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…
Really? All I can think about is trying to relax while my, generally well-behaved, sproglets run in, out and around the house over the summer holidays. With school…
Back in the spring when the garden was still mostly an idea and good intentions, seeds, pots and a good quality seed raising mix were gathered together. Some…
Over the last few months I have been fortunate to try out some new exercise equipment all with different fitness benefits.
“Creativity” – what comes to mind? Inner dialogue such as “I don’t have time for creativity,” or “my kids have time for creativity but I don’t, I have…
Permanently bored people are a bit terrifying. Not, as many may fear, because they might cause trouble of some sort. But because someone, somewhere along the line, has…
These raw cake pops are seriously impressive and are a treat that is guilt-free and surprisingly good for you! Containing no processed sugar, gluten and dairy, they are…
New Year is usually a mix of celebrations, well wishes and New Year’s resolutions. New Year’s resolutions are typically something like: “I want to lose weight”,” I want…
Do you keep hearing the kids and teens talking about “Geocaching,” but don’t really know what it’s about? Or wonder why they think it’s so cool?
I thought I was dumb. That university and a ‘dream job’ with a salary was for other people but not for me. Until I learned about Mahatma Gandhi. A peaceful man…
In this early thirties, Stephen Fry – writer, comedian, star of stage and screen – had, as they say, ‘made it’. Much loved in A Bit of Fry…
Little Poppets is your quality pre-loved children’s clothing store, stocking from Maternity clothing, right through to 14 years. Little Poppets collect top-quality children’s clothing from reputable brands and…
Come and explore New Zealand’s seafaring history at the Maritime Museum on Auckland’s waterfront. You can try your hand at yacht design, hear the cannon fire, and test…
Postie’s adorable new range of children’s dancewear has arrived. Get your kids excited about exercise with Postie’s sweet leotards, skirts and dance pants. Win one of 3 $50…
Family Holidays Made Easy at CQ! CQ Hotels Wellington has excellent facilities well suited to families and is located in close proximately to many family-friendly Wellington attractions. The…
Be one of the first in the country to use a more environmentally friendly liquid laundry pod, courtesy of Earthwise. Natural, kind on clothes but powerful enough to…
Mustela New Zealand is giving Kiwi Families the chance to win three packs, each containing a Mustela High Protection Sunscreen RRP$ 39.99 and a HydraBebe Body Lotion RRP$24.99. A…
Win one of five DVD copies of The BoxTrolls The BoxTrolls are monsters who live underneath the charming streets of Cheesebridge, who crawl out of the sewers at…
Win one of five DVD bundles including both Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Renegade Rampage The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New…
How to make really good coffee is a book for coffee lovers who want to know more and make even better coffee. It gives a brief outline of how…
In Journey to a Hanging, Peter Wells writes about two key hangings in New Zealand history – those of Carl Sylvius Völkner and Kereopa Te Rau, in the…
Stand By Me is all in the sub-title really: “Helping Your Teens Through Tough Times”. Co-written by John Kirwan (former All Black turned poster-boy for depression awareness) and clinical…
Reading Eggs is the multi-award winning online reading programme that has launched the reading journey for over 3.4 million children worldwide. The programme progresses at your child’s pace…
Specsavers is encouraging parents to put an eye exam on their back to school checklist with its nationwide ‘Kids Go Free’ campaign. For the whole month of January…
Alligator in an Anorak is a classic alphabet book with a twist – each letter features an animal in something wacky!
Cooper Bartholomew is Dead is an expertly woven thriller that is a suspenseful and gripping read, where supposed friendships are tested, deep seated secrets come to light and…
NZ Nutrition expert and TV personality Claire Turnbull has written ‘the ultimate guide to feeling good and looking fabulous’. This book contains all that you need to know…
NZ interior design queen LeeAnn Yare together with photographer Larnie Nicholson have compiled room ideas for every area of your house in Rooms To Love. With 238 pages…
Convoconnect is a NZ based online language tuition website. Simply sign up for free, book a lesson, and take the private lesson online from the comfort of your…
Is your 2-6 year old learning their months? Do you want them to learn them by seasons we experience in New Zealand? Then you might find this little…
Fast is the very popular The Food Truck chef Michael Van De Elzen’s book that’s all about cooking for family and friends.
Lucy Wallrock featured in Australian Masterchef 2013 and was hailed as ‘The Dessert Queen’. She has produced her first baking book, Simply Sweet, to encourage the inner baker…
What makes spending time with family even better? Sharing great food of course! LISA’S makes entertaining a breeze with their mouth-watering range of dips and hummus. To celebrate…
Moonman has often wondered what the glowing blue globe is that he can see from his home on the moon. But when he hitches a ride on a passing…
At the Beach: explore and discover the New Zealand seashore is a wonderfully illustrated book perfect for families who want to get more out of their time at…