Green-thumbs, flower enthusiasts, art lovers and home and garden renovators – New Zealand’s floral and horticultural spectacular, the New Zealand Flower and Garden Show, is back again for…
The Natural Confectionery Co. have launched NEW 25% Less Sugar jellies. They have no artificial colours, flavours, or sweeteners. We have 2 prize packs to give away. Each prize…
You and a young soccer fan could be in to win an exclusive junior soccer skills session in Sydney, featuring a special guest appearance by AIA Global ambassador…
Butterfly Creek is the place to hang out these school holidays There’s heaps to do regardless of the weather as we are ¾ under cover. We’ve got an…
Rugbytots is giving away to one lucky Auckland winner a term 4 free! Rugbytots is a structured play session that takes children on a journey of sporting imagination,…
We have 5 double movie passes to JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN! JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN is the third instalment of the Johnny English comedy series, with Rowan Atkinson…
Nurture you precious bub with a gentle touch, soothing warm water and loving cuddles as you create beautiful memories with Johnson’s Baby – because bathtime is all about…
Young Gardener of the Year Awards and Kiwi Families brings you a gardening pack worth $70 The countdown to Spring has begun, and so has the countdown to…
Win with Franjo’s Pregnancy & Breastfeeding is hungry work and you want delicious wholesome snacks made from real ingredients. Franjo’s Kitchen’s products are created by a naturopath specifically…
Family fun at Snowplanet just got even better! Snowplanet are giving away a 1hr Family Snow Tubing experience, including boots for 2 Adults + 2 Children. Forget the…
“Sleep baby, sleep!” You may find yourself saying this twenty times a day if your baby is prone to cat napping for ten minutes here and there, or…
Grin Natural, is a New Zealand owned, 100 percent natural toothpaste and eco-friendly toothbrush company and is excited to launch a nationwide campaign with the goal of providing…
MAYA THE BEE is in cinemas from August 4 and you could win a prize pack which includes: – 1 Family pass to see MAYA THE BEE: THE…
When Tom goes to stay with his Aunt Roz, he meets her pug, Ellie. But Ellie is no ordinary pug: wherever Tom and his aunt go, and whatever…
As gift ideas go for a baby shower, a native forest isn’t usually at the top of your go-to list – but if one charity gets its way,…
Hannah Blumhardt and Liam Prince from The Rubbish Trip continue their zero waste series with everything you need to know about zero waste grocery shopping in New Zealand.
Natures Sway is the perfect way to welcome your newborn. They use only natural materials and produce everything locally, to look after your family, our community and the…
Here’s your chance to win Mother Earth’s new and delicious Vege Fruit bites Mother Earth’s new snack range Vege Fruit Bites is taking the taste of veges to…
It’s about this time of year many of us start planning a break away to sunnier shores. With those thoughts come the questions surrounding where to go, what…
WIN 1 night + continental breakfast for 2 adults and 2 children in a Family Suite at Jet Park Hotel Rotorua! Just a few minutes walking distance to…
Hannah Blumhardt and Liam Prince from The Rubbish Trip stop by with some timely advice about feeding your family snacks with less waste. Snacks that are cheaper, healthier…
We have 3 prizes each consisting of 6 Lost Kittie Cartons for your child to enjoy Hasbro introduces LOST KITTIES, a new collectible brand for kids 5 and…
Kiwi Families has 3 new Lock Stars toy prizes to give away each with 6 Lock Stars toys New collectible brand, LOCK STARS taps into the trend and…
Win a family pass to Kelly Tarlton’s and a $1 Countdown Bag for Good Countdown has partnered with Kelly Tarlton’s Turtle Rehabilitation programme to help keep our marine…
I’m the biggest by Stéphanie Blake is a great book about sibling rivalry and Jealousy. For any Simon fans (Poo Bum and I want Spaghetti) out there, this book…
Win 1 of 4 Biocheese Vouchers + cooler bag prize packs Biocheese is the new go-to product for the health conscious who are looking to reduce their dairy…
Win a Whaiora natural smoothie blend pack valued at $120 Whaiora is a completely natural smoothie blend made right here in Aotearoa. With the goodness of fruits, vegetables,…
Lessons of A LAC is written by Lynn Jenkins and illustrated by Kirrili Lonergan and tells the story of Loppy LAC who is a little anxious creature and Curly…
Toby and Harriet want to fly around the world. But their aeroplane is missing something important. They’d better use their imaginations to come up with a solution.
New mums are faced with a deluge of conflicting information about what they should and shouldn’t do about almost everything when it comes to parenting!
Mission to Motherhood is an inspiring story from Canadian born Kiwi, Amira Mikhail. Amira shares every detail of her struggle through fibroids, endometriosis, infertility, IVF and finally surrogacy.
If you’ve had a baby, you likely attended a 6-week postnatal check with your obstetrician, midwife, or GP. But you may not have had a postnatal check with a women’s…
The Yoga Babies love to have fun trying new poses. Sometimes life is busy and tricky, but not to worry! Yoga can help everyone chill out.
