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QLDC Groups District Wide QLDC Groups District Wide Baby Box Queenstown Lakes Charitable Trust Baby Box Queenstown Lakes is a simple concept; it's a starter kit, a box of treasures and necessities for every new... read more [email protected] / babyboxnz.com/ Southland ACC Advocacy Trust Our purpose is to provide free and independent advocacy services for ACC claimants who cannot afford the hire the s... read more 03-2188194 / [email protected] / accadvocacy.info/index.html Babysits Babysits is a website that creates a community of babysitters and parents searching for child care services. There ... read more www.babysits.nz Parenting Through Separation Parenting Through Separation is a free parenting course that’s available all year around New Zealand. At the course... read more 03 466 4600 / [email protected] / www.justice.govt.nz/family/care-of-children/resolving-parentings- disagreements/parenting-through-separation/ Community Connect - QLDC / District Wide QLDC Groups District Wide Wakatipu Community Presbyterian Church Hi, haere mai, 환영, bem-vindo, selamat datang, ulufali mai, welkom, bienvenido…The Wakatipu Community Presbyterian C... read more 03 441 4250 / [email protected] / www.wakatipuchurch.com/ Family Works Otago Family Works supports children, young people and their families to be safe, strong and connected.Our services inclu... read more 03 477 7116 / [email protected] / psotago.org.nz/family-works/ St John Ambulance Service St John operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We use ambulances, four-wheel drive vehicles, rapid response un... read more 0800 785 646 / [email protected] / www.stjohn.org.nz/ Cromwell College We are proud of the quality education and the many opportunities that we provide for our students and we know that ... read more (03) 445 1121 / [email protected] / cromwell.school.nz/ Community Connect - QLDC / District Wide QLDC Groups District Wide Brain Injury Assoiation Every day, 90 New Zealanders sustain a brain injury. Brain injuries are more common than you think, and can happen ... read more (03) 471 6156 / [email protected] / www.brain-injury.nz/ Public Health Nurse A public health nurse or a public nurse is a trained nurse whose work and focus is on community health. The Otago ... read more 03 450 9156 / [email protected] Wild Things Nanny Service Welcome to Wild Things where we are all about inspiring today's learners within creative and fun learning environme... read more 0800 44 44 70 / [email protected] / wildthings.org.nz/ Pregnancy Help Services: Information, advice, and practical support (limited services provided in Central Otago - please contact u... read more 03 455 5892 / [email protected] / pregnancyhelp.org.nz/ Community Connect - QLDC / District Wide QLDC Groups District Wide Brief Intervention Service WellSouth Brief Intervention Primary Mental Health Service provides support and assistance to people experiencing c... read more 03 477 1163 OR 0800 477 115 (free) / [email protected] / wellsouth.nz/community/clinical-service/brief-intervention-services/ Wakatipu Kindergarten Your child can come to our kindergarten for up to 6 hours a day, Monday to Friday, during our 4 kindergarten terms.... read more 03 442 6236 / [email protected] / www.kidsfirst.co.nz/wakatipu Queenstown Photography Club The Queenstown Photography Club Inc. is a non-profit organisation of both amateur and professional photographers al... read more [email protected] / queenstownphotographyclub.wordpress.com Oral Health Services The Community Oral Health service has a strong emphasis on prevention of tooth decay and providing parents with adv... read more 03 476 9835 / [email protected] / www.southerndhb.govt.nz/pages/community-oral-health-service/ Community Connect - QLDC / District Wide QLDC Groups District Wide Queenstown Jobs Queenstown Jobs is a free, easy-to-use Job Search site for New Zealand. With new jobs added daily, our site special... read more 0800 QT JOBS / www.queenstownjobs.co.nz Bruce Telford - Mental Health Bruce Telford - Mental Health is a group which provides a free online mental health programme called Survival Strat... read more 0276307512 / [email protected] / brucetelford.com Parkinsons New Zealand, Otago Founded in 1983, The Parkinson's New Zealand Charitable Trust (Parkinson’s New Zealand) is a community based, non-p... read more Phone: 03 262 7040 or 027 221 5353 / [email protected] / www.parkinsons.org.nz/ Parent to Parent Inc Monday – Wednesday 9:00am – 3:30pm and Thursday 9.00am-4.30pm Often raising a child with a disability is an experie... read more 027 808 3949 / [email protected] / www.parent2parent.org.nz Community Connect - QLDC / District