WHO WE ARE About Onewa parents centre
Leading provider of Antenatal Classes on Auckland’s North Shore.
Onewa Parents Centre has been encouraging and empowering local families with evidence-based childbirth education (antenatal classes), new parent classes, and parenting workshops for the last 50 years. Our team of Child Birth Educators are fully qualified with Transition to Parenting Diplomas from Ara Polytechnic, ensuring their knowledge is up to date, evidence based, and non-judgemental.
We support parents across the North Shore including Birkenhead, Beach Haven, Birkdale, Glenfield, Bayview, Northcote, Hillcrest, Milford, Takapuna, Devonport, Sunnynook, Forrest Hill, East Coast Bays, Albany and Long Bay. Parents from other areas of Auckland are also welcome to join our classes.
Hibiscus Coast Parents Centre looks after Albany North, Hobsonville, Silverdale, Millwater, Milldale, Orewa and Whangaparaoa, and run courses at the Hibiscus Coast Netball Centre, Ladies Mile, Manly, Whangaparaoa. Book their courses on our ‘Courses & Events’ page here.
Members enjoy a range of benefits including meeting other local parents, and being part of our successful coffee groups.
We hold all of our North Shore childbirth classes and parenting workshops in our rooms at the Rawene Centre in Birkenhead. Check out Classes to find out more info including dates, times, and class content.
Whether you’re seeking to be better informed before the birth of your child or build a stronger support network, we can help. We look forward to supporting you through your parenting journey. We welcome all parents and whanau to our centre, and our classes are inclusive for everyone, which ever way your family is made up.
OPC COMMITTEE
Onewa Parents Centre is a not-for-profit charity, run by a team of enthusiastic volunteers, passionate about helping new families in our community. The committee is responsible for organising and coordinating all of our classes, running social and fundraising events, putting together our newsletters and website, supporting the administration of our centre, and ensuring our charity is governed well.
People get involved with our centre for a range of reasons. If you are interested in volunteering with OPC, find out more on our Volunteer page and contact us at onewa@parentscentre.org.nz or talk to your class co-ordinator.
Our current committee includes:
Secretary – Zita Talaic-Burgess
Treasurer – Gemma Casson
Centre Administrator: Nicola Deerness
Committee: Sasha Robertson
THANK YOU
We are a volunteer-run, not-for-profit charity. All proceeds from our Childbirth Education and Parenting Workshops go directly to funding our expenses including paying our amazing Childbirth Educators, speakers and course facilitators, our room lease, and other operating costs.
To ensure we can continue to thrive we apply for grants and work with local companies for sponsorship. THANK YOU to The The Lion Foundation, NZ Lottery Grants Board, and COGS for providing additional funding in 2025/2026.
Keep an eye on our Facebook & Instagram pages for future fundraising events.
