To email the person below please remove [at] and put in @ with no gaps.  [at] has been used to avoid spam.

NATIONWIDE:

Craig and Barbara Smith, 06 357-4399,  hedf@xtra.co.nz or barbara@hef.org.nz

(If you would like to talk to us then either phone us or email us your phone number and we can ring you straight back – we are on a flat rate for tolls so it wont cost us anything.)

SPECIAL NEEDS:

Jill Hanna, hanna [at] xtra.co.nz

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NEW ZEALAND AREAS:

AUCKLAND

Erena Fussell,  erena [at] learnex.co.nz, Auckland (09) 269 3532

HUNTLEY (WAIKATO):

Mari Swindley Phone (07) 828-9825, email mari.swindley [at] gmail.com

HAWKES BAY:

admin [at] twincityhomeeducators.com

Erena Fussell,  erena [at] learnex.co.nz, Hawke’s Bay (06) 870 7275

MARTON:

Stephanie Shaw, surething [at] paradise.net.nz

PALMERSTON NORTH and NATIONWIDE:

Craig and Barbara Smith, 06 357-4399,  hedf@xtra.co.nz or barbara@hef.org.nz

CHRISTCHURCH and SPECIAL NEEDS:

Jill Hanna, hanna [at] xtra.co.nz

CHRISTCHURCH:

Lennie Harrison  jandl [at] e3.net.nz (for a donation)

TRADEME MESSAGE BOARD:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Community/MessageBoard/Post.aspx?id=29810245&topic=0&parent_topic=23

EMAIL DISCUSSION GROUPS:

Check the left hand side bar on this page

If you are available to help others with their exemptions and ERO Reviews please email me barbara@hef.org.nz and I will add you to this list. Thanks

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Also great links to help get you started in Getting an Exemption:

Making an Application for Exemption from Enrolment and Attendance at a School

http://hef.org.nz/2010/making-an-application-for-exemption-from-enrolment-and-attendance-at-a-school/

A Collection of Exemption Tips and Ideas

http://hef.org.nz/2010/a-collection-of-exemption-tips-and-ideas/

http://hef.org.nz/exemptions/applying-for-an-exemption-to-educate-at-home/

http://hef.org.nz/2011/applying-for-an-exemption-to-educate-at-home/

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Needing help for your home schooling journey:

http://hef.org.nz/2011/needing-help-for-your-home-schooling-journey-2/

And

Here are a couple of links to get you started home schooling:

http://hef.org.nz/getting-started-2/

and

http://hef.org.nz/exemptions/

This link is motivational:
http://hef.org.nz/category/all-about-education/

Also a couple of links to help with your ERO review:

Preparing for an ERO Review (in an unschooling kind of way)

http://hef.org.nz/2006/preparing-for-an-ero-review-2/

Preparing for an ERO Review by Craig Smith

http://hef.org.nz/2008/preparing-for-an-ero-review-by-craig-smith/