behaviour Charitable Trust

Support group for Dyslexia and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity disorders

Leukaemia & Blood Foundation of New Zealand

Contains information about the foundation and links to leukaemia organisations around the world.

Lysosomal Diseases New Zealand

ME/CFS Group (Canterbury)

Mental Health Foundation

Migraine Sufferers Support Group

Miscarriage Support Group

Motor Neurone Disease Association of New Zealand (MNDNZ)

New Zealand Support group for carers, family and friends of people with MND - Motor Neurone Disease (aka Lou Gehrig's Disease, aka ALS)

Muscular Dystrophy Association of New Zealand

National Foundation for the Deaf (NFD)

The National Heart Foundation

Aims to promote good health for all New Zealanders and to reduce suffering and early death from diseases of the heart and circulation.

New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF)

New Zealand Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Support Group

New Zealand's online support group, this site covers diagnosis, treatments, support and services available in New Zealand.

New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation

Information and news on breast cancer

New Zealand CCS

Support, advocacy and services for children and adults with physical disabilities.

New Zealand Continence Association

New Zealand Down Syndrome Association

New Zealand Kidney Foundation

New Zealand Liver Transplant Recipients

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Support Group (OCD)

Osteoporosis NZ

The Royal New Zealand Foundation For The Blind

Schizophrenia Fellowship of New Zealand

Support group for people affected by Schizophrenia

Sjogren's Syndrome New Zealand

Sleep Apnoea Association of New Zealand

Social Phobia Support Group

SPELD New Zealand

Specific Learning Disabilities Federation. Support group for Dyslexia and other learning disabilities

The Stroke Foundation of New Zealand

Information on how to contact local field officers, stroke clubs and support groups, also rehabilitation, preventative education and research.