WAVES governance group

Judge David Mather Waitakere District Court Chair
Chris Davidson Man Alive
Helen Jones Trustee
Mary Watts Pacific Island Safety and Prevention Project
Penny Hulse Deputy Mayor, WCC
Warahi Paki Taumata Runanga, Waitakere City Council
Gary Davey Police
Betty Sio Pacific Island Safety and Prevention Project

Network members

Age Concern
Focus: Elder abuse.
Contact: Robyn Feltham, 57 Rosebank Road, Avondale.
Postal: PO Box 19 542, Avondale, Auckland 1746. Ph: (09) 820 0184 or email.

Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP)
Focus: Workshops to help people create healthy relationships, peaceful communities and alternatives to violence.
Contact: Cathie Peters, National Co-ordinator. Ph: (09) 838 0500 mob 027 241 3731 or email.
Postal: PO Box 21 329, Henderson, Waitakere 0650
Contact: Jane Holley, Auckland Co-ordinator. Ph: (09) 838 3392 or email.
Postal: PO Box 70 099, Ranui, Waitakere 0655

Auckland Regional Public Health Service
Focus: Primary prevention of family violence.
Contact: Catherine Manning, Greenlane Clinical Centre, 214 Greenlane West
Postal: Private Bag 92 605, Symonds St, Auckland 1150. Ph: (09) 623 4600 ext 27201 or email.

Barnardos
Focus: ‘Children Come First’, Child safety and family wellbeing – working across our services and with other community and government agencies to ensure that the needs of the children and young people we work with are best met and their families are given the best opportunities to make a difference.
Contact: Vicki Khoo, 2nd floor John Henry Building, 13 Edsel Street, Henderson. Ph: (09) 838 0419 or email.
Postal: PO Box 21 587, Waitakere 0650

Brainwaves
Focus: Child development and the importance of the first three years
Contact:  Jane Valentine-Burt, 3-39 Hawera Rd, Kohimarama. ph: 416 5385 email
Postal: PO Box 55 206, Mission Bay, Auckland 1744.

CADS West 65+
Focus: Alcohol and drug counselling.            
Contact: David Fenn,  Floor 1, 1 Trading Place, Henderson. Ph: (09) 837 9400 or email.
Postal: PO Box 21 343, Henderson, Waitakere 0650.

Changeworks
Focus: Counselling and group processes to support the development of relationship skills to address issues of anger and abuse in children, young men, women and families.
Contact: Ron Hepworth, Level 3, John Henry Building, Pioneer Street, Henderson Ph: (09) 836 3773 or email or Steve Deakin, email.
Postal: PO Box 21 947,  Henderson, Waitakere 0650.

Child Youth and Family Services
Focus: Care and protection of children.
Contact: Amitha Krishnamurthi, 1st floor, 22-24 Cabernet Crescent, Westgate. Ph: (09) 926 8052 email: Amitha.Krishnamurthi003@cyf.govt.nz
Postal: PO Box 93 117, Henderson, Waitakere 0650.

Court Services for Victims
Contact: Karen Brown, 9-11 Ratanui Street, Henderson. ph: (09) 916 5330 or email.

Family Works Northern
Focus: Supporting children aged up to 17 and their families to make positive and lasting differences in their lives.
Contact: Ian Tomkins, 3 Montel Ave, Henderson. Ph: (09) 835 1288 or email.
Postal: PO Box 93 126, Henderson, Waitakere 0650.

Helensville Women and Family Centre
Focus: Services for women.
Contact: Christine Salmon, 51 Commercial Road, Helensville. Ph: (09) 420 7992 or email.
Postal: PO Box 141, Helensville 0840.

Inner City Women's Group
Focus: Preventing violence against women by educating and supporting women to break cycles of abuse.
Contact: Hazel Scott, 4 Warnock Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland. Ph: (09) 360 4933 or email.
Postal: PO Box 78 059, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1245.

