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Editor’s note
Welcome to the June/July issue of Palmy Parent! This issue has a bit of a cold weather theme, with articles about making leaf crafts, ideas to entertain your kids indoors, and a overview of Te Manawa’s recently redone kid’s area!
There’s some exciting events coming up in the next couple of months, including the Parent and Child Expo and the Matariki Puanga event! Find out more on our “What’s On” page! We also take a look at some environmentally friendly kitchen products and the newly launched Whāngai Ora Milk Bank! We’re always looking for contributors! If you would or anyone you know would like to share your empowering birth (or adoption) story, please get in touch at palmyparenteditor@ gmail.com, you don’t need to be a great writer, we can work with you to get your story told.
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Whāngai Ora Milk Bank 12 Grandparents Doing It Differently 14 Pregnancy Nausea and Vomiting 23 Winter-time blues... gone! 26
IN EVERY ISSUE
Editor’s note 3 PNPC Seminars & Events 7 Book Review 8 Welcom to the World: Craddle Roll 9 What’s On 10 Birth Story: Hello baby Micah 20 Dad’s Life: 12 things every new mum wants you to know 24 Product Review: Eco-Friendly Kitchen 28 Craft: Leaf Craft 30 Family Friendly Outing: Kids Zone at Te Manawa 31 Community support groups 32 Member discounts 33 Playgroups in your area 34
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Bruce McKenzie Book Giveaway 8 The Hair Company styling treatment 13 Cottage Flowers Arrangement 21 Kind Hearts, Streetwise Coffee 29
CONTRIBUTORS
Laura Wenden Green, Desiree Harvey, Pinky McKay, Saritta Burney, Rachel McKay, Jessica Ensing, Helena Slako, Erin Evis
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COMMITTEE NEWS
The Esplanade Open Day started out windy and threatening rain but thankfully the weather improved, and we had a great day, sharing our centre and upcoming Expo with all who stopped by. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and entered our giveaway, the lucky winner was Kendra who was super excited with her haul.
Our Palmy Parents and Child Expo is happening on the 13th of June, there will be goody bags for the first 200 entries. You might be lucky enough to find a special golden ticket in these goody bags, winning prizes from different sponsors such as KR’s Café, Cravings Café, Huiwinui Country Estate Boutique, Barkers of Geraldine, Haakaa, NV Hair Design, Halo Salt Rooms and Holistic Beauty, Farmlands Foods, Tui Balm, and Hire a Housewife. Thank you to our goody bag sponsors, the prize packs are going to be amazing. The Palmy Parents and Child Expo will be a winter’s day out for the kids. There will be plenty of things for the children to do, there will be bouncy castles, toys, face painting and Bunnings kid’s workshops to name a few. As always, we will have our Parents Room, complete with new sign, where you can change, feed and relax in comfort. Our Preggy to Preschool Garage sale was on the 24th April and was well attended. There were plenty of bargains had, and our sellers were pleased as they sold a lot if not most of their items they had for sale. We received some generous donations after the sale for our Partnering for Good project, these items were welcomed by our friends at Te Aroha Noa. We are planning some events around this partnership later in the year, so keep an eye on FB to find out more. Our AGM is happening on the 23rd June 2021, 7pm at Centre (117 Ruahine Street), all members are welcome to attend, without obligation to join the committee, so if you would like to see what we have done in the last year, feel free to come along. There will be drinks and pizza provided.
We are always we are always looking for more volunteers, if you are interested, please send us an email on info@palmyparentscentre.org.nz Saritta and The Palmy Parents Centre Team.
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