Wide QLDC Groups District Wide Snow Sports NZ We are about competitive snow sports, from grassroots, to winning on the world stage. Snow Sports New Zealand is th... read more +64 3 443 4085 / [email protected] / www.snowsports.co.nz/ Alzheimers Society Otago, Queenstown Affiliated to Alzheimers New Zealand Inc, Alzheimers Otago is an autonomous society operating from three offices ac... read more (03) 441 4955 or 027 441 4960 / [email protected] / www.alzheimers.org.nz/otago Southern Support Eating Disorders (SSED) Service The SSED Service in the community and primary health sector is a free service that provides early identification, a... read more 03 476 2092 / [email protected] Zigzagzoo Remarkables Park The Zig Zag Zoo early learning centre is passionate and enthusiastic about providing a respectful, responsive and p... read more 03 409 0404 / [email protected] / www.zigzagzoo.co.nz/remarkables-park Community Connect - QLDC / District Wide QLDC Groups District Wide Justice of the Peace Services QueenstownFriday 12:30pm to 1:30pmCitizens Advice Bureau, 44 Stanley Street, QueenstownPh: 03 442 6799Email: queens... read more justiceofthepeace.org.nz/ Upper Clutha Lions Club of Wanaka Meet 2nd Wednesday of each month at Prince Albert Tavern Café, Albert TownMeet & Greet 6.30pm read more 027 4737 813 / [email protected] / e-clubhouse.org/sites/wanakauc/ Head Injury Society of Southland Cell: 027 424 8813 Hours: Monday - Thursday 9.30am - 3pm. Friday by appointment only. Please phone first. read more (03) 214 4154 / [email protected] / www.healthpoint.co.nz/community-health-services/community- health/head-injury-society-of-southland/ Adventure Development Adventure Development Ltd (ADL) is a not for profit organisation that aims to help young people & whanau who are de... read more 027 254 9323 / [email protected] / adventuredevelopment.co.nz/ Community Connect - QLDC / District Wide QLDC Groups District Wide Arrowtown Kids Circus Circus class for anyone over 6years. A fun class of Trapeze, Aerial Fabric, Rope, Tumbling, Juggling and Hoops. Arr... read more 022 017 2046 / [email protected] / Www.abigailrose.co.nz Central Otago Budgeting Services New Zealand is a great place to live, but it’s not always an easy place to live. More than ever before, families ar... read more 03 448 8072 / [email protected] / www.nbfcct.com/ Southern REAP (Wakatipu) Our professional vision is to enrich our communities through innovative programmes.REAP fills gaps in mainstream ed... read more 03 236 6008 / [email protected] / southernreap.co.nz Methodist Mission The Mission has been standing up for social justice in Otago since 1890. Our clients lead everything we do and thei... read more 03 466 4600 / [email protected] Community Connect - QLDC / District Wide QLDC Groups District Wide Rehabilitation and Disabilities Services Disability Support Services (DSS) is responsible for the planning and funding of disability support services, and a... read more 0800 373 664 / [email protected] Uruuruwhenua - Health service Uruuruwhenua Health is focused on Māori health but is open to all members of the Central Otago community. Our key o... read more 0272021515 / [email protected] / www.healthpoint.co.nz/community-health-services/community- health/uruuruwhenua-health-community-health-services/ Queenstown and District Historical Society The Historical Society was formed in 1965 in order to protect, celebrate and promote the history of the Wakatipu ar... read more [email protected] / www.queenstownhistoricalsociety.org.nz Southern Lakes Deerstalkers Association Formed in 1937, the New Zealand Deerstalkers’ Association is New Zealand’s recognised National body representing an... read more 021 942 328 / [email protected] / www.southernlakesnzda.org.nz Community Connect - QLDC / District Wide QLDC Groups District Wide Queenstown Creative Writing Group A friendly group of people who love to write. No qualifications needed, join us for fortnightly challenges to get y... read more [email protected] / www.facebook.com/QueenstownWriters/ Queenstown Dog Agility Club Queenstown Dog Agility Club is a non-profit organisation, and is affiliated with Dogs NZ (New Zealand Kennel Club).... read more [email protected] / www.qdac.org.nz/ Southern District Health Board Southern District Health Board (Southern DHB) exists to support everyone across our district to live well, and acce... read more 03 474 0999 / [email protected] / www.southernhealth.nz Fun Languages LCF Fun Languages has developed a sequential teaching and learning programme from as early as pre-school to Year 8.... read more 03 442 0075 / [email protected] / lcfclubs.co.nz/queenstownandarrowtown/
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