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Marriage Guidance

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Marriage Guidance

Established in 1949, Marriage Guidance was one of a number of new voluntary organisations that responded to social change in the post-war years. Now called Relationship Services, it provides counselling for couples, married or not, and their families.

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Margaret Tennant, Voluntary welfare organisations – Second World War and beyond, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/29060/marriage-guidance (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Margaret Tennant, published 24 February 2011.