Community & Disaster Response
Partnering with local organisations, marae, schools, health services, and community groups to deliver structured trauma support after large-scale events.
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Our work supports recovery at community scale.
Trauma Aid focuses on community and disaster response: practical, scalable, EMDR-informed support for communities and groups affected by disasters, critical incidents, and collective trauma.
GTEP for Professional Groups
Time-limited group EMDR support for professional groups and frontline workers exposed to cumulative stress, critical incidents, and disaster response work.
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Past and active response work
February 2026 | Mount Maunganui
Bay of Plenty
Trauma Aid supported friends and whanau in the Bay of Plenty following recent tragedies, offering free psychological therapy through local providers.
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July 2025 | Tasman, NZ
Tasman Flooding
Trauma Aid prepared support for people in the Tasman region following flooding, working with local providers and communities to plan group sessions.
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October 2024 | Auckland
HMNZS Manawanui
Trauma Aid supported the crew of HMNZS Manawanui following the loss of the ship, working alongside Defence Force colleagues.
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November 2024 | Wellington
Supporting Survivors of Abuse in State Care
Trauma Aid and NZ CAST partnered to provide psychological support during and after the government's apology for abuse in state care.
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3 May 2024 | Otane
Otane School
Trauma Aid volunteers responded to a Central Hawke's Bay village and delivered large group EMDR sessions for school children.
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March 2024 | Great Barrier Island
Aotea Great Barrier Island
The community on Aotea Great Barrier Island had been through significant collective trauma, and Trauma Aid volunteers responded alongside Aotea Health, the island's only health centre.
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December 2023 | Online
Online Support for Hawke's Bay
Trauma Aid continued to offer free online therapy to people needing support following Cyclone Gabrielle.
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November 25, 2023 | Napier
Cyclone Gabrielle Relief - November 2023
Trauma Aid deployed clinical psychologists to Napier to increase local mental-health capacity after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Read archive entryAugust 2023 | Napier, NZ
Napier Family Centre Groups
Trauma Aid and Napier Family Centre coordinated large-scale outreach six months after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Read archive entry10 Feb 2023 | Auckland, NZ
Auckland Anniversary Day Flooding
Trauma Aid provided online group EMDR after intense Auckland Anniversary Day flooding.
Read archive entryMay 2023 | Wellington
Wellington Hostel Fire
Trauma Aid supported people impacted by a tragic Wellington hostel fire with free in-person group EMDR.
Read archive entryMarch to May 2023 | North Island, NZ
Cyclone Gabrielle
Four large-scale online EMDR sessions supported Kiwis affected by Cyclone Gabrielle from March to May 2023.
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