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We provide 24/7 hour crisis support call 0800 16 33 44 or call the Police on 111 if you are in immediate danger.

Our role is to support and influence the prevention and elimination of domestic violence. Our purpose is to liberate women, children, families and whānau from family violence by providing quality services and support to navigate through to safety.

We work collaboratively with other agencies and family harm service providers to ensure a total wrap-around service for our whānau and tamariki. This helps whānau to get the right services like lawyers, protection orders and emergency housing when they need it where possible. We have crisis workers who deal with the initial responses and make sure that you are sorted for the immediate safety concerns and welfare.

We're here for you

We offer the below services and any other areas of support like food parcels. We cover all the way across the Nelson / Tasman / Golden Bay and Murchison areas. There is no part of our region that is too remote for us to help you. Please get in touch with us.

Free, confidential & non-judgmental support

24 hour, 7 days crises line, 0800 REFUGE

24/7 access to our safe houses

Home and community visits. Support in isolated regions

Referrals to counsellors, doctors, lawyers and other support services

Advocacy when dealing with police, legal, court, WINZ, housing, doctors, immigration, school’s and Oranga Tamariki

Education and support groups for women and children about living free from violence

Information and presentations to community groups, schools and workplaces

The services we offer

TRANSITIONAL
ACCOMMODATION

You do not need to have your ‘ducks in a row’ to leave your situation.

SAFE
HOUSES

A safe place for you and your children. This is a free service, available 24/7.

COUNSELLING
SERVICES

Get support for your mental and emotional wellbeing with this free service.

CRISIS
SUPPORT

You can call us anytime, day or night. We are here for YOU.

ADVOCACY
WE CAN BE THERE

Our team are here to support you. You don’t have to deal with anything alone.

WOMEN’S
PROGRAMME

Tailor made programmes as a group or individual to help you forward.

CHILDREN’S
PROGRAMME

We have specific programmes to support your children.

RANGITAHI
PROGRAMMES

There are programmes to support and guide rangitahi (teenagers).

PET
REFUGE

We can help you find a safe place for your much loved pets.

Gift a Safe Night

Every night, over 200 women in New Zealand need a safe place to escape to.

One night of safety at Women’s Refuge for a woman and child costs just $20 and includes a clean safe bed, secure transport, hot meals, supportive staff, 24/7 crisis line and helpful advice.

We also appreciate monetary donations. Nelson Women’s and Children’s Refuge is a not for profit organisation, so every little bit counts.

Our vision is for all women and their tamariki to live free from domestic and family violence.  Our services are offered across the Nelson / Tasman / Golden Bay and Murchison areas. There is no part of our region that is too remote for us to help you.

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