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PADA Board receives runner up award for Governance – 2nd year in a row!!!
The PADA Board of Trustees were delighted to be the 'runners up' for 2nd year running in the governance award section in Te Puna Tautoko Volunteer Wellington .NZ Mahi Aroha Awards held on 22 June in Wellington. The event was held at the KPMG offices in central...
Waiora Whāea – Māori Maternal Mental Health Hui 2022
PADA Māori Maternal Mental Health Hui Waiora Whāea - 27 & 28 Oketopa October 2022 Tangatarua Marae - Rotorua Join us on 27 and 28 Oketopa October 2022 for our second in person Māori Maternal Mental Health Hui, being held at Tangatarua...
PADA Contributes to Āhurutia Te Rito | It takes a village Report
Over the weekend, The Helen Clark Foundation released the Āhurutia Te Rito | It takes a village report written by Holly Walker on the troubling state of Maternal Mental Health in Aotearoa New Zealand. PADA was asked to help contribute information to this valuable...
Matrescence – The Transition to Motherhood
Guest post from Matrescence NZ Simply put, Matrescence is the transition to motherhood and all that encompasses. The emotional, spiritual, biological and social experiences that you undergo once your baby is born. It’s also been referred to as the ‘Birth of a...
Get the most from training when you Return To Exercise – from She Moves fitness collective
Guest post from She Moves Fitness Collective Important Tips for starting to exercise after baby Postpartum women are at increased risk of developing depression, which can contribute to the ill health of the mother and her family. Research indicates that...
PADA Popup # 28 – Neuro-Linguistic Programming NLP with Elaine Thompson
PADA Popup chats are free, short sessions to promote up-to-date and relevant information about perinatal mental health. Our Zoom chats are live, interactive sessions where you can ask questions from our subject expert, giving you more tools for yourself, and to help...
Choose To Move and DANCE with Shut Up & Dance!
We are so pleased to announce another partner supporting our mission to raise awareness and raise funds for Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Week 2022! Shut Up & Dance run online and in person classes where you learn a different routine each week from a movie or...
Watch PADA Kaumātua Joanne Rama on TVNZ Breakfast
This morning, PADA Kaumātua Joanne Rama and her daughter, Mothers Matter Ambassador Te Rauhiringa Krystal-lee Brown, appeared on Breakfast on TVNZ with Jenny-May Clarkson. TVNZ reports: "The leading cause of death for women who are pregnant or have just given birth is...
Movie Fundraiser – Top Gun: Maverick
Join us for a night out to support the work of PADA - Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Aotearoa with a movie night fundraiser to see the long awaited Top Gun: Maverick Top Gun: MaverickMonday 30 May 2022Lighthouse Pauatahanui 7:30pm - Light snacks/raffles8:30pm -...
Free Postpartum Return to Exercise Workshop on Facebook Live
As Health Professionals, we know there is a link between exercise and mental health, and a societal pressure to 'get your body back' after baby, but often, women don't know how to start exercise, or want to for fears of returning to exercise safely after birth and in...
Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 – 1st to 7th Mei May
Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Week 1st to 7th Mei May 2022 Raise funds and raise awareness to help every new kiwi parent! Did you know?New Zealand has around 60,000 births a yearApproximately 15,000 parents of those births will experience anxiety...
5 Top Tips to Return To Exercise from She Moves fitness collective
Guest post from She Moves Fitness Collective 5 Top Tips for starting to exercise after baby Postpartum women are at increased risk of developing depression, which can contribute to the ill health of the mother and her family. Research indicates that mothers...