On Mother’s Day, I like to enjoy something fresh and flavoursome. At the super market today, I picked up a Salmon Steak, smoked – ready for use! I…
No longer content with building, or zooming, or even rescuing, the dinosaurs now have their sights set on something much, much bigger…the MOON! Join our fearsome friends as…
WIN! 1 of 4 Listerine® Total Care® Mouthwash Packs, valued at $30 each Are you ready to jumpstart to a healthier mouth? In an eye-catching limited edition design,…
To celebrate the MAGGI Soup for a Cup Silver Sachet promotion, where you could WIN $10K instantly – Kiwi Families is giving away one of these fantastic hampers.…
Thanks to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, we have three copies of Sofia The First: Curse of the Princess Ivy to give away!! The revelation of a spellbinding secret…
Chrysalis Early Learning Centre is a ground breaking, unique concept in early childcare education, designed and developed by owners – husband and wife team, Dr Darius and Nikeeta…
Did you know the zoo animals go home to suburbia at night when the zoo closes? Yes siree. And they return to work the next day just like…
April is World Autism Awareness Month. In New Zealand, autism affects one person in 100; that’s around 40,000 New Zealanders. You might not be aware that there are a…
Calling all parents and parents-to-be! The Baby Show is coming to Wellington from the 22-24 of May, and bringing with it an incredible showcase of everything you need…
From the moment your baby is dressed, it’s usually time for another outfit change. Luckily Postie’s new bodysuits and rompers are great value (from $6) and come in…
La Mav Organic Skin Science® delivers a completely organic skin care range that provides visible results, while being gentle on skin and the environment. Products are 100% plant…
These were the last set of school holidays before my youngest daughter started school. So the opportunity to take my now three primary aged school kids to a…
Recipes From New Zealand’s Favourite ‘Underground’ Kitchen. It all started by word of mouth among friends, and now everyone is talking about this hip home-cook and her thriving…
Babies and children can catch diseases at any time. Immunisation is your child’s best protection against many serious but preventable diseases like whooping cough. This disease is still…
Dealing with challenging behaviour from 6, 7 and 8 year olds is hard work, and can be very emotionally draining on parents. Here’s 4 key tips for managing…
When Pig’s friend Trevor comes over to play, Pig doesn’t want to share his toys. He likes to hoard them in the corners and leave Trevor to fend…
Mozart in the womb, Baby Einstein DVD’s for newborns and i-pad learning apps for toddlers. From the moment the umbilical cord is cut, today’s parents feel trapped in…
Babies and children can catch diseases at any time. Immunisation is your child’s best protection against many serious but preventable diseases like whooping cough. This disease is still…
What is play? Play is learning. Play is children’s life. Play is loving learning about life!
Have your child join over four million students around the world who are experiencing the benefits of this unique method of learning. Over a two-week period, students will…
Who doesn’t love a great story about a real kiwi hero? Such is the story told in Roly the Anzac Donkey, which retells the events experienced by Richard…
Winter bugs can make children feel grumpy, grizzly and ‘ouchie all over’. So ask for Pamol® at your local pharmacy: that way, it’s on hand when you need…
Every year when winter hits, we wonder how can we keep our children from getting sick. It’s a good question but there are no easy answers. Cold and…
Sometimes life throws you a curve ball and things don’t end up as you think they will. However, blended families can also be great. Here’s a bit about…
Improv for Kids The Improvisors Circa Theatre, Wellington 7 -18 April (no Sunday performance) $10 per person
THE MAGIC OF ICE with Disney Frozen! Anna and Elsa discover where their hearts lie in this epic journey through snowstorms and freezing temperatures. With the help of…
Jack and Lucy is giving away 3 letter writing gift sets. Each set features ONE design. Each set includes: – 6 x A5 sheets of 120gsm writing paper…
A little white kiwi thinks the moon might be his mother because it is white and bright and round like him. Prepare to snuffle and shuffle through the…
If you’ve looked at an amazing sugarpaste or buttercream cake creation and wondered how on earth you could replicate it for a special occasion, perhaps this method of…
Growth can be either outwards or upwards, and that applies to families as much as anything else. A growing family may be one that is adding to its…
During menopause there are lots of changes that happen within the body. Many body systems are affected as one hormonal surge create deficiencies in another. The body constantly…
The Napier Grandparents raising Grandchildren group invited me to attend the Christmas lunch with members of this support group. A flight from Auckland down to Napier was upon one…
According to statistics from the Health Funds Association of New Zealand (HFANZ), the health insurance industry funded close to a billion dollars in health claims in 2014.
