Respite
Care
Cottage

Respite Care

Our respite service is available for families and caregivers who need support or a break from caring for a child with a disability or medical condition or are technology dependent....

Early Childhood
Education

Kind Hands recognized the need for an Early Childhood Education centre that caters for our medically fragile children or children with a disability....

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Today

Email, phone or call in for a chat today.
We’ll be thrilled to answer any questions about how we can help your child....

Welcome to
Kind Hands

Kind Hands is a purpose-built cottage, offering Early Childhood Education and Respite Care for children who are aged under 6 years, have a disability and/or are medically fragile and/or are technology dependent. Although the facility is located in Whangarei, it is intended to benefit all children in the above categories throughout Northland.

Kind Hands is a home away from home offering warm rooms including safe sleeping equipment and trained staff who can take care of all of your children’s individual needs. Kind Hands has trained nurses and caregivers 24hrs every second Friday from 5pm to Monday 8.30am for Respite Care and ECE qualified teachers and Nurses and Caregivers Monday to Friday 8.30 to 5pm for ECE hours.

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Donation

Would you like to help us to create a safe and fun environment for our babies and kids? If so, your donation would be gratefully appreciated.

DIRECT CREDIT

06-0493-0575944-00
Reference: DONATE
Particulars: Your Name

Remember we will need your details to send you a receipt.
Please email these to info@kindhands.co.nz.

Thank you so much for all your care, support and love for Elroy and our family. We are so blessed to have had Kind Hands in our lives. Elroy, I know has thrived because of it. You are a treasure, please look after yourself. - 30th June 2021

Love Anna, Scott, Jarvis and Elroy xx

It's Charlette’s last day at Kind Hands today, I cannot believe how fast the years have gone by... You are all a big blessing to our family. You will be in our hearts for eternity. Thank you so much for all your love and care you have shared with Charlette. What a beautiful journey we have had with such an amazing team! We cannot say in enough words how much Kind Hands has helped our beautiful girl and us as a family. Every single person at ...

Love the Otto family

Eli’s journey at Kind Hands Respite Care Cottage has come to an end It’s very emotional to even write this post but it must be said. Eli was born in 2016, we spent time in Whangarei hospital trying to figure out what was going on. My sister in-law, Shells, rang me one day and said that she had a friend (Sharlene) who works for the hospital in the child health team as a outreach nurse and that she has spoken to her about Eli and they were working to make sure ...

When I fell pregnant in August 2012 with my first child I dreamt about the day I would get to meet this perfect little baby I had been waiting for for what felt like a lifetime. The first trimester went quite smoothly with what seemed to be the "normal" pregnancy symptoms - morning sickness, tiredness and as the weeks went by the excitement started to grow. I remember hearing the heartbeat for the first time and tearing up, I was having a baby! As the second trimester ...