Welcome

The North Shore Women's Centre exists to celebrate and strengthen women.

NSWC provides a range of services for women; information, counselling, referral and support, as well as courses & clinics. If interested, you can find more out about our herstory and philosophy.



Classes begin on February 9th - look at the courses page for more information, or call the office for details.

The Women's Centre starts classes on the 9th with Go-Girl and then continues with a number of different offerings, as well as some that we are doing again this year. Ring us if you have any questions about any of them. Our library is open most days and we have some relevant books and material for women needing information. Tuesdays, from the 9th February, we have our librarian who can help you with your choice. The shared lunch will resume on 23rd February 2010.

Youth Work position opening! Check our vacancies tab

Calling for Volunteer Tutors for 2010

We would love to hear from anyone who would like to teach a class, a workshop, a seminar. Please look at the vacancies page of the website for more information.

Walking Group


Each Wednesday a group sponsored by Habour Health meet here to go walking and then come back to the Women's centre for coffee and chat. Why don't you come and join this enthusiastic group of young women?

Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose?

Robyn Langlands is conducting a survey for her PhD thesis about the thoughts, feelings, and events that lead people to injure themselves on purpose. If you are interested please go to the Important Issues page (National) to fill out the survey.

Free Durex Condoms!

We're happy to annouce that we are offering free Durex condoms to women in the community! Please stop by to get one (or two!) in our waiting area.

Sexual wellbeing is a balance of physical, emotional and sociological factors. It's about protecting and nurturing the sexual health of both you and your partner, getting the most from your sex life and feeling confident and happy about yourself. Sexual wellbeing is a fundamental part of human wellbeing and health.

Massage Clinic News:

The first clinic for the year will be on February 26th, 2009. Call the office to make your appointment. We also have a Bodytalk clinic - and we are offering both these services next year at just $50 or at a community services card rate of $35. Just call the office and set up your appointment or ask about these services if you have any questions.

Korean Counselling

Just a reminder of our Korean Counselling service, where our counsellor is Julia Kwon (Min Kyeong Kwon). Julia is a Korean counsellor who will be counselling Korean women. Julia is grateful that the North Shore Women's Centre is supporting the Korean community and expects the Centre will be a good place for Korean women and adolescents (girls) to get help for personal development, help with their relationships and to live to their full potential.
Please call our Korean counselling Service on (09) 444 2922.
Don't forget we are open Monday through Friday 9-3. If you get through to our voicemail we will get back to you! We would love to see you - come in and see us anytime.

Kaira, Cathy, Caitlin, Lorraine and Anneke, Vicky, Joanna, Rachel and Sally and Julia.

Would you like to help?

Would you like to help support the work of the centre's clinics and counselling services? Let us know if you would like to make a one-off donation or become a regular contributor to our centre. Your tax-deductible donation will help us help keep them running.

Would you like to be kept informed of the centre's activities? Let us know and we can keep you informed with email updates. Call Cathy at the office to let her know your details.

North Shore Women's Centre acknowledges and thanks:

  • ASB Community Trust
  • Child Youth and Family
  • NZ Lottery Grants Board
  • North Shore City Council
  • Lion Foundation
  • Pub Charities
  • JR McKenzie
  • COGS
  • United Way
  • Sky City
  • NZ Post
  • Sir John Logan Campbell Trust

Our Team

Kaira Marsh - Manager
Joanna Kingsbury - Counsellor
Rachel Cox - Counsellor
Sally Stapleton-Jones - Counsellor
Julia Kwon (Min Kyeong Kwon) Korean Counsellor
Vicky de Clifford - Accountant
Lorraine Owens - Community Resource Worker - Administration
Cathy Gray - Community Resource Worker - Funding and Facilitation
Caitlin Parsons - Community Resource Worker - Youth
Anneke Bornman - Community Support Worker - Social Work