Food has become such a hot topic. Everywhere we turn there are messages bombarding us about what we should eat and how we should feel while we’re eating…
Let’s grow our concept of what ‘Growing Families’ means – I mean expand the orbit of the current paradigm of the nuclear family to include significant, influential others, such as grandmas,…
Chocolate milkshakes for breakfast anyone? Yes, you heard me correctly and yes it can be done in an easy, healthy way.
One of the keys to growing great families is primarily to keep them healthy, fit and well and as a parent I care about what my kids eat. There…
It’s not that there’s a greater number of us – still just the three – but at least one of us is growing. Of course, we remember the…
Our home grows frequently with over energetic teenagers! They blaze into our house brimming with smiles, flailing hair, bags of clothes, giant oversized art folders, the crinkly sound of…
“No matter what you’ve done for yourself or for humanity, if you can’t look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you…
The Lonely Planet Adventures In… series is a new sticker activity series for kids aged 3 and up shows kids the incredible sights and diverse environments of planet…
Thanks to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, we have three Disney Junior prizepacks to give away! Each prizepack includes 2 DVDs to keep the little ones entertained: Mickey Mouse…
We thought our family had stopped growing at two kids. It seemed like the financially responsible thing to do, and my ever practical partner pointed out that we’d…
As the first term closes, many schools have either already held their first parent teacher meetings, or will be indicating their availability for these meetings early in Term…
‘It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon…’ This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she and Red fell in love that day in…
Win one of five Barbie in Princess Power bundles! To celebrate the release of Barbie in Princess Power on DVD, Kiwi Families has five bundles to give away…
It’s the perfect family day out – The Food Show Christchurch has it all! Boasting the country’s largest selection of South Island food, drink and kitchen equipment suppliers,…
Decorating cakes like a professional is no easy feat, but thanks to the new Queen Ready-to-Roll Icing and Food Colour Gel, you can get very creative and have…
In his first award-winning documentary Joe Cross shared his incredible health transformation and weight loss journey, inspiring others to increase their fruit and vegetable intake through juicing. In…
Stuck for ideas on what to do with the kids this Easter? Located just a two and a half hour drive from Auckland is the wonderful world of…
First up a disclaimer – I am a physicist. So any kids’ book that teaches physics is likely to get a good review from me. But even without…
Win a family registration (4 people) to enter the Million Dollar Snapper Competition! From Friday May 22 to Sunday May 31, an expected 3000 keen recreational fishers will…
Win tickets for you and three friends to attend the EveryWoman Expo! Bringing together the best in beauty, fashion, health, nutrition, well being, fitness, food, love and personal…
I’m often amazed at the way that kids pick up technology and my 2 year old already understands the principles of using an iPad or tablet. However, it…
As we approach ANZAC Day again, it is always lovely to have some way to really engage children with the importance of what our ANZACS did for us.…
Win one of five copies of Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb on DVD! Get ready for the wildest and most adventure-filled Night At the Museum…
This year, NIVEA Sun has teamed up with American artist Thomas Leveritt to raise awareness of the importance of sun protection. Together, they have launched a new, ground-breaking…
Win one of five copies of Monster High – Haunted on DVD! Lurk what’s waiting for the Monster High® ghouls when they bring their killer fashion to the…
Lonely Planet, the world’s leading travel media company, has three prize packs of its new release Lonely Planet Kids’ books to give away. Each pack has a total…
Growing families need a great garden and to get you started Yates is giving away two prize packs each containing two packets of seeds, Yates Thrive Easy Pods…
Win one of five copies of The Penguins of Madagascar on DVD! Super spy teams aren’t born… they’re hatched. Discover the secrets of the greatest and most hilarious…
Kiwigarden’s all natural yummy snacks are made from real ingredients, like fruit, vegetable and yoghurt and contain absolutely NO NASTIES – NO preservatives and NO colouring. Great for…
With all three of my children, we received stern letters from Births, Deaths and Marriages telling us that we needed to hurry up and register their births. And with…
When a king discovers that there are still singing moon dragons high up on the mountainside, he offers a room full of gold to anyone who can bring…
Soulprint by Megan Miranda is a book that follows Alina Chase at 17 year old who is the reincarnation of June Calahan the worlds more notorious criminal. As…
MILK Books is giving Kiwi Families readers the chance to create their very own exquisite Medium Square DOUBLE WHITE Photo Album valued at NZ$130.00! Created by a team…
Beatrix didn’t want a tiara. Beatrix wanted a BEARD! From Charles Darwin to Abraham Lincoln, Karl Marx to Mr Twit, it is said that the secret to power…
Intrigued by the most humble household items, one quirky character coins contraptions and meddles with mechanisms to find topsy-turvy ways to breathe life into his pile of junk.…
Adventure into the oceanic depths, rocky shore lines and pristine beaches of East Coast Aotearoa, a place where the waves ceaselessly roll in and the tides ebb and…
Simon Gault’s new recipe book, Modern Classics, takes all the “standard” traditional recipes and adds his own subtle twist to them. The book contains over 80 recipes, gorgeous…
Created by award-winning book publisher PQ Blackwell, MILK photo books and albums are beautiful, high-quality photo books.
