Live Brave Mana Ora local teams
Our Live Brave Mana Ora youth coordinators run peer support and educational events through the year for tamariki and rangatahi living with diabetes. Annual camps for tamariki and their whānau provide space for tamariki with diabetes to connect, gain confidence, and meet others like them, and time for whānau to connect.
We also organise peer and whānau events through the year such as tenpin bowling, indoor climbing wall sessions, and social fundraising events.
Support
We offer support for whānau of children and young people living with diabetes through connecting them at social events such as family fun activities where it’s easy to share stories and experiences with others who are living with diabetes on a daily basis.
We are
Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland
Waikato
Lakes/Bay of Plenty
Hawke’s Bay | Te Matau-a-Māu
Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington
Whakatū | Nelson
West Coast | Te Tai Poutini
Canterbury | Waitaha
Otago | Ōtākou
Upcoming events
Contact your local coordinator
Auckland - Tāmaki Makaurau
Contact: Shantelle Bliss, Youth and Type1 Coordinator Auckland
Phone: 027 225 6569
Email: shantelle@diabetesauckland.org.nz
Hours: Monday to Thursday - 20 hours
Lakes/Bay of Plenty
Contact: Lena Fendley, Youth and Type1 Coordinator Midland Region.
Phone: 027 8830 158
Email: Lena@diabetes.org.nz
Address: 177a Fraser Street Tauranga South 3112
Hawkes Bay - Te Matau-a-Māu
Contact: Rachel (Rach) McQuade, Youth and Type1 Coordinator Hawkes Bay
Email: rachel@diabetes.org.nz
Phone: 027 284 2023
Hours: Wed 11.00am - 4.00pm, Thurs 10.00am - 3.00pm
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Contact: Leanne Parsons, Youth and Type1 Coordinator Wellington
Phone: 027 2269288
Email: leanne@diabetes.org.nz
Hours: Mon, Tues Fri 9.00am - 3.00pm
Nelson - Whakatū
Contact: Amanda Deans, Youth and Type1 Coordinator Nelson
Email: amanda@diabetes.org.nz
West Coast - Te Tai Poutini
Contact: Leigh Sharland (Volunteer Youth Coordinator)
Email: youthwestcoast@diabetes.org.nz
Canterbury - Waitaha
Contact: Victoria Wynn Thomas, Youth and Type1 Coordinator Canterbury
Phone: 021 597 372
Email: youthcanterbury@diabetes.org.nz
Hours: Tuesday 8.30-4pm, Wednesday and Friday 9-1pm
Otago - Ōtākou
Contact: Paula Fryer, Youth and Type1Coordinator Otago
Phone: 027 230 7013
Email: paula@diabetes.org.nz
Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10am - 2pm
Address: 135 Frederick St, Dunedin 9016