Live chats
We run regular live chats on our social channels with our PlunketLine team and a range of experts. They're a great opportunity for you to find out more about different topics, and to ask us questions.
We’ll promote upcoming chats through our Facebook page and YouTube channel, but you can also view them live on Instagram. We hold some live chats at lunchtime and others in the evening, but you can always catch up on Facebook or YouTube after the event. You can also send us your questions in advance.
Previous live chat topics include: introducing solids, eczema and food allergies, safe sleep, toilet learning, immunisation, breastfeeding, oral health, toy safety, poo, and communicating with your pēpi. We also hold live chats as public health responses to events concerning our parents and caregivers, like COVID-19 (coronavirus) and measles.
Virtual bites
Get advice and support and chat with our wonderful Community Karitāne and community services coordinators in our monthly virtual bites sessions.
Virtual bites are free webinar-style meetings held on Microsoft Teams, which is free to download. We cover a range of popular parenting topics like sleep and settling, toilet learning, starting solids and development. Browse what we have coming up over the next few months below, and click the button to register (links will open in a new tab).
March 2026 Virtual Bites
| Topic | Date | Booking link |
| Pēpi and you - infant massage | Mon 2 Mar, 1pm | Register |
| Sleep and settling: 0-3 months | Mon 2 Mar, 2:30pm | Register |
| Starting solids | Mon 9 Mar, 2:30pm | Register |
| Transition to work/starting preschool | Thu 12 Mar, 1pm | Register |
| Progression of foods/healthy lunchbox tips | Thu 12 Mar, 2:30pm | Register |
| Sleep and settling: 3-6 months | Mon 16 Mar, 1pm | Register |
| Food progression: for babies moving on from puréed food | Tue 24 Mar, 11am | Register |
| Toilet learning | Tue 24 Mar, 1pm | Register |
| Oral Health | Mon 30 Mar, 1pm | Register |
April 2026 Virtual Bites
| Topic | Date | Booking link |
| Pēpi and you - Infant massage | Mon 13 Apr, 1pm | Register |
| First foods: for babies starting their solids journey | Mon 13 Apr, 2:30pm | Register |
| Transition to work/Starting preschool | Thu 16 Apr, 1pm | Register |
| Progression of food/Healthy lunchbox tips | Thu 16 Apr, 2:30pm | Register |
| Sleep and settling: 0-3 months | Mon 20 Apr, 1pm | Register |
| Sleep and settling: 3-6 months | Tue 21 Apr, 11am | Register |
| Food progression – For babies moving on from purée | Tue 28 Apr, 11am | Register |
| Oral Health | Tue 28 Apr, 1pm | Register |
| Toilet learning | Thu 30 Apr, 1pm | Register |
| Brain Development – The First 1000 Days | Thu 30 Apr, 1:30pm | Register |
