Dunedin Men's Group

Dunedin Men's Group Are you a man living in or near Dunedin, New Zealand? Do you want to live a more authentic life? Want to live more authentically? A typical meeting:
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Come join our support group where you can be real about your experiences, talk safely, explore your own feelings/behaviours and connect with like-minded men. Are you a man who lives in or near Dunedin, New Zealand? Come join our support group where you can be 'real' about your experiences. Dunedin Men's Group meets from 7.30pm - 9.30pm on the first and third Wednesday of the month in Dunedin, New Zealand. New members are welcomed and encouraged to come for a few sessions before committing to attending the group regularly (note: if joining the group regularly, a small financial contribution towards costs is expected). Please message us here to find out more details. All details shared within the group are kept confidential and members communicate with each other with mutual respect and support. We do sometimes make public posts about themes that came up within the group - only if everyone attending the session is okay with this. When we do this, the posts are co-authored by all who attended. The group has been meeting regularly for over 20 years. It is a supportive place where you are able to be yourself. It provides an opportunity for men to be real and authentic about their experiences and feelings in a safe environment. You are encouraged, in a gentle way, to explore difficult feelings or experiences and to experience new ways of being which you can then use in your work, social or domestic situations. Mindfulness practice to allow us to slow down and contact what is happening in our lives.
2. We briefly 'check in' with each other, each sharing what feels important to share at that time - perhaps a pressing issue, feelings and thoughts that are on your mind.
3. Group therapy work, where you may choose to work on an issue either with another experienced group member or with the group as a whole. We use methods drawn principally from Hakomi, Gestalt and Psychodrama to deepen and understand the dynamics of the issue/concern and help you gain a new perspective on it. If you are open to hearing how your work touched the other members of the group, this is shared by them. This gives them a chance to outwardly reflect on what it brought up on them, often gives you further benefit also from seeing how your courage to open up within the group made a difference. There is typically enough time for one or two group members to do work in an evening. The group is co-facilitated by the long-standing group members.

15/11/2025

We are trialling a new space for our meetings this Wednesday, so our meeting then will be at a different address - message us here if you’re new and intending on coming.

06/08/2025

Four men met tonight for our men’s group meeting. We each had plenty of time to share what’s on our minds around the circle.
Themes that came up in tonight’s group were:
* Challenging the idea from younger days of when we felt invincible - instead recognising our mortality and appreciating life more because of it.
* Living with physical pain.
* Supporting a person with terminal cancer.

It was a robust group discussion, and we got to learn from each other’s experiences and hear each other.

Our next meeting is Wednesday 20th August, 7.30pm at 15 Park Street. New men welcome, come and try it out! Please message here first so we know to expect you.

One of our members is giving a talk about “1 million steps for peace” where he successfully walked the Camino in Spain a...
09/12/2024

One of our members is giving a talk about “1 million steps for peace” where he successfully walked the Camino in Spain as a fundraiser for people in desperate need in Gaza. You can hear Kovido Maddick speak about his experience on the 800km journey at 7pm on Wednesday December 11th at the Theosophical society, 469 Hillside Rd. Everybody welcome.

You can find out more about the walk he completed here (and it’s still open for donations - please consider giving!):

I am walking 1 million steps, to promote peace. Please support me by donating to ReliefAid who provide food, water and medicine to Gaza.

20/11/2024

Tonight five men gathered together and we talked about a broad range of topics during our check-ins. A lot seems to be happening at the moment in our lives, and in our group we have an opportunity to share whatever's authentically on our mind and be heard, even in topics that we would normally keep to ourselves. We noted that yesterday was International Men's Day and this sparked a discussion about what it means to each of us to be a man, and what we think about masculinity and gender roles, and how they have changed over time. With a long range of life experience in our group, many members have seen dramatic shifts in gender roles during their lifetimes, and we discussed various feelings and thoughts about that - hope, a recognition of some areas of traditional masculinity now being considered redundant, some strong feelings of frustration at being stereotyped into what a man 'should' be, and more. We talked about what masculinity means to each of us, and what we like about being men. We also discussed s*x and s*xuality, how important it is and how the focus of our experience of it can change over a lifetime. All in all a very varied evening of robust discussion!

New members are welcome to come and try a men's group session - it's a place for us to share authentically with each other. If interested, just message us here via the page.

Next meeting: Wednesday 4th December, 7.30 - 9.30pm, 15 Park Street.

This event may be of interest to our audience. Note this is not affiliated with or endorsed by Dunedin Men's Group - we ...
16/06/2024

This event may be of interest to our audience. Note this is not affiliated with or endorsed by Dunedin Men's Group - we are sharing this on because it sounds like they're on the same wavelength as us - supporting men's mental health!

Hey everyone, I’m excited to announce that The Bowling Club has generously offered to host our men's mental health event!

Men of Dunedin!

Hey lads, my name is Devon. I'm originally from Dunedin but have since moved to Tauranga. I run a men's mental health movement there called Lad’s Coffee Connection, and I'm excited to bring it to Dunedin for a week while I’m in town.

This is a relaxed opportunity to meet like-minded men and let go of the stress you’ve been carrying for a while. The event will take place from 9 AM to 12 PM on Sunday, June 23rd.

If you're interested, please message me.

Please Tag any men you know about this event!

Cheers, lads.

Dev

15/05/2024

In tonight’s group we discussed how we run the group and made a few tweaks around being more open to trying out new ways of interacting, allowing more time for meaningful work.
A major theme that came up was about waking up to issues of social justice and how they relate to us on a personal and social level.
After the main work we also had a lively free-flowing discussion about some of the topics that came up previously.
Next meeting is Wednesday 5th June, 7.30pm, 15 Park Street, Dunedin.
New men are welcome, please message us here if you plan to join.

17/04/2024

In tonight’s meeting we had a relaxing meditation to settle in to the space, then spent time checking in with each other, sharing what’s been on our minds. This led to one man doing deeper work on the topic that came up which left him a lot to take away to consider further.
A major theme that arose tonight were inter-generational harsh family scripts that get passed on.

Next meeting is Wednesday 1st May 7.30pm at 15 Park Street.
New men welcome, please message us here to let us know if you’d like to come try it out.

15/11/2023

Five men attended our group tonight. We had a meditation to help ground us and then checked in with each other, and one man did a longer piece of work. Theme that came up were about finding balance between being responsible, getting satisfaction, resting and burnout, stepping in and taking action which had its own payoff but which can also lead to being overloaded and bringing stress. Finding the balance between caring for other people but also caring for oneself. The other men really identified with the work and got a lot out of it.

Next meeting is in 3 weeks, Wednesday 6th December. This will be the last normal group meeting of the year as the one after will be a social meeting instead.

01/11/2023

In tonight’s meeting, all of us felt devastated by the humanitarian crisis happening in Gaza and Israel and disbelief at the lack of international action to stop the further killing of innocent men, women & children. It brought up feelings of powerlessness about the injustice for the innocent people caught in the crossfire.
Other themes that came up this evening were around mixed feelings about an amicable separation with both people realising that their lives are now diverging, the freedom that comes from children leaving home, and child development changes.

Note: these posts are co-authored by those present and we share what we are comfortable with sharing about our experiences.

19/07/2023

Five men met tonight, including one long-term member who was back for one last session after living away, and now moving elsewhere. We appreciated the chance to say goodbye properly for someone who has been with us for so long. One man did a powerful piece of work tonight.
Our next meeting is Wed 2nd August, 7.30pm.
New men welcome to come try the group, just send us a message here first to let us know.

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Quaker Hall, 15 Park Street
Dunedin
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