Counselling Services Centre

08/06/2026

We are super grateful to Auckland Foundation for supporting counselling for tamariki and rangatahi in our community.

This funding helped support Danielle, one of our amazing counsellors, to provide trauma-informed counselling for young people affected by trauma.

Every day, our team works alongside tamariki, rangatahi and whānau as they navigate challenges, build resilience, and move towards healing.

Thank you Auckland Foundation for helping make this support possible. 🩵

08/06/2026

We’re looking forward to our upcoming Peace Circle in July.

A reminder that this is a supportive space for women to connect, share, and reflect together, facilitated by Counselling Services Centre and Creators of Peace NZ.

If you’ve been thinking about joining, this is your nudge.

🗓 3–5 July
📍 Counselling Services Centre, 101 Carruth Road, Papatoetoe

Friday evening includes a shared kai. Please bring a plate if you’re able.

Spaces are limited. Register via the QR code on the flyer.

04/06/2026

Celebrating Samoan Language Week 💜

This week we celebrate the beauty of the Samoan language, culture, and the Samoan communities who enrich South Auckland and Aotearoa.

Language helps us connect, belong, and care for one another. It can also remind us to be gentle with ourselves.

A few Samoan phrases to carry with you this week:

✨ Savalivali - Go for a walk
✨ Fai fai lēmu - Take it easy, take your time
✨ Alofa ia te oe lava - Love yourself / show yourself kindness

Healing doesn't always happen in a hurry. Sometimes the most important thing we can do is slow down, take a breath, and treat ourselves with the same compassion we would offer someone we care about.

Manuia le Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa
(Happy Samoan Language Week)

28/05/2026

Big thanks to Lincoln and the Warriors Community Foundation for hosting our Manurewa partnership hui at Go Media Stadium yesterday.

We came together as partners to hear more about their work in local schools, supported by the Manurewa Local Board, and to see how it’s showing up on the ground.

The focus is simple: supporting tamariki to build confidence, resilience, and healthy habits through sport and learning, alongside whānau.

What stood out was how connected the work is becoming across Manurewa. Different organisations, different roles, same goal of better support for tamariki.

Super grateful to be part of a partnership that is building stronger pathways of support for tamariki and whānau in our community.

26/05/2026

Thank you to Auckland Women's Centre and everyone involved in creating stalking response guides. This includes a Kaupapa Māori guide for whānau Māori experiencing stalking and coercive control.

These guides share clear, practical information about stalking behaviours, safety, and support options.

Everyone has the right to live free from fear, control, and stalking harm.

community guide to responding to stalking

26/05/2026

Stalking is now a crime in Aotearoa New Zealand.

It’s not about one message or one encounter. It’s when someone keeps going after you’ve made it clear you want it to stop, or when their behaviour starts making you feel unsafe in your own life.

It can look like repeated contact, showing up where you are, watching or tracking you, or using other people or online tools to get to you. It can also include damage to your belongings, your relationships, your reputation, or someone pretending to be you online.

You don’t have to prove how it’s affecting you for it to matter.

If this is happening, you don’t have to deal with it on your own. Support is available with us: 09 277 9324 [email protected]

If you are in immediate danger, call 111

22/05/2026

Huge congratulations to Debbs Murray on her appointment as chair of the new Family Violence and Sexual Violence Ministerial Advisory Group.

Debbs has been a strong advocate and leader in this space for many years, and we are so thrilled to see her knowledge, experience, and commitment recognised in this way.

It is encouraging to see frontline voices and lived experience helping shape the future direction of prevention and response across Aotearoa.

Wishing Debbs and the wider advisory group all the very best for this important work.

A new advisory group has been created to bring lived experience and frontline leadership knowledge to the government’s decision-making and strategic direction around preventing family violence and sexual violence.

15/05/2026

Today our team stands together in support of Pink Shirt Day, a reminder that everyone deserves to feel safe, respected, and valued at work, school, and in our communities.

Bullying has no place in the spaces where people are trying to learn, heal, and grow. At CSC we see daily the impact it has on tamariki, rangatahi, and whānau, and we know how important it is to create environments grounded in aroha and respect.

Wearing pink is a simple act, but the message behind it matters: kindness is not optional. It is something we choose, practice, and protect.

We are proud of our kaimahi for showing up in support today.

15/05/2026

⭐We’re on the lookout for a star to join our team.

Communications Officer
Part-time · Auckland-based

This role will support us to share the stories behind our mahi and the people we support, as we mark 40 years of service in the community.

If you’re passionate about storytelling and community impact, take a look.

If you enjoy crafting meaningful stories and bringing heart and clarity to communications that centre survivors, we’d love to hear from you.

Creative communications role with purpose, flexibility and real community impact.

14/05/2026

So important to create spaces where voices are heard and experiences can inspire healing and prevention. If you have a story to share, consider presenting at this year’s conference.