Age Concern Accredited Visiting Service
177A Fraser Street
Tauranga
PO Box 841
Tauranga
Phone: 07 578 2541
Fax: 07 578 2015
Email:
avstga@xtra.co.nz
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Adult Community Mental Health and Addiction Services
Community Alcohol and Drug Services
Kowhai House
c/o- Tauranga Hospital
Cameron Road
Tauranga 3142
Phone: 07 579 8391
Email:
marie.gardiner@bopdhb.govt.nz
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After Suicide Support Group
Phone: 07 578 4480

Age Concern
Mount Maunganui 3116
PO Box 4011
Phone: 07 575 6545
Age Concern Accredited Visiting Service
177A Fraser Street
Tauranga
PO Box 841
Tauranga
Phone: 07 578 2541
Fax: 07 578 2015
Email:
avstga@xtra.co.nz
Age Concern Elder Abuse and Neglect Services and Tauranga
Age Concern offers you a free and confidential service to help you
177A Fraser Street
Tauranga
Phone: 07 578 2856 / 07 578 2631
Fax: 07 578 2015
Email:
eanptga@xtra.co.nz
177A Fraser Street
Tauranga
Phone: 07 578 2631
Fax: 07 578 2015
Email:
ageconcerntga@xtra.co.nz
Al-Anon Family Support
Support for family and friends of alcoholics.
Meetings:-
Mon 7pm: St Georges Church Hall, Cnr Cameron Rd & Church St,Gate Pa.
Thurs 7.30pm: Hathor House, Tga Hospital, Tauranga
Alcoholics Anonymous
Freephone: 0800 229 6757
No longer BOP Office please contact head office.
Phone: 0800 663 463
Beachhaven Community House
1326B Papamoa Beach Rd
PO BOX 11061
Papamoa 3118
Phone: 07 542 1725
Email:
beachaven.house@xtra.co.nz
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BOP PARS (Bay of Plenty People Assisted Reintegration Services)
Support in Tauranga for offenders, families & whanau in order to prevent re- offending.
Seventeenth Ave
Historic Village
Tauranga 3140
PO Box 841
Phone: 07 578 2234
Fax: 07 578 9194
Email:
tgapars@xtra.co.nz
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CCS Disability Action
Access to concession parking scheme for disability mobility parking permits. Also advocacy and information regards disability.
74 14th Avenue
Tauranga
Phone: 07 578 0063
Email:
bop@ccsdisabilityaction.org.nz
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Centrepoint Drop in Centre and Opportunity Shop
Drop in Centre and Opportunity Shop
184 Chadwick Road
Greerton 3112
Tauranga
Phone: 07 578 7298
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Citizens Advice Bureau - Tauranga
Citizens Advice Bureau
38 Hamilton St
Tauranga 3142
Phone: 07 578 1592
Fax: 07 578 1151
Email:
cab.tauranga@xtra.co.nz
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Consumer Action Network- CAN Trust
Service for people who have had personal experience of mental illness.
A voice for consumers.
4 Roys Road
Greerton 3112
PO Box 716
Tauranga 3142
Phone: 07 579 9890
Court Services for Victims
Department of Courts provides information to victims of crime cases, as they progress through court. Assists victims
of crime to participate in the court process.
Tauranga 3140
Private Bag 12013
Phone: Jennifer 07 928 7249 / Teresa 07 928 7272
Fax: 07 928 7209
Email:
Jennifer.Minogue@justice.govt.nz or teresa.conner@justice.govt.nz
Diabetes Tauranga Inc
A/H: 07 549 0709
Phone: 07 578 8129
Driving Assistance
Contact Age Concern
Elder Housing
Mon - Thurs 9 -11.30am
Phone: 07 577 7242
Epilepsy Association of NZ
Western BOP Field Officer
Chadwick House
250 Chadwick Road
Tauranga
Phone: 07 579 6091
Freephone: 0800 202 122
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307 - 309 Great North Road
Grey Lynn
Auckland
PO Box 78161
Grey Lynn
Auckland 1245
Freephone: 0800 800 680
Fax: 09 360 5663
Email:
info@familylife.org.nz
Financial Abuse Issues
Contact Age Concern

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Assistance with raising grandchildren
Freephone: 0800 472 637
Promoting the Social & Economic
Wellbeing of New Zealanders 50yrs and over.
