Kia ora koutou, Welcome to 2023! The year is well underway with many schools heading back this week, and Waitangi Day is fast approaching. Good on you for making it through the school holidays. This time of year can feel really intense for adults and children alike....
Kia ora koutou, Happy new year. Well, what a start to the year so far, we on the East Coast have been hammered by severe storms, road closures, slips and a hurricane, just to top it all off. But, it just goes to show how tough we East Coasters are, families stick...
Kia ora koutou, Well, we are on the home straight to the end of another year, give yourself a celebratory fist pump/high five/pat on the back for making it through 2022! This year has been a hectic one, yet, I have seen just how amazing (and persevering) you all are....
Kia orana everyone (Hello - from my Cook Island Heritage) Wow, December seems full on in our house. I don’t know about yours but with sports summer tournaments, a daughter reaching her potential at gymnastics (this is amazing …. but… she needs to be there for 12...
Here we are in December… wow, its amazing that we’ll be in 2023 very soon. I hope you get the chance to put your feet up after all the Christmas events and celebrations. I know I’m certainly looking forward to the break. It's been great hearing all about the Family...
Ngā mihi aroha ki a koutou e Mātua Atawhai/Loving greetings to all you Kind Caregivers Wow, another year has passed us by and here we are looking forward to the holiday break in whatever form that might take. I love to hear how whānau celebrate this time of year,...
Kia ora koutou, Crikey, with only weeks to go until the last day of school, who has had time to organise Christmas? This year in our house we are transferring the focus from gifts to experiences. And it is not as easy as it sounds let me tell you. While we are...
Kia ora koutou, Here we are in December, where has the year gone may we ask ourselves? Well, I’m not sure to be quite honest but what I can say is, “the challenges this year have been intense”. Upon reflection I can say this, I am proud I managed to get through the...
Here we are in December… wow, it's amazing that we’ll be in 2023 very soon. I hope you get the chance to put your feet up after all the Christmas events and celebrations. I know I’m certainly looking forward to the break. Coming up this weekend are the Family Fun...
Kia ora koutou/ Hi everyone, Oh my goodness, here is the last newsletter of 2022 and I look back and see a very busy year rapidly disappearing behind us! As I pen this, we have just had the end of year fishing event in Nelson, wet but very fun. A few lucky tamariki...
Here we are in December… wow, it's amazing that we’ll be in 2023 very soon. I hope you get the chance to put your feet up after all the Christmas events and celebrations. I know I’m certainly looking forward to the break. It's been great hearing all about the Family...
Here we are in December… wow, it's amazing that we’ll be in 2023 very soon. I hope you get the chance to put your feet up after all the Christmas events and celebrations. I know I’m certainly looking forward to the break. It's been great hearing all about the Family...
Kia ora koutou, We are now in week four of the final school term, and yes, I am saying it again “time is flying”. I am looking forward to the nice summer weather and visits to the beach with my tamariki. We have been lucky with some awesome weather in the last couple...
Ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou e Mātua Atawhai/Warm greetings to all you Kind Caregivers The months have sped by, and we are looking year’s end in the face! I’m excited about coming into summer weather as this winter has felt longer and colder than usual…yes, it’s...
Kia ora everyone, I am guessing the school holidays feel like a long time ago now that we are into our third week of Term 4. One holiday highlight for me happened to be down south in time for the snowy weather in Southland. As someone from the landlocked Waikato and...
Tēnā Koutou Katoa, Greetings to you all. With the silly season fast approaching the pressure to live up to what the “Joneses” are doing is going to be felt even more this year, given the economic status of our beautiful country. I have three little people living with...
2022 Excellence in Foster Care Awards At Caring Families Aotearoa, we have the privilege of working with and supporting so many amazing caregivers who go above and beyond what is expected of them for the tamariki and rangatahi in their care. Every year as an...
Face Your Future 2022On Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th September we took 29 care experienced rangatahi to the 13th Face Your Future. This year Face Your Future had a makeover!!! For the first time in its 13 year history, this year’s event was an overnight camp...
Kia ora koutou, Isn’t time flying!!!! Here we are in October already, with September being pretty flat tack it has been a little bit settling to know Spring is here and Summer is around the corner. We have done some planting with more to come. Its been an awesome...
Kia ora everyone, Gosh just when you think you have time to catch your breath the school holidays sneak up on you and smack you right between the eyes! The spring school holidays are a chance to get the kids in the garden with me and enjoy the wonders of mixing dirt,...