Another great set of books from Gecko Press, the Max series is a sweet set of books about toddler Max and the funny situations he gets himself into.
It’s a well known principle that including 5+ vegetable and fruit servings a day is a great foundation for your daily eating habits. 5 would be an absolute…
When a child gets to two or so, I find they start to love to identify nursery rhymes. When they get familiar with something it seems so exciting…
In the magical world of flitting butterflies, jumping eggs and giant swaying flowers, two lycra-clad puppeteers try their hardest to remain unseen and at service to their puppets;…
It’s the coolest time to be a kind in Wellington at the moment, with the Capital E National Arts Festival for children in full flight. In Carnival of…
Dirt and Other Delicious Ingredients is a dance show from Java dance company and is part of the Capital E Festival for Children. This is the poster blurb:…
Goodness me, the food photography in this book is… so beautiful. Following up from his success with the cook books ‘Jerusalem’ and ‘Plenty’, London-based Israeli chef Yotam Ottolenghi…
Clementine Mitch is a secret witcherina – a witch who desperately wants to become a ballerina. When her wish unexpectedly comes true, she finds herself whisked away to…
Ruth Paul, writer of Bad Dog Flash has brought the loveable but naughty pup back in Go Home Flash. Flash’s eagerness will delight young readers once more, as…
Elmore Green started off life as an only child, as many children do. He had a room all to himself, and everything in it was his. But then…
Children’s Day – Te Rā O Te Tamariki – provides New Zealanders with an opportunity to give time to children. It is a fun day for activities that start…
Bright and beautiful, Chelsea Winter is back with her second cook book, Everyday Delicious, not that long after her first (At My Table) was released. One doesn’t earn…
Win a family – pass (4 tickets) to An Awfully Big Adventure which plays at Q Theatre 25th – 28th March! Great for ages 8+, the whole family…
HappyMoose is the easiest way to print your baby photos directly from iPhone. Just download the free app from App Store and you are ready to go! Your photo…
HappyMoose is a new photo printing app designed to make printing from your phone a snap. The app is free to download and then you simply choose the…
J – A Novel is a book set in the future, most likely a near future. People talk about “What happened, if it happened” and there is a sense…
The Dinosaur That Pooped The Past is a children’s book based around a young boy and his friend, Dinosaur. I read it with my 4 and a half…
While young people these days may be experiencing F.O.B.O. (fear of being offline) and F.O.M.O. (fear of missing out), many parents experience only F – fear. How do…
The new Dreambaby® Peli’s bathtub play pouch is toy storage, with a delightful difference! Not only is it a fun way to entertain children in the bath, it…
Red Seal is giving Kiwi Families the chance to win two boxes of brand new summer fruit teas. Perfect Hot or Cold, Red Seal’s new summer teas pack…
The cover of The Frood says that this book is “the authorised and very official history of Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy including unseen…
Good Health is giving kiwi families the chance to win Good Health’s Sugar Stop to help curb your sweet tooth. Awareness of sugar addiction is becoming wide spread,…
Over the years, sections have got smaller and apartment living has increased, add this to a world that is increasingly focused on smart phones, tablets and television and…
Win a double pass to the Two Farting Sisters (ages 7+), a live action, shadow and 3D puppet show playing at Auckland Lantern Festival and Auckland Fringe. The…
For many, creativity in the kitchen is a far off concept that doesn’t get much thought.
Often grandparents find themselves unexpectedly placed in a position where they are needed to raise their grandchildren. This is a life changing situation for all involved and can…
Creative thinkers and doers have shaped our world’s history and contributed to the future direction of the human race for centuries. Find out what the link is between…
Crafting is always more fun and meaningful when it is shared with the ones you love. Kids are natural tinkerers but here are a few tips and tricks…
Sometimes life throws us a curveball and it can be hard to know how to deal with it. In this series, we’ve been meeting some great kiwi families…