Having a new baby is exciting, exhausting and time consuming. It can also be a frustrating time for your older child or children.
Win yourself this NEW Remington Pearl Shine Hair Dryer RRP$119.99 Inspired by the beauty and elegance of pearl, Remington’s Pearl Shine Hair Dryer is the best-valued AC motor…
Collectables are all the rage right now, and Muffin Break has joined the craze with their adorable little Muffin Misfit toys. The Muffin Misfits are available in all Kid’s Mini…
Win a 6 months supply of WaterWipes (24 packs) – Value $192! WaterWipes are the world’s purest baby wipes and safe to use on sensitive skin. They are…
Dog lovers win a 6 month subscription to Mark Vette’s Dog Zen, worth $402! Mark Vette’s worked with animals in TV and film all over the world. You’ll…
Win one of three double passes to see TULLY, in cinemas from May 10! Marlo (Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron), a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a…
Win a pass for a family of 4 to the Waitomo Glowworm Caves; valued at $127! You and your family could be heading to the world-famous Waitomo Glowworm Caves! Marvel…
Families face many changes over the years, but one of the biggest has to be going from being a couple to becoming parents! If you know someone soon…
Our friend Rosie knows kids love learning, playing and most of all, winning prizes! That’s why she’s running another quiz competition. To learn the answers, kids can jump…
Win 1 of 3 Zingoshi Chronicles ‘Dragonfly’ AR enhanced books An interactive fantasy world for tween and pre-teens, ‘Planet Zingoshi’, designed to help kids become creative leaders is…
We just love Easter at Kiwi Families HQ. We like to include a bunch of activities, and story-telling, in the lead up to Easter weekend. And we try to make it…
What you see is what you get Just simple, natural goodness… That’s all! With our NEW Peanut Caramel Made Simple Wholefood Bars, what you see really is what…
Be Prepared for Life’s Little Adventures! We know that cuts, grazes, burns and blisters are par for the course for your little adventure seekers. That’s why Comvita has…
As the days get shorter, I begin to wonder how much longer we can sit out on our deck enjoying the sunshine. There’s so much of New Zealand to enjoy before we head…
MILO Cereal provides wholesome whole grain energy and fibre to help fuel kids’ inner champion. Now the cereal range has the added power of Vitamin D, to help…
After disrupting the consumer electronics industry with award-winning waterproof smartphone cases, LifeProof continues to innovate and inspire. LifeProof empowers athletes, explorers and adventurers to live life without limits.…
Spotlight’s National Craft Month, the celebration of Kiwis crafting together, is in full swing! Throughout March, Spotlight encourages knitters, crochet groups, DIY diehards and crafty kids to share…
Be into win 1 of 4 Pay Day board games! From the makers of Monopoly. Your Pay Day comes round at the end of the month. But to make it…
Most children can learn self-control if they’re given the right help. In this article we dive into learning self-control in the field of life.
Win 2 nights accommodation in Martinborough at the Grey Lynn Railway Cottage We have 3 great Martinborough accomodation prizes to give away: 1st prize is 2 consecutive nights accommodation…
Ah, the toddler… a fully mobile being with virtually no common sense! With the exception of their afternoon siesta, toddlers can be active all day long! Toddlers are…
Look, a Butterfly! is a wonderful little picture book by Yasunari Murakami. Murakami is a Japanese writer, designer and illustrator who has won many awards for his work.
When I think of ‘blended’ families, I remember what one of my counselling students said years ago. I was teaching a course on working with blended families, and she thought…
WIN the ultimate Back to School Pack from Reading Eggs, valued at $332.10! The pack includes 80 reading books, 400 colourful stickers, eight mini posters, eight activity books,…
Feed Your Monsters with Farrah’s Snack Wraps! Farrah’s Snack Wraps are perfect for children who are always on the go! The perfect size for lunchboxes, your child can…
Win 3 x family passes (two adults and two children) to see Early Man, released in cinemas from March 29 EARLY MAN is the new prehistoric comedy adventure…
Charlie and His Amazing Tales is that special kind of quirky humour in a book that appeals to thinking kids. It’s the sort of story that doesn’t dull,…
Learning about a new culture through hosting an international homestay can be a very rewarding experience, helping to enable people to understand other languages, food and customs. Find out…
Win a family pass to the Just So Festival Enter to be one of the first families ever to experience the Just So Festival here in New Zealand!…
The lovely people over at Bento Ninja sent us the Ultimate Ninja pack lunch box to review.
