Whānau Mai is an antenatal education programme that provides an important connection to te ao Māori and traditional birthing practices.
The course covers the journey through pregnancy, childbirth, the early weeks of parenting and wellbeing while hapū, breastfeeding, labour, birth and after pēpi is born. These hands-on classes enable hapū whānau to weave their own muka cords, mould a clay ipu whenua and create their own mirimiri oil and kawakawa balm.
