A Star Is Born

08/10/2026

🩷💙💜 Baby Loss Awareness Week | 9–15 October 🩷💙💜

Today marks the beginning of Baby Loss Awareness Week.

At A Star Is Born, this week is incredibly important to us. It’s a time to remember the babies who are no longer physically with us, honour the families who carry their love and loss, and acknowledge just how many different journeys there are through baby loss.

Every baby has a name.
Every baby has a story.
Every baby mattered.

Throughout Baby Loss Awareness Week, we want to create a space to remember and honour those precious little lives.

We would love you to share your baby’s name in the comments. 🩷💙💜

Whether it’s a name you say every day, a name you carry quietly in your heart, or a name you don’t often get the opportunity to say out loud - this week, we want to remember them with you.

Share their name. Tell us a little about them if you want to. Or simply leave their name below.

We will remember them.
We will say their names.
We will honour their lives.

Because their time with us does not determine their place in our families or the love we have for them.

🩷💙💜 Every baby. Every name. Every story. Always remembered

03/10/2026

✨ GUEST SPEAKER - Vicki Culling!!✨

We are absolutely delighted to announce our incredible guest speaker for our evening of 10th birthday Celebrations!

Vicki is someone who is leading the way in New Zealand in the areas of baby loss, baby loss awareness AND baby loss education.

We are SO excited to have Vicki join us as we celebrate 10 years of A Star Is Born, honour the babies who are forever loved, and continue our commitment to supporting families and raising awareness and understanding around baby loss.

We are looking forward to having you all there!

Tickets available for purchase:
https://www.trybooking.com/nz/event/20876

02/10/2026

Dunedin Baby Bereavement Group Baby Loss Memorial Service

❤️ Sunday 11 October - 2pm ❤️

Held at Andersons Bay Cemetery Baby Memorial Garden (Chapel if bad weather)

Followed by afternoon tea for all in the chapel reception area

01/10/2026

✨ Our 10-Year Celebration of A Star Is Born is just a few weeks away! ✨

Have you got your tickets yet? 🎟️

We’re incredibly excited to have two amazing local bands joining us on the night to provide the entertainment. Both bands have special connections to our Trust, making their involvement even more meaningful.

It’s set to be a fantastic evening celebrating 10 incredible years of A Star Is Born, and we’d love for you to be part of it! 🥂✨

We look forward to seeing you there!

Tickets are available now here

https://www.trybooking.com/nz/BEWY

14/09/2026

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This Baby Loss Awareness Week, landmarks across the Aotearoa will glow pink, blue and purple in remembrance of the babies who are loved, missed, and never forgotten.

We are so grateful to all the councils and businesses supporting their bereaved communities. We are still waiting on some confirmations, but this is who is confirmed lighting up so far this year:

-Ashburton: Clock Tower
-Auckland: Eden Park, Aotea Square, Mission Bay Fountain
-Blenheim: Clock Tower
-Christchurch: Airport Terminal and Sign, ONE NZ Stadium, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
-Cromwell: Welcome Sign
-Dunedin: Tūhura Otago Museum, St Paul's Cathedral, Toitū Otago Settlers Museum
-Feilding: Clock Tower
-Foxton: Clock Tower
-Gisborne: Clock Tower
-Hamilton: Victoria Bridge
-Matamata: Town Clock
-Nelson: Clock Tower, Cathedral, Top of Trafalgar St
-New Plymouth: Clock Tower
-Ōamaru: Opera House
-Palmerston North: Hopwood Clock Tower
-Taupō: Great Lakes Centre
-Tauranga: Wharf St Lights, Trunks Reserve, Masonic Park, Beacon Wharf, Waterfront Playground, Waterfront Park-North
-Te Aroha: Clock Tower
-Upper Hutt: Fantail Welcome Sculpture
-Wellington: Cable Car Tunnels, Michael Fowler Centre, Carter Fountain, Queens Wharf Sails
-Westport: Clock Tower
-Whanganui: Royal Whanganui Opera House, War Memorial
-Whangārei: Victoria Canopy Bridge, Laurie Hall Park, Cameron St Canopy

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09/09/2026

From our friends at SANDS 💙🩷💙🩷💙🩷💙🩷

Kia ora koutou,

We wanted to share with whānau info about Baby Loss Awareness Week, which takes place each year from 9th to 15th of October.