LifeWise
Focus: Preventing Family Violence by providing home based family support and advocacy, parenting programmes or just someone to talk to.
Contact: Rose Harrop, 298 West Coast Rd, Glen Eden. ph: 818 0201 email: roseh@lifewise.org.nz

Man Alive
Focus: Stopping violence groups for men, counselling, youth programmes/counselling, support groups.
Contact: Karin Tautuhi, 11 Edmonton Road, Henderson. Ph: (09) 835 0509 ext: 833 or email: info@manalive.org.nz
Postal: PO Box 21 963, Henderson, Waitakere 0650

Pacific Island Safety & Prevention Project (PISPP) - aka 'The Project'
Focus: Anti-violence programmes for men. Individual and couple counselling for adults and youth. Programmes run in English, Tongan and Samoan.
Contact: Betty Sio, 399 Don Buck Road, Massey. Ph: (09) 832 2555 or email.
Postal: PO Box 21 895, Henderson, Waitakere 0650

Parent Trust
Focus: Parenting programmes  – being the parent you want to be.
Contact: Jaspi Hill , 13 Maidstone Street, Youthline House, Grey Lynn 1021. Ph: 376 0400 or email: info@parenttrust.org.nz

Plunket Society
Focus: The health and wellbeing of children. Screening for family violence.
Contact: Caro Walker, PO Box 10 4140, Lincoln North, Waitakere 0654.  Ph: (09) 838 0981or email.

Police District Family Violence Coordinator   
Contact: Snr Sgt Dave Ryan, PO Box 33 1046, Takapuna, North Shore City 0740. Ph: (09) 353 0577 ext. 96397 mob: 027 496 5406 or email.

Police Waitakere Family Violence Unit
Contact: Hannah Goodburn, Iain Chapman 7 Buscombe Ave, Henderson. ph: 839 0600 email: hannah.goodburn@police.govt.nz  or iain.chapman@police.govt.nz

Relationship Service
Focus: Counselling for couples.
Contact: Trish Goldstone, PO Box 36 365, Northcote, North Shore City 0748. Ph:(09) 837 2723 or email.

Shakti
Focus: Refuge and support services for Asian women.
Contact: Tinsy Seethi , PO Box 24 448, Royal Oak, Onehunga 1345. Ph: (09) 636 8512 or email.

Tika Maranga
Focus: Refuge for Maori women.
Contact: Kathy Apiata, Ph:(09) 833 9653 or email.
Postal: PO Box 21 735, Henderson, Waitakere 0650.

Tu Wahine
Focus: A Maori counselling service for women and families.
Contact: Stella Gukibau, PO Box 83 220, Te Atatu South, Waitakere 0652. Ph:(09) 838 8700 mob: 021 626 104 or email or Ngaroimata Reid, ph: (09) 834 8174 mob: 021 273 8044 or email.

Violence Free Waitakere
Focus: Zero tolerance to violence and promoting positive parenting.
Contact: Elaine Dyer,  7 Henderson Valley Road, Henderson. Ph: (09) 837 4849 or email.
Postal: PO Box 21 920, Henderson, Waitakere 0650.

Viviana/Western Refuge
Focus: Refuge and outreach services for abused women.
Contact: Poto Williams, 401A Great North Road, Henderson. Ph: (09) 836 1987 or email.
Postal: PO Box 21 593, Henderson, Waitakere 0650.

Waipareira Trust
Contact: Paul Watkin, Ph: (09) 836 6683 or email.
Postal: PO Box 21 081, Henderson, Waitakere 0650.

Waitakere Abuse & Trauma Counselling Services
Focus: A telephone and face to face counselling service for people whose liveshave been affected by abuse, trauma or family violence.
Contact: Michelle Clayton, 247 Edmonton Road, Te Atatu South. Ph: (09) 837 2491 fax: (09) 837 1695 or email.
Postal: PO Box 83 142, Te Atatu South, Waitakere 0652.

Waitakere City Council
Contact: Anton Blank, Family Violence Project Leader, 6 Henderson Valley Road, Henderson. ph: 836 8000 ext. 8048 email: anton.blank@waitakere.govt.nz
Postal:  PO Box 93 109, Waitakere City 0650.

