Little Pink Book

Facebook & Website Groups

Health Navigator NZ - www.healthnavigator.org.nz

Helps you find reliable and trustworthy information and self help resources about breast cancer.

Gift of Knowledge - www.giftofknowledge.co.nz

Hereditary Breast Cancer (BRCA mutation gene). Focuses on raising awareness, connecting you to others etc.

Shocking Pink - www.shockingpink.org.nz

Large private Facebook support group for under 45's with a website and info/support.

Sweet Louise - www.facebook.com/sweetlouiseNZ

Sweet Louise provides practical, emotional and social support to people in New Zealand living with advanced & incurable breast cancer.

Mybc - www.mybc.care

Mybc is an online community for New Zealanders affected by breast cancer - a place to connect and share experiences with others like you, and to ask questions and get support from a qualified breast nurse.  Share your thoughts, questions and milestones with a community of people who understand what you’re going through. Offer support, share knowledge, and get to know each other.

BCAC  - www.breastcancer.org.nz

The Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition (BCAC) provides a united voice and support for people in New Zealand who have experience of breast cancer. Together, they work to make world-class detection, treatment and care accessible to everyone with breast cancer in Aotearoa. They provide information, support and representation for those with breast cancer so they can make informed choices about their treatment and care.

Cancer Society Northland - www.cancer.org.nz

Support nurses, counselling and transport to treatments.  Organised free accommodation in Auckland at Domain Lodge when attending radiation treatment or related appointments.

09 437 5593   northland@akcansoc.org.nz

Te Hā Oranga - www.tehaoranga.co.nz

Te Hā Oranga is a Ngāti Whātua organisation that provides health and wellbeing services to everyone within the Ngāti Whātua rohe. Services include women's health and breast screening.

Dargaville Office:09 439 3013
Dargaville Hospital, Awakino Rd

Resources

Breast Care Nurse Advice -  0800 2268 773

Specialist breast care nurse, who can answer your questions about breast cancer and breast health. 

email breastnurse@nzbcf.org.nz

www.nzbcf.org.nz

Look Good Feel Better for all Cancer patients - Free Care programme www.lgfb.co.nz

Free Feel Better Classes cover simple techniques to look after your skin, hair, body and mind so that you can feel stronger and face cancer with confidence. For anyone with a diagnosis for any type of cancer at any stage. There is no requirement for you to be in active treatment or experiencing hair loss. It’s your time away from the world of diagnosis and treatment to help you face your cancer and live better.

Free Counselling 

The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation (NZBCF) has partnered with Stratos, a national counselling service to provide support for people coping with the emotional challenge which often accompany breast cancer.  It is free confidential and funded by NZBCF.  You get three sessions, either face to face, over the phone or via video messaging like zoom. 

To access this service, you can complete an online self-referral and their Breast Cancer Foundation NZ nurses can arrange your counselling.

www.breastcancerfoundation.org.nz

Free Online Therapy

Do you need help with your mental wellbeing, are you feeling, low, sad, worried, stressed, self concious nervous or tense? 

If so there is a range of free online courses available to help you tackle worry and stress. Take care of yourself with this free, private online therapy courses for all New Zealanders. Support for your mental and emotional wellbeing that you can access anytime, anywhere.

You are stronger that you think, see what free courses are available at www.justathought.co.nz

Relaxation and mindfulness - Pāroretanga me te maharatanga. https://www.youtube.com/playlist...

The Cancer Society has produced the Relax CD, which offers a series of relaxation and mindfulness exercises.  You can listen to it on YouTube. Click on the link above to gain access to eight difference exercises.