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Southern Regional office

Family and Community Services works in partnership with families and communities in the Southern Region. 

Our region

Family and Community Services Southern region covers the whole of the South Island.    

Our activities

We work to make a difference to the lives of families in the South Island

We do this by:

  • supporting the following Community Response Forums: Canterbury, West Coast/ Tasman/Marlborough and Otago/Southland.  
  • supporting the Chairs of Strengthening Families Local Management Groups and the collaborative case work with which they are involved.
  • funding and monitoring the services of a wide range of community organisations delivering social services across the region
  • administering regional panel processes associated with the Community Response Fund

Our Central South team

Region

CRM

Name

Contact

Phone / Email

South Island

 

 

 

All Southern Regions

Denise Kidd

Regional Manager

PO Box 20 208

Christchurch 8543

03 961 6440

029 237 9034

denise.kidd003@msd.govt.nz

South Island

 

 

All Southern Regions

Sarah Johnson

PA, Administrator

PO Box 20 208

Christchurch 8543

03 961 6441

029 200 4443

sarah.johnson022@msd.govt.nz

South Island

 

 

All Southern Regions

Marilyn Trent

Administrator

PO Box 20 208

Christchurch 8543

03 961 6442

029 200 6365

marilyn.trent002@msd.govt.nz

 

 

Regional Advisors Funding

Region

Name

Contact

Phone / Email

Nelson / Marlb / West Coast

 

 

 

Trish Kennedy

Private Bag 24

Nelson 7042

03 989 7076

029 650 0235

trish.kennedy011@msd.govt.nz

North Canterbury

Canterbury

Christchurch

 

Ellen Zhou

PO Box 20 208

Christchurch 8543

03 961 6449

029 200 9157

ellen.zhou001@msd.govt.nz

South and Mid Canterbury

Kaikoura

Christchurch

 

Geoff Giller

PO Box 20 208

Christchurch 8543

03 961 6444

029 200 3599

geoffrey.giller002@msd.govt.nz

Christchurch

 

 

 

Pauline Saunders

PO Box 20 208

Christchurch 8543

03 961 9015

029 280 5395

Pauline.saunders005@msd.govt.nz

Otago / Central Otago / Southland

 

 

 

Stuart Gray

PO Box 297

Dunedin 9016

03 961 6440

029 200 3368

stuart.gray015@msd.govt.nz

Regional Relationship Managers

Region

CRM

Name

Contact

Phone / Email

All Southern Region

 

 

All Southern Region

Maria McEntyre

PO Box 20 208

Christchurch 8543

03 961 6445

029 200 6493

maria.mcentyre001@msd.govt.nz

Canterbury

 

 

 

Canterbury

 

Courtenay Blakeway

PO Box 20 208

Christchurch 8543

03 961 6388

029 237 4214

courtenay.blakeway007@msd.govt.nz

Nelson / Marlb /

West Coast

 

 

Nelson / Marlb / West Coast

 

Bernadette Anne

Private Bag 24

Nelson 7042

03 989 7074

 

Bernadette.anne005@msd.govt.nz

Otago / Central Otago / Southland

 

 

Otago / Central Otago / Southland

Megan Roskilley

PO Box 501

Invercargill

03 218 0703

029 200 5136

megan.roskilley001@msd.govt.nz

West Coast

 

 

 

West Coast

Anne Ginty

PO Box 601

Greymouth 7840

029 200 6245

anne.ginty001@msd.govt.nz

 

Contact Southern

Postal address PO Box 20208
Bishopdale
Christchurch 8543
Phone 03 963 2381