Grief Support
Do you need grief support?
Get grief support , advice, and counselling to help you through your bereavement journey.
Grief is a response to loss. It’s the emotion you feel when someone you love is gone. Often, the pain can feel overwhelming. You may experience all kinds of difficult emotions, from shock or anger to disbelief, guilt, and profound sadness. The pain of grief can disrupt your physical health, making it difficult to sleep, eat, or even think straight. These are normal reactions to loss and the more significant the loss, the more intense your grief will be.
Urgent Grief Support
If you have serious concerns about a persons immediate safety (or your own)
Telephone Support (after hours)
The Grief Centre
The Grief Centre services are designed to offer grief and loss support to children, youth, adults, families, or whanau experiencing any form of significant loss.
How The Grief Centre can help:
Resources from The Grief Centre
The Grief Centre has produced a series of six booklets about different aspects of loss and grief. You are welcome to download single copies for personal use.
The Grief Centre Office Open Hours: Monday to Friday 9:30am – 4:30pm NZST
All Counselling and General Enquiries
Telephone: (64 9) 418 1457
Email: office@griefcentre.org.nz

Online Forum
Alliance of Hope | Suicide Loss Survivors (based in the USA)
Online Content
“Grieving is a very individual process and how you grieve will be different from how others grieve. Many factors influence this such as your personality, your life experience, how you cope under stress, your faith and, of course, the nature of the loss. The more significant the loss, the more intense the grief.” (Mental Health Foundation)
Podcasts
Podcast conversations about death, grief and loss.
Community Blog
Visit our Community Blog for articles on grief.
Remembering over 100 years on, Private Ellis Harrison, who…
Like many people I wanted to locate my family…
Grief is your bodies response to the death of…
Advice Blog
It is a very difficult time for those close to a loved one. Do you need advice? It is also a time when many decisions need to be made, often very soon. There are options to consider, people to think about and laws to take into account-all while you’re experiencing grief.
If you are responsible for handling funeral arrangements, here…
Check the will and see if there are any…
Choosing a funeral director is an important job. This…
