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 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) 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 next month below and click the button to register.
May 2025 Virtual Bites
| Topic | Date | Booking link |
| Pēpi and you - infant massage | Monday 5 May, 11am | Register |
| Sleep and settling: 0-3 months | Monday 5 May, 1pm | Register |
| Brain development: the first 1,000 days | Thursday 8 May, 1:30pm | Register |
| Sleep and settling: 3-6 months | Monday 12 May, 11am | Register |
| First foods: for babies starting solids | Monday 12 May, 1pm | Register |
| Progression of food and lunchbox tips | Tuesday 13 May, 12:30pm | Register |
| Transition to work/starting preschool | Tuesday 13 May, 2pm | Register |
| Food progression: for babies moving on from puréed food | Mon 19 May, 11am | Register |
| First foods: for babies starting solids up to 9 months | Friday 30 May, 11:30am | Register |
| Toilet learning | Friday 30 May, 1pm | Register |
June 2025 Virtual Bites
| Topic | Date | Booking link |
| Pēpi and you - infant massage | Tuesday 3 Jun, 11am | Register |
| Sleep and settling: 0-3 months | Tuesday 3 Jun, 1pm | Register |
| Sleep and settling: 3-6 months | Monday 9 Jun, 11am | Register |
| First foods: for babies starting solids | Monday 9 Jun, 2pm | Register |
| Brain development: the first 1,000 days | Thursday 12 Jun, 1:30pm | Register |
| Food progression: for babies moving on from puréed food | Mon 16 Jun, 11am | Register |
| Progression of food and lunchbox tips | Wednesday 18 Jun, 10:30am | Register |
| Transition to work/starting preschool | Wednesday 25 Jun, 9:30am | Register |
| Toilet learning | Friday 27 Jun, 1pm | Register |