17th Ave West
Historic Village
Tauranga 3140
Phone: 07 571 2558
Email:
wbopgp@gmail.com
Grief Support Services
147 Chadwick Road
Greerton
Tauranga 3142
PO Box 3146
Phone: 07 578 4480
Email:
griefsupport@xtra.co.nz
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Hanmer Clinic
Offers intensive outpatient treatment
programmes for people with
alcohol & drug dependency.
1235 Cameron Road
Tauranga
PO Box 9164
Greerton
Tauranga 3142
Phone: 07 579 6470
Fax: 07 579 6471
Email:
jenny@hanmerclinic.co.nz
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Health Consumer Service
Advocacy & support for consumers who
have concerns about their health or disability.
PO Box 4023
Mount Maunganui 3149
Phone: 07 575 3398 / 07 575 6906
Freephone: 0800 801 482
Fax: 07 575 8100
Email:
burnett@wave.co.nz
Hillier Centre
Offers a number of courses, services and support groups including a wet shower area (with shower commode available).
Gloucester Road
Arataki
Mount Maunganui 3116
PO Box 10 050
Phone: 07 575 9709
Fax: 07 575 9735
Email:
hillier@northern.familyworks.org.nz
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IHC Tauranga IDEA Services
Assistance for those with an intellectual disability.
Unit 1
53 Courtney Road
Tauranga
PO Box 497
Tauranga 3140
Phone: 07 577 3170
Fax: 07 577 3171
Email:
tauranga@idea.org.nz
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Interpreting New Zealand
Independent not for profit incoporated society providing
interpreting or spoken translation to support effective communications between non English speakers and government agencies or private businesses 24/7 365 days.
Phone: 04 384 2265 9am- 5pm/ 04 384 2849 (24 hours)
Email:
info@interpret.org.nz
Kauri Centre - Anglican Care
Anglican Church Te Puke and Evans Rd.
Evans Rd Community Church Hall
Cnr Evans Rd & Maesbury Close
Papamoa
PO Box 11007
Papamoa
Phone: 07 574 7170
Email:
kauriseniors@gmail.com
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LIFE Unlimited Disability Resource Centre Inc
Disability Information service.
Free Hearing Therapy service.
Chadwick House
250 Chadwick Rd
Greerton
Tauranga 3112
Phone: 07 571 6351
Fax: 07 571 6341
Email:
admintga@life.nzl.org
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Maori Womens Welfare League
Supporting high-need Maori families with pre-schoolers.
Tauranga 3140
PO Box 841
Phone: 07 571 3746
Email:
kaaobmwwl@xtra.co.nz
Merivale Community Centre
Runs fortnightly senior group 9.30am - 12.30pm on Tuesdays
10 Kesteven Ave
Merivale
Tauranga 3112
Phone: 07 578 6450
Fax: 07 578 6450
Email:
enquiries@merivale.org.nz
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Nationwide Health & Disability Advocacy Service
Provides advocacy,support to resolve complaints, education and information on rights of consumers
Seventeenth Ave
Historic Village
Tauranga 3140
Phone: 07 577 1715
Freephone: 0800 555 050
Fax: 07 577 1712
Email:
engawhare@hdc.org.nz
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Phone: 09 236 0610
Freephone: 0800 650 659
Fax: 09 236 0788
Email:
jan@continence.org.nz

New Zealand Red Cross Tauranga
New Zealand Red Cross provides community programmes, community training, health support services, emergency response and welfare support. Medical equipment loan, Red Cross shops. Branches located throughout Western Bay of Plenty.
245 Chadwick Road
Greerton 3112
Tauranga 3142
PO Box 3064
Phone: 07 578 6987
Fax: 07 578 0952
Email:
westernbay@redcross.org.nz
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Telecommunication services for people who are Deaf, Hearing Impaired, Deaf/Blind and Speech-impaired. 24/7 service 365 days.
PO Box 106900
Auckland 1143
Phone: TTY 0800 4 713 713
Freephone: Voice 0800 4 715 715
Fax: 0800 4 329 697
Email:
helpdesk@NZRelay.co.nz
Open Home Foundation BOP Inc
14a Elder Lane
Bethlehem
Tauranga
Phone: 07 579 2840
Fax: 07 579 2846
Papamoa Support Centre - Anglican Care
Provides budget advice, food parcels, social worker and over 50's social group.
