Parent to Parent - Empowering families of disabled, health impaired and special needs children

Welcome, Haere Mai to Parent to Parent/Matua ki te Matua. We seek to support, educate and empower families who have a child or family member with disabilities, health impairments or special needs. As our name implies, we aspire to capture the essence of experiences, strengths, and hopes of parents supporting parents.

Altogether Autism conference

On the 9th and 10th July the Altogether Autism conference is being held in Hamilton. Click here to view the programme and here to register.

More to Life than Services Conference 2013

20-22 November, 3 days, International Conference in Auckland. Topics: Sharing of Wisdom and Experience. Celebration. Innovation, Change and Designing the Future. For more details click here.

Mufti day for Parent to Parent's 30th Birthday

This year is our 30th birthday and we are looking for schools to help celebrate with us on the week of the 12th to the 16th of August by holding a Mufti day. For more details please click here.

Parents needed!

We are looking for families who have previously used our services who would be happy to have some professional photos taken to feature on our new website. It would be free of charge to you and you would of course get a copy of the photos. If you are interested please email for more information.

Volunteers needed!

From August 12th to 18th, Parent to Parent are holding their annual awareness week but this time with a special 30th birthday twist. If you would like to support by vounteering your time then please email for more information.

Latest Newsletter
To have a read of our latest newsletter including some feedback from some of our requestors then click here