Wellington Childbirth and Parent Education
We are a community based non-profit organisation
Mana Parents Centre provides Childbirth Education (aka antenatal classes) and Parent Education classes for families living between Tawa and Pukerua Bay. (We are also happy to take enrolments for our antenatal classes from outside these areas if you have difficulty finding a childbirth education class to attend) We are one of 52 Parents Centres throughout New Zealand as part of Parents Centres NZ Inc.
Mana Parents Centre (MPC) is run by a team of volunteer parents who are members of MPC and who all have attended our childbirth education course. All of the services provided by MPC to the community, are organized by this committee of dedicated volunteers, wanting to give something back to our local area.
Parents Centres New Zealand Incorporated
Has 52 centres nationwide. As such Parents Centres has the largest parenting based infrastructure and network to support parents and their children 0 -5 years in New Zealand.
One of Parents Centres’ primary objectives focuses on community education. This incorporates Antenatal and Childbirth Education; Parent Education around coping skills; practical parenting; professional development for parents and all aspects of baby and toddler care through to ensuring children and parents are school ready. Parents Centres employs over 120 Childbirth Educators across NZ.
Parent Education focuses on creating an environment where children will thrive and be nurtured through effective parenting. We see a critical component of this to be the initial and continued engagement and bonding between mother and baby and parents and baby.
Parents Centres NZ Inc is the largest provider of Childbirth support and education in New Zealand. As such we are particularly aware of the need to deliver effective, efficient and timely antenatal and postnatal support to parents.
Parents Centres share a vision of NZ being a society that values parenting as being fundamental to the well being of all members of society and believe that parenting creates the environment that sews the fabric of our social structure. We deliver education, support and services to support and drive that vision.
Parents Centres share a mission to bring about a society in which Parents are highly valued in their role in the community through positive birth experience and informed parenting and advocacy.
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Childbirth Classes
Mana Parents Centre employs fully qualified Childbirth Educators for all classes offered. Our educators have been through specialized training through Aoraki Polytechnic which involves a mixture of theory and practical work including attending births.
Parent Education
Throughout the year, Mana Parents Centre is proud to be able to offer low cost parenting programmes to the community. We run a variety of courses to help parents meet the challenges of raising children. Courses are available for all ages and stages of development and are presented by qualified adult educators in their respective fields. Topics range from starting solids to baby & infant CPR.
Music Classes
Do you want to move and groove with your baby and meet other mums and babies? Come and join in to our music classes which are a great way to introduce your child to action songs and musical instruments. We run two half hour sessions on a Tuesday morning with morning tea in between.
Join the Mana Parents Centre
You can join as a member and receive a variety of benefits such as discounts at selected stores throughout Wellington, as well as receiving our bi-monthly regional newsletter ‘The Sandbox’ and the national magazine ‘Kiwi Parent’ which are full of useful tips and information.