PEPE (Parenting Education Programme) is a Plunket-developed national programme which consists of a series of five courses, aimed at supporting parents in their parenting role through the different stages of their child’s early development.

Kidshealth provides accurate and reliable information about children's health for New Zealand parents, caregivers, family and whānau.

The Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) is a nationwide organisation based at the School of Population Health at The University of Auckland. We provide New Zealanders with a local source of independent, factual information based on international and New Zealand scientific research regarding vaccine-preventable diseases and the benefits and risks of immunisation, information and training for health professionals, national immunisation coordination and policy advice and research into many aspects of vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases.

Victim Support is a community organisation that helps people hurt by crime and other trauma. Victim Support's volunteers give up their time and use their life experience, training and skills to support people.

If you have found this website because your baby has recently died, we extend our heartfelt sympathies to you. Many of our Sands members can relate to the feelings you are experiencing right now and we sincerely hope that the information on these pages may be of some help to you over the following hours, days, months or years.

Every year, 60 babies in New Zealand die from Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI). Most of these are our Māori pēpi. Ensuring each baby has a safe sleep will dramatically reduce the number of SUDI cases in New Zealand.

TAHA means "one" in a number of Pacific languages. We believe the first year of life (and the 9 months leading up to it) is critical and that the health of both mother and infant is determined by what goes on in their lives before baby turns one.