At One Mother to Another we care for parents and whānau going through some of life’s hardest moments, like having a baby or child in hospital, or mothers struggling with their mental health.
We do this through something simple but powerful: a thoughtful gift, offering comfort, kindness, and a reminder that they’re not alone.
We provide over 7,000 care packages a year to mums and carers across the South Island. Our aim is to comfort and support whānau in a particularly vulnerable time.
Our why
Maternal mental health challenges such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress are common around childbirth. When a child becomes seriously unwell and is hospitalised, the emotional strain on parents and caregivers intensifies, increasing the risk of mental health issues by three to four times.
This stress doesn’t affect mothers alone, it ripples through the entire whānau. Yet within a stretched healthcare system, where clinical care rightly focuses on the child, parents’ emotional needs often go unaddressed.
