Family Services
LDS Family Services
NEW ZEALAND AGENCY - AUCKLAND OFFICE

LDS Therapists

Please see below for our current list of staff and volunteers.


Therapists

  • Michael Satele - Agency Director
  • David Harris - Counsellor

 


Full Time Staff

  • Michael Satele
  • David Harris
  • Yvonne Rameka - Agency Senior Administrator

 


Advisory Board Members

  • President Moroni Westerlund (Chairman)
  • Gaynor McLean - Legal
  • Bishop Tagavaitau - Priesthood

 


Part-time Practitioners

Auckland

  • La Nae Dennison - Birth Parent Specialist
  • Reanter Kauvaka
  • Elena Peteru
  • Victoria Clarke
  • Paulo Bisogno

Hamilton

  • Jacquelyn Elkington
  • Paul Leslie

Palmerston North

  • Jenny Cherian
  • Raewyn Anderson

Wellington (3 stakes)

  • Margaret Wilkinson
  • Michelle Coley (Upper Hutt)
  • Julie Kurtz

 


Counselling Contractors

  • Russell Waetford (Whangarei)
  • Newman Soloai (Auckland)
  • Dolly Stone (Auckland)
  • Isabelle Churchill, Linda Wikeepa & Dione Evans (Hamilton)
  • Losa Patterson (Auckland)
  • Warren Mason (Christchurch)

 


Church Service Missionary Couple

  • Elder George & Sister Julie Robinson

 


Stake Volunteers

  • Auckland: Yvonne Rameka, Emo Koe, Marie Satele, Natalie Anderton & Amanda Raybould
  • Palmerston North: Mary Whaanga, Amy Lavini
  • Taranaki District: Liz Mokaraka
  • Tauranga: Moira McCullough, Stephen Seymour, Megan Fitzpatrick

 


Strengthening Marriage Classes

  • Classes currently being run in Auckland and Hamilton.
  • Please consult your local Priesthood leader for classes.

 


Strengthening Family Classes

  • Please consult your local Priesthood leader for classes.

 


Addiction Recovery Programme Facilitators

  • Paul Leslie (Hamilton)
  • Michael Satele ( Auckland Central)
  • Paul Bisogno (Auckland)
  • Petina Reti (Whangarei)