Waitakere District Court Manager
Contact: Debbie Masani, 9 - 11 Ratanui Street, Henderson. Ph: (09) 916 5230 or email.
Postal:  PO Box 21 164 , Henderson, Waitakere 0650.

Waitakere District Court Victim Advisors
Focus: Victims of crime. Provides information about their rights within thecriminal justice system, improve their understanding about proceedings, keepthem updated about the progress of the case they have an interest in andprepare and assist them to participate in the process.
Contact: Karen Brown, ph: (09) 916 5330 or email or Pat Worthington, Regional Co-ordinator, ph: (09) 916 9289 mob: 027 243 2761 or email.

Waitakere Family Court
Focus: The Family Court aims, wherever possible, to help people sort out their own problems by way of counselling, conciliation, mediation and to ensure the interest of children are represented. The Family Court co-ordinator’s role is to provide information in relation to the Family Court and specialist services such as counselling. Family Court co-ordinator’s liaise with and make referrals to counsellors, specialist report writers, social workers and lawyer for the child. They do not give legal advice.
Contact: Selina Vaifale, 9 - 11 Ratanui Street, Henderson.  Ph: (09) 916 5230 or email.
Postal: PO Box 21 164, Henderson, Waitakere 0650.

Waitakere Health Link
Focus: Ensuring that the community is heard in health care decision-making.
Contact: Susan Armstrong, PO Box 21 852, Henderson, Waitakere 0650. Ph: (09) 839 0512 mob: 021 115 1317 or email: susan@waitakerehealthlink.org.nz

Waitakere Probation Service
Focus: Work with offenders. Monitor and manage offenders on community-based sentences. Provision of information i.e. Write pre-sentence reports and pre-release parole assessments.
Contact: Teresa Smyth, 92 Railside Avenue, Henderson. ph: 837 8700 http://www.corrections.govt.nz

Waitakere Women’s Centre
Focus: Family violence support group for women dealing with family violence in/out of the relationship. Contact: Mavis Seymour, 111 McLeod Road, Glendene. ph: 838 6381  email
Postal: PO Box 69 116, Glendene, Waitakere 0645

Waitemata District Health Board
Focus: Policy development and the training of DHB staff about family violence and the DHB screening protocols.
Contact: Margaret Devlin, Health West Building, Waitakere Hospital, 55-75 Lincoln Road, Henderson. Ph: (09) 486 8920 ext: 6359 or email.
Postal: PO Box 93 115, Henderson, Waitakere 0650

West Auckland Victim Support
Focus: Supporting victims and providing information about services and options.
Contact: Fiona Curtis & Linda McCormack, Henderson Police Station, 7 Buscombe Avenue, Henderson. Ph: (09) 839 0677 or email.
Postal: PO Box 21 162, Henderson, Waitakere 0650

Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ)
Focus: Mentoring of staff to ensure equitable access to benefits and appropriate referral to specialised advocacy/safety planning/stopping violence groups for clients who are experiencing or perpetrating domestic violence.
Contact: Jo Anne O’Connor, 36-44 Sel Peacock Drive, Henderson Ph: (09) 913 0323 mob: 029 275 3681 fax: (09) 912 6890 or email. Postal: Private Bag 91 30378, Henderson, Waitakere 0650.
Contact: Mary Underwood, Level 2 Building A, 65 Main Highway, Ellerslie. Ph: (09) 917 6847 or email.
Postal: PO Box 69 911, Newton, Auckland 1145.

Other Waitakere contacts

Dayspring Trust
Focus: Support for women who have been abused - especially those with mental health problems
Contact: Jane Bruce, 2 Seabrook Avenue, New Lynn. ph: 827 6321 email.
Postal: PO Box 20 269, Glen Eden, Waitakere 0641.

Strengthening Families
Contact: Peter Toews, 36-44 Sel Peacock Drive, Henderson. ph: 913 0329 email

Vision West Counselling Centre
(Formerly Focus Counselling Centre)
Focus:   Counselling Services supporting Men, Women and Children toward healthy relationships.
Contact:   Leanne Frost ,