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		<title>Youthline Otago</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dunedin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help is at Hand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Youthline Otago continues to build on its 40-year history working in the Otago community.&#160; 
It offers a range of services including community education, group facilitation, helpline support and face-to-face counselling. Face-to-face counsellors work with a person-centred, strengths-based approach and the service is offered in a professional capacity, available to all people 18 plus (enquiries 03-477-2461 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Ahead Trust</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Christchurch]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mental illness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social opportunity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Step Ahead Trust is a leading provider of activity-based programmes in Canterbury.    Members are people who experience a diagnosed mental illness, are aged between 16 and 65 years and are able to attend independently. 
Some of the reasons that members enjoy attending Step Ahead include a sense of purpose, being accepted and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relationship Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Auckland]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Relationship Services Whakawhanaungatanga (RSW) is a nationwide organisation with particular interest in couples’ work.&#160; 
Couples who are separating or thinking of separating are encouraged to come and seek counselling in a calm and relaxed atmosphere.&#160; 
The Family Court will fund up to six sessions for each couple.&#160; RSW also runs Parenting through Separation courses.&#160; Details [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relationship Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Relationship Services is a nationwide, non-profit organisation that has been operating in the Otago region for more than 60 years. 
In that time, although its services have diversified, its core work has remained focussed on helping people with relationship issues. 
One such programme is Parenting through Separation, which is offered to small groups of parents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pregnancy Counselling Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[positive pregnancy test]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For someone wanting a family, having a positive pregnancy test is cause for celebration. 
However, for many women in New Zealand this result sends them into despondency, despair or panic. Many pregnant women are faced with relationship, financial or medical problems and have little support from their partner or family.&#160; 
Pregnancy Counselling Services can give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dore makes a difference with learning difficulties</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Auckland]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wellington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asperger's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asperger's syndrome]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research undertaken over the past 15 years using MRI scanning technology suggests exercise-based remediation programmes could lead to a dramatic improvement in a dyslexic’s ability to learn. 
This insight led to the development of the Dore programme &#8211; a drug-free exercise-based programme for those with learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD and Asperger’s. Dore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dore Centre to open in Christchurch</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An assessment centre for people undertaking the Dore programme is due to open in Christchurch in July. 
The centre at 21 Worcester Boulevard will be of major benefit to South Islanders on the programme as it will mean they no longer have to travel to Auckland for their assessments every three months.   Dore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All About Health &amp; Wellness treats cause, not symptom</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wellington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental intolerance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[itchy skin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patricia Sullivan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are rashes/itchy skin, colic, tummy upsets, poor immunity, fears/phobias or adverse reactions to vaccinations causing distress? Intolerances to various things can be the culprit. 
As a registered nurse, natural health practitioner and mother with 30 years plus experience in conventional and complementary medicine, Patricia Sullivan guarantees the results will help you find relief. 
All About [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellington Nannies College</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wellington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wellington Nannies College places students with training families for the duration of their 22-week course.&#160; 
These placements enable students to obtain practical experience in a real-life situation and also provide families with the experience of having a nanny in the home. Placements are for two or four days per week, on a live-in or live-out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SuperGrans</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dunedin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[assistance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SuperGrans is about people with lots of yesterdays helping those with lots of tomorrows.    Mature volunteers offer one-on-one life and home skills mentoring to families and individuals in need of assistance. 
SuperGrans aim to provide a caring, confidential, free, non-judgemental service that supports and encourages client independence by learning new ways to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern Regional Health School</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/southern-regional-health-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Southern Regional Health School (SRHS) is a State funded school for sick primary and secondary school students who cannot attend their usual school. 
Its services are free and the school that the sick student is already enrolled in continues to be funded for the student for the duration of their stay with SRHS. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parent Help</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/parent-help-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Help is at Hand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Jane”, a mother of a nine-year-old boy is ringing the helpline to talk about her son who has recently been lying and stealing. She is in tears and is at a loss to know why her son is acting this way.&#160; 
This is the kind of phone call that Parent Help telephone support workers often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Literacy Aotearoa</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/literacy-aotearoa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Literacy Aotearoa Dunedin provides literacy and numeracy help for anyone who needs to up-skill in these areas. 
Tuition is in small groups or one to one with trained tutors in a friendly environment. The hours are flexible to fit around the working day. Contact 04-447-2055.]]></description>
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		<title>Father and Child Trust</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/father-and-child-trust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Auckland]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[child]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Father and Child Trust is a community organisation run by dads who help each other. 
It provides support and information for all fathers via phone, website and in magazines, with special editions for new dads, programmes for teen dads, and services for separated dads and dads affected by trauma or PND. 
Its Auckland base is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asthma New Zealand</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/asthma-new-zealand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent survey by Asthma New Zealand shows that 57 per cent of people in New Zealand with asthma do not have their asthma well controlled. 
•&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Don’t ignore your symptoms and become complacent 
•&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Increase your compliance by understanding your asthma and prescribed medication   •&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Asthma can be well controlled so that [...]]]></description>
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