Hearing voices? Seeing visions? Having unusual experiences?
You deserve support that’s respectful, practical, and led by lived experience.
HVN Aotearoa is a peer support network — not a clinical service.
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People make sense of these experiences in many ways. We won’t force one explanation.
YOU’RE NOT ALONE
For many people, hearing voices (or other unusual sensory experiences) is part of being human. Sometimes it’s neutral, meaningful, or even helpful. Sometimes it’s scary, exhausting, or overwhelming.
Wherever you’re at, you’re welcome here. In Hearing Voices groups, you can share as much or as little as you want, and learn what helps from others who “get it”.
WHO ARE WE?
Hearing Voices Network Aotearoa (Te Reo Orooro) is part of an international movement that supports people to talk openly about voices, visions, and unusual experiences — and to build safer relationships with them over time.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
- Lived experience leadership
- Hope and self-determination
- Respectful, ordinary language
- Community belonging (not “treatment”)
FIND A GROUP
Find a Hearing Voices support group near you or help us to start one in your area.
We aim to set up groups in communities across Aotearoa. Some in-person, some online.
All our groups are :
- Peer-led and supportive
- No referral needed
- Come when it suits you
See our Groups page for more information
WHAT TO EXPECT AT A GROUP
What happens in a group?
Hearing Voices groups are about connection, empathy, and learning what works — not diagnosing you or telling you what your experience “means”.
In groups we aim for:
- Respect: each person is the expert in their own experience
- Choice: you can pass, listen, or speak
- Confidentiality: what’s shared stays in the room (with clear limits explained)
- Many perspectives: cultural, spiritual, psychological, and everyday explanations are welcome
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