We have 5 sets of the Northland Rescue Helicopter adventure books to give away. Juliet to the Rescue and Lima Leaps to the Rescue bring the Northland Rescue Helicopter choppers to…
Kiwi Families resident midwife expert, Kathy Fray, breaks down the textbook version of the birthing process. But she adds in a fundamental process that all expecting Mothers need…
Win a Lansinoh and Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula prize pack for a lucky new Mum Kiwi Families has this wonderful prize pack from Lansinoh and Palmer’s containing all…
Win a copy of Bright Ideas for young minds – 70 step by step activities to do at home with your child Bright ideas for Young Minds is…
Win one of three ‘0800 What’s Up’ Colour Me In Bags from OfficeMax! Create your own ‘one of kind’ bag with this 0800 What’s Up Colour Me In…
The Department of Conservation and Toyota have teamed up to make getting into nature easy and fun with a series of Adventure and Action challenges for your kids.…
Bright ideas for Young Minds is an activity book packed full of 70 step-by-step activities you can do at home with your children for little or no money.…
Here is a really cool project you can do with your kids. The inspiration for this project comes from all the beautiful woven wall hangings you see around…
Fanny Limehead – the surprising wine with a very funny name. We thought it was timely to review a good wine product, with the long summer holiday in front…
For a lot of people, the Christmas holidays actually aren’t much fun. There are lots of reasons why, but many of them relate to stress.
Enter now to win one of two family passes (2 adults & 2 children) to Bug Lab + Auckland Zoo Opening 20 December at Auckland Zoo, Bug Lab is a blockbuster…
See New Zealand’s only gorillas … and now the country’s only orang-utans too at Orana Wildlife Park. Set in 80 hectares of spacious grounds, within 15 minutes’ drive…
Impossible Inventions is a funky and fascinating collection of ideas, plans and patents from the amazing to the downright absurd!
Christmas is fast approaching, and with it, the stress of coming up with a great, original idea of what to give your offspring for their Christmas present is…
Twins Grace and Katie have only one thing in common; they love to draw! But Grace likes her drawings to be neat and orderly, while Katie loves hers…
Reena’s Rainbow is a charmingly illustrated book about a little girl and a dog. Reena is deaf and the dog is homeless.
The New Zealand Art Activity Book is a book packed with activities to encourage children to see, think and draw like artists. This wonderful book is full of engaging…
Once upon a time there was a rabbit who had never seen a wolf, and a young wolf who had never seen a rabbit.
We were fortunate enough to try out the new Dyson Pure Hot+Cool Link Purifier Heater recently, and we were really surprised by the results!
We have 2 Ferdinand movie prize packs to give away Ferdinand tells the story of a giant bull with a big heart. After being mistaken for a dangerous beast, he…
Lucy lives in a seaside cottage in present-day Eastbourne, near Wellington. Not far away, high on a cliff, is the old Pencarrow lighthouse.
Paddy O’Melon is the story of Paddy, a young joey seperated from his mother and found and raised by an Irish family. A family who live in the…
Sleep! We all love it, we all need it and we all thrive from it. But it’s not always easy to get when you’re a parent! I know this first…
Win a Sphero star wars BB-e9 App enabled Droid worth $269.99 just in time for Christmas. There’s a new disturbance in the Force. BB-9E™ is a menacing Astromech…
NEW Remington Radiance Hair Dryer Pack RRP $159.99 Look no further for your next hit of triple infusion technology with the Remington Radiance Hair Dryer Pack. The perfect…
ENTERTAINING HAS NEVER BEEN SO EASY The silly season is just around the corner and sometimes you just need something in the freezer that makes celebrating and enjoying…
Win a tin of Goodbye Ouch Manuka Balm Goodbye Ouch Manuka Balm is packed full of soothing and therapeutic ingredients, Goodbye OUCH provides immediate relief from the ‘ouch’…
Mother Earth has added two flavours to their popular ranges, with Apple & Blackcurrant Fruit Sticks and Black Forest Baked Oaty Slice. Mother Earth Apple & Blackcurrant Fruit…
The team over at Smugglers have some super cool new packaging and brand new Gluten Free Smugglers too! To celebrate they’ve got some Smugglers Packs to give to…
We’ve been thinking about getting a pair of wireless headphones for our daughter. But I am worried about her ears. She’s not yet 5, so her very tiny ears…
Call us selfish, but my husband and I weren’t ready to stop travelling just because we had started a family. What we’ve discovered along the way is that travelling…
Can you imagine, in this day and age, a kid at school getting bullied because they were blind, or deaf. Surely not right? What about a kid getting…
Keeping Your Children Safe Online: A guide for New Zealand parents is written by John Parsons. Parsons is a cyber-safety expert, and is one of New Zealand’s leading…
‘Why does the moon change’, ‘why do clouds float’, ‘why does wind blow’, ‘Why? Why? Why?!’ is repeated incessantly by children between approximately 3-5 years old, sometimes to…
Little Truff senses something is wrong. At sea, in a boat with her family, she tugs her master to the stern. A whale’s out there. It hasn’t moved, I…
Learning comes pretty naturally to small children. Which is just as well: if learning things in infancy was treated the way learning in later life often is, they’d…
We have two copies of Keeping your children safe online – A guide for New Zealand Parents By John Parsons Our children are being raised in a society…