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This calendar shows all public Oxytocin Trust events and all of the birth community events that we’ve been advised about. If you would like your event in the Hutt Valley to be added, please submit the details here.
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Kia ora koutou! ✨ Happy New Year from all of us at Oxytocin Trust! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season filled with whānau, kai and joy. As we welcome 2025, we're feeling incredibly grateful for the amazing community that supports our mahi. We're excited to continue our work in the new year, supporting hapū māmā & whānau, midwives and maternity staff in Te Awa Kairangi. Here's to a year filled with aroha, new beginnings, and healthy whānau! 👶🎉
Kia ora e te whānau! ❤️ As 2024 comes to an end, we want to say a massive ngā mihi nui to everyone who has supported Oxytocin Trust this year! 🙌 Whether you donated, volunteered, or simply spread the word about our mahi, your support has made a real difference to birthing whānau, midwives and maternity staff in Te Awa Kairangi. Special shout-out to our amazing Oxytocin Squad volunteers - you're the heart of our organisation! And to our generous donors and sponsors - your kindness enables us to continue supporting our birthing community. We're so grateful for your aroha! 🙏
From all of us here at Oxytocin Trust, we want to wish you and your whānau a very Meri Kirihimete! ✨ We hope your day is filled with aroha, laughter, and the joy of spending time with loved ones. May your whare be filled with warmth and your Christmas kai be plentiful! We are so grateful for the support of our amazing community. Ngā mihi nui for everything you do to help us support birthing whānau, midwives and maternity staff in Te Awakairangi. ❤️
Meri Kirihimete and a huge shout-out to all the incredible midwives and maternity staff working hard over the holidays! ✨ While many of us are enjoying time with whānau, these amazing people are providing care and support to new parents and pēpi in Te Awa Kairangi. Your dedication and compassion are truly inspiring. Thank you for all that you do - you're making a difference in the lives of so many! ❤️
A big thank you to everyone who supported our quiz nights in October. Thanks to everyone's generosity we raised almost $3,000!! This wouldn't have been possible without the support of Sprig + Fern Petone who hosted us each Tuesday with Quiz Masters David and Kristen. We would also like to acknowledge, again, the amazing businesses who kindly donated items for our raffles: Arobake, Caci, Cath Fitzgerald Photography, Dirty Burger, EvokeHealthnz-Kate Anderson Craniosacral Therapist & Lactation Consultant, Light House Cinema Petone, The Pito One Depot, PURE Movement, Queensgate Shopping Centre, Quest Petone Salute Hair & Day Spa, and Whittaker's Chocolate Lovers. With the money raised we have been able to continue our mahi supporting the birthing community in Te Awa Kairangi/ Hutt Valley. We recently donated three breast pumps to the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) at Hutt Hospital. In the New Year we plan to use the money for more great initiatives.
Wow, its December already! Does anyone else feel like Christmas has snuck up on them? We know it is on its way for sure as today we put up the Christmas Tree at the Hutt Hospital Maternity Ward. The tree has our special baubles with the names of babies born in the Hutt - all the way back to the 80's. If you've got (or you are) a baby born in the Hutt and would like to add a name to the tree you can donate $5 via either our account or Give A Little page - just make sure to include the name and year you want on your bauble as a reference! We'd love to add more names and support more birthing whānau in the process. Links to donate here: https://oxytocintrust.org.nz/donate/ Thinking of those who are hāpu over this busy season and of course the amazing maternity staff who have to put their own family festivities aside to support them!
We want to say a special THANK YOU to Hell Pizza and The Avo Tree who kindly support our mahi by donating their yummy kai to our local midwives and maternity staff. These treats are appreciated by all and make a real difference in helping sustain our maternity workforce. Please support these generous businesses where you can ❤️ If you're a business who would like to chat about doing something similar, please get in touch with us 💜
It’s our last fundraising quiz tonight at Sprig + Fern Petone. Thanks to everyone who has come to support us so far! We’ve got a bumper lot of raffle prizes up for grabs tonight! Prizes include a night’s stay at Quest Petone, four personal training sessions with PURE Movement, a $50 Queensgate Shopping Centre voucher, $50 towards a treatment/ service with EvokeHealthnz-Kate Anderson Craniosacral Therapist & Lactation Consultant, thicc shake vouchers from Dirty Burger, as well as a treatment voucher from Caci who have supported us each week. Phew! With this many prizes up for grabs, tonight could be your winning night! Quiz starts at 7pm and entry is $5 per person. Raffle tickets cost $2 each or three for $5. Here’s a picture of our trust members and volunteers Jacqui, Alice, and Sarah at last week’s quiz.
If you love chocolate, come down to our quiz night at Sprig + Fern Petone this evening at 7pm and get yourself some raffle tickets. We’ve got a box of 48 sante bars up for grabs thanks to Whittaker's Chocolate Lovers. You’ll also have the chance to win vouchers from Caci and Queensgate Shopping Centre. Entry to the quiz is $5 per person and it’s a lot of fun! See you tonight!
It’s Tuesday which means it’s our quiz night at Sprig + Fern Petone! The quiz starts at 7pm and is $5 per person. Tonight we have lovely treats again from Arobake and Caci, as well as a double pass movie voucher from Light House Cinema Petone. We also want to acknowledge Ange from The Pito One Depot and Seeds to Feeds who made this amazing cake for ourraffle last week. The winner was very happy with their yummy prize! See you tonight!
We’re excited for our second quiz night at the Sprig + Fern Petone this evening. We had loads of fun last week! This week our raffle prizes include some yummy baked goods from Arobake, a voucher for a treatment from Caci, and a voucher for a family photo session thanks to Cath Fitzgerald Photography worth $399. Here is a wee picture of two of our trust members, Julia and Jacqui, with the final results from last week.
Woohoo! It's our first quiz night tonight starting at 7pm Sprig + Fern Petone. Tonight we have some great raffle prizes up for grabs including a vouchers from Salute Hair & Day Spa and Caci, as well as some yummy treats from Arobake. We're looking forward to seeing you all tonight!
It's less than a week to go until our first fundraising quiz night at Sprig + Fern Petone! We have got some great raffle prizes up for grabs each week. A big thank you to the following businesses for their generosity in donating prizes: Arobake, Cath Fitzgerald Photography, Caci, Light House Cinema Petone, Queensgate Shopping Centre, Salute Hair & Day Spa, Whittaker's Chocolate Lovers. Tables can't be reserved for quiz nights, so we encourage you to get there early to reserve your spot. We can't wait to see you there!