E tūtaki ana ngā kapua o te rangi, kei runga, kei runga te Mangoroa e kōpae pū ana | The clouds in the sky close over, but above them spreads the milky way

On World Prematurity DayNovember 17, we wanted to raise awareness of the challenges and burden of preterm birth by sharing a personal experience from one of our own.

Amy Castle, our PADA Kaiwhakahaere Matua, opens up about her personal journey of her firstborn son being born prematurely.

Click on the button below to hear about Amy’s experience.

For more information about World Prematurity Day, visit The Little Miracles Trust‘s dedicated page. They have also been organising a number of activities based around World Prematurity Day, one of them being lighting up landmarks around Aotearoa in purple.

“In support of World Prematurity Day, landmarks around the world are ‘lighting up’ purple to raise awareness of the 15 million babies born prematurely each year and the one million of these babies who sadly lose their fight for life.

New Zealand will be joining this initiative and during the month of November you’ll be able to see various landmarks across Aotearoa lit up purple to honour this day.”

To see the full list of landmarks that are joining in support, visit here.