This week provides a specific opportunity to remember our babies, acknowledge the experience of bereaved whānau and raise awareness. While baby loss conversations are becoming more common, there is still much work to do so whānau feel supported, understood and less alone.

Many Sands groups are in the process of organising remembrance events. These will be shared on the Sands NZ page and in this group.

Since 2021 Sands NZ has organised Light up Aotearoa, with landmarks being lit up pink, blue and purple during Baby Loss Awareness Week. It started as 21 landmarks and has grown to well over 40, creating acknowledgement throughout Aotearoa.

A special part of this week is the Global Wave of Light, held on 15th October, International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. At 7.00pm, bereaved whānau light a candle in memory of their precious baby or babies. We begin the wave of light in Aotearoa, setting off a continuous wave of light and aroha that wraps around the globe.

To coincide with this, Sands NZ hosts an online memorial where we speak your babies’ names and light a candle in their memory if you wish. It is a gentle opportunity to hold space and remember their precious lives.

In the coming days we will share links to our online memorial and details of the landmarks participating in Light up Aotearoa.

There are lots of ways to be a part of Baby Loss Awareness Week. You can choose to attend a local Sands event, join our online memorial, visit and photograph one of the lit landmarks, share a social media post or light a candle and spend some quiet time remembering your baby.

We know this week can bring a range of emotions, whether your loss was recent or many years ago. And if taking part feels too difficult, that is absolutely ok. You don’t need to do anything at all. Whether you choose to participate in several events, one small act of remembrance, or none at all, please know your baby is remembered and your grief is valid, and there is no right or wrong way to navigate this week.

06/09/2026

Thinking about our bereaved Dads today. We see you, we know it's hard. Lots of love from the team at A Star Is Born 🌟

30/08/2026

10 YEARS OF A STAR IS BORN AND EVERYONE IS INVITED!

Our 10th Birthday Celebrations are a PUBLIC EVENT, and we would absolutely love for you to join us!

Come along and help us celebrate an incredible 10 years of A Star Is Born - the families we have supported, the babies we have remembered, the volunteers who make it all possible, and everyone who has been part of our journey.

We have an amazing guest speaker joining us, along with some awesome Dunedin musicians who are generously giving up their time to entertain us on the night.

There’ll be drinks, nibbles, great entertainment and, most importantly, an opportunity to celebrate the amazing work that has been done over the past 10 years and share our exciting plans for the future.

This is a night for everyone - our supporters, families, volunteers, friends, whānau and anyone who would like to come along and celebrate with us.

10 years is a pretty incredible milestone. We can’t wait to celebrate it with you!

Tickets are available now here

https://www.trybooking.com/nz/BEWY

28/08/2026

✨ GUEST SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON! ✨

We have something VERY special to share as part of A Star Is Born’s 10th Birthday Celebrations…

Watch this space for the announcement of an absolutely incredible guest speaker - someone who is leading the way in New Zealand in the areas of baby loss, baby loss awareness AND baby loss education.

We are SO excited to have them join us as we celebrate 10 years of A Star Is Born, honour the babies who are forever loved, and continue our commitment to supporting families and raising awareness and understanding around baby loss.

We can’t wait to tell you who it is!

Stay tuned… this is one announcement you won’t want to miss. 💫

26/08/2026

Secure your tickets!

A STAR IS BORN IS TURNING 10!

Come and celebrate a very special milestone as we mark 10 incredible years of A Star Is Born.

Join us for our special 10th Anniversary Gala Celebration. It's an evening to reflect, celebrate and honour the families, volunteers, supporters and community who have been part of our journey.

✨ Guest speaker
🎶 Live entertainment
🥂 Drinks and delicious nibbles
💫 An evening of celebration, memories and connection

10 years of supporting families through some of their hardest moments — and we couldn’t let this milestone pass without celebrating together.

🎟️ TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!

Grab your tickets here:
https://www.trybooking.com/nz/BEWY

We would love you to join us for this very special evening. ❤️