Open every day 9am - 4pm.
95 Hartford Ave.
Papamoa 3118
PO Box 11007
Phone: 07 574 7170
Email:
managerpcsc@orcon.net.nz
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Problem Gambling Foundation NZ
Support for individuals, couples, families and groups.
2nd Floor
257 Maunganui Road
Mt Maunganui 3116
Phone: 07 574 2683
Freephone: 0800 664 262
Fax: 07 574 2180
Email:
tga@pgfnz.org.nz
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Relationship Services
9 Brookfield Terrace
Brookfield
Tauranga 3110
Phone: 07 576 8392
Fax: 07 576 8397
Email:
tauranga@relationships.org.nz
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Royal NZ Air Force Association
Luncheons and Dinners held.
Phone: 07 574 9800
Email:
lindy.lew@xtra.co.nz
RSA Inc (Tauranga)
1237 Cameron Road
Tauranga
PO Box 2497
Phone: 07 578 9654
Email:
tgarsa@xtra.co.nz
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Salvation Army Community Ministries
375 Cameron Rd
Tauranga 3110
PO Box 164
Tauranga 3140
Phone: 07 578 4264
Fax: 07 578 4890
Email:
tauranga_corps@nzf.salvationarmy.org
SPCA Tauranga
Safety and protection for animals
43 Alach Street
Greerton
Tauranga 3112
Phone: 07 578 0245
Email:
info@taurangaspca.co.nz
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Free phone in service, friendly phone calls each day.
Phone: 0800 780 780
Email:
enquiries@stjohn.org.nz
St Vincent de Paul Society
Outreach of Catholic Church offering visitation,support.
Phone: 07 576 3411
Stewart Rehabilitaion Services
Social rehabilitation for post brain injury or stroke.
51 Third Avenue
Tauranga 3110
Phone: 07 579 0515
Fax: 07 579 0516
Email:
kaye.edgerly@stewart-rehab.org.nz
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Tauranga Access Group
Contact: Considers National Standards of access to ensure effective design and planning of future facilities in the city, i.e. car parks, crossings, buildings.
Phone: 07 578 0063
Tauranga BOP Hearing Association
Advocacy/Education and information for hearing impaired.
1342 Cameron Road
Greerton 3112
Phone: 07 578 6476
Email:
tauranga@hearing.org.nz
Tauranga Budget Advisory Service
Budget advice, education, mediation, repayment plans.
Desk at Winz Central Ph:07 928 8364 Main Office Ph: 07 578 0969
Historic Village
17th Ave West
Tauranga
PO Box 15132
Tauranga 3144
Phone: 07 578 0969
Fax: 07 578 0080
Email:
info@tgabudget.org.nz
Tauranga Community Foodbank
Supply of food parcels to the needy.
Phone: 07 578 9888
Email:
tgafoodbank@xtra.co.nz
Tauranga Living without Violence Collective
Phone: 07 577 9297
Tauranga Moana Victim Support
Offers emotional and practical help to victims and their families of crime and trauma.
Monmouth Street
Tauranga 3110
Cl- Tauranga Police Station / PO Box 144
Phone: 07 577 4356
Email:
Tauranga@victimsupport.org.nz
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Tauranga SafeCity
Live safe,Work safe,Play safe
91 Willow Street
Tauranga 3142
Private Bag 12022
Phone: 07 576 6148
Email:
mmills@pl.net
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The New Zealand Home Health Association Inc
The national body representing providers of home health care services, supporting them to achieve the
highest possible standards.
PO Box 5344
Wellington
Phone: 04 472 3196
Fax: 04 472 3176
Email:
info@nzhha.org.nz

The Personal Advocacy Trust Inc
Advocacy for people who are intellectually handicapped no longer have parents.
Lower Hutt 5040
PO Box 30469
Phone: 04 385 9175
Email:
patrust@paradise.net.org
Total Mobility Co - Ordinator
Nationwide subsidised transport scheme to help eligible people with impairments continue to participate in the community.
5 Quay Street
Whakatane
PO Box 364
Whakatane
Freephone: 0800 884 881 ext. 9311
Fax: 0800 368 329
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