Managing Trustee:
Commander Larry Robbins OBE RNZN (Rtd)
issnz@iss.org.nz +64 21 182 4545
National Chaplain:
Rev Aaron Ironside
chaplain(at)iss.org.nz +64 21 59 57 59
The Society is represented in the following NZ ports:
AUCKLAND – The Society is a partner in the Auckland International Seafarers’ Centre. Rev Aaron Ironside the manager and a chaplain/welfare officer at the Centre. He is the National Manager of Maritime Welfare Ltd which provides the services at the Centre.
The seafarers’ centre is located at 21 Tooley Street, Auckland Central.
For full information about the centre and facilities offered visit the AISC website.
BLUFF – Bluff Seafarers’ Centre – located opposite the security base at the main entrance to the port in Bluff (SOUTHPORTNZ).
The centre operates unmanned 24/7/365. It offers facilities for free wifi, courtesy of the port company, and recreational activities such as pool, tea and coffee.
The port’s transport drops seafarers at the Centre. Contact the security personnel for access if the centre is locked.
For urgent needs contact the National Chaplain.
BAY OF ISLANDS (PAIHIA, OPUA) – no seafarers’ centre. The Society is represented in the Bay of Islands by Ms Carol Forsyth carolfour(at)xtra.co.nz.
Contact the National Chaplain for urgent matters
PICTON – no seafarers’ centre at present although a facility on the wharf at Shakespeare Bay is generously being made available by Port Marlborough and is opened when ships are at the wharf.
The society is represented in Picton by Dr Jan Shapcott – contact by email: seafarercare.picton.nz@gmail.com
For urgent matters contact the National Chaplain
PORT CHALMERS (DUNEDIN) – Otago Seafarers Charitable Trust.
The Seafarers’ Centre is at 12 George Street, Port Chalmers. Contact +64 3 472 7097
Facilities: Telephone; Email; Internet & WIFI; TV; Pool Table; Tea and Coffee; Mail. Chaplains available. (NOTE: The OSCT is not formally associated with the Sailors’ Society)
TAURANGA (BAY OF PLENTY) – Sailors’ Society member group, Bay of Plenty Seafarers Charitable Trust, supports the United Seafarers Mission. A volunteer ship visitor representing the society works with the Mission to Seafarers’ welfare officer at Sulphur Point.
Contact the National Chaplain for Society’s local contact details
Shakespeare Bay, Picton
The seafarers’ centre is in the building adjacent to the ship’s superstructure.