One Percent Collective

18/06/2026

The Little Miracles Trust is helping families navigate the uncertainty of having a baby in Neonatal Intensive Care. From warm meals and practical support to meaningful connections with other parents, they're making some of life's toughest days a little easier.

Over 200 meals have been provided to families with a baby in Wellington NICU so far this year, and it is so comforting for whānau to know there are meals on hand to access during these stressful times. Often the last thing they want to think about is cooking. A warm meal at the end of a long day can bring such comfort and the Little Miracles Trust are proud to be able to make this possible.

The Little Miracles Trust supports the whānau of premature and critically ill babies who are in Neonatal Intensive Care throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. In addition to working one-on-one cot side with families, their teams also hand out emergency care packs to parents when they first come into the unit. Regular morning teas and lunches provide important opportunities to forge connections and start conversations, while also delivering essential items and information.

Another important area of support is partnering with other amazing organisations, such as Topor Bistro & Bar in Plimmerton, and fellow One Percent Collective charity Bellyful NZ to provide nutritious heart-warming meals to Mums and Dads who are spending all day, every day, at their babies cot side.

Little Miracles Trust unit teams consistently get feedback from parents saying “These home-made meals have been a life saver, and have made the challenge of being in a NICU for weeks on end a lot easier… it’s one less thing for us to have to think about.”

Meals are kept in the Little Miracles Trust freezer at the hospital and are available to families when rooming in with their baby or for anyone who needs a wholesome meal.

The impact of kai and connection is so important:

“The support and care given to us at the lunches hosted by Little Miracles Trust has been invaluable. My wife and I always look forward to sharing some kai and unwinding talking to other parents in NICU. A chance to connect with others in similar circumstances outside of the clinical area has been so important to building our resilience. The jokes and stories shared during these lunches lifts us both and lightens the weight on our shoulders." ~Ben, Dad to Marcy born at 26 weeks and currently in Wellington NICU.

Learn more and lend your support to The Little Miracles Trust.

The Little Miracles Trust is a charity that supports the families of premature or sick full-term babies as they make their journey through neonatal intensive care, the transition home, and onwards.

16/06/2026

3,000 hours. That's how much time volunteers gave to our partner charity WELLfed in the past year.

As we celebrate National Volunteer Week, we're recognising the incredible people behind that number. Together, they've contributed the equivalent of one person volunteering full-time for a year and a half.

Their time, energy, and aroha help ensure more whānau have access to nourishing meals when they need them most.

That's the power of a community coming together to care for others.

10/06/2026

The 2025 Annual Report from our partner charity Garden to Table is a beautiful reminder of why their kaupapa matters so much. 🥕🌿

This year, over 33,000 tamariki across Aotearoa grew, harvested, cooked, and shared more than 1.3 million fresh meals. From school gardens in Northland to kitchens in Southland, the impact of this programme ripples far beyond the school gate into homes, whānau, and communities.

Read and celebrate what's possible when we invest in our tamariki at https://gardentotable.org.nz/stories/annual-report-2025

02/06/2026

Our partner charity Bellyful NZ is helping families at Kidz First Children’s Hospital feel cared for during some of the hardest moments of their lives. A warm meal might seem simple, but for exhausted parents staying beside a sick child, it can mean comfort, relief, and one less thing to worry about.

At Kidz First Children’s Hospital in South Auckland, families arrive every day carrying far more than overnight bags. Some have travelled from Pukekohe. Others from Ōtara, East Auckland and across the wider South Auckland community. What they share is the same worry – a child who needs hospital care.

For many families, that stress is compounded by something more practical: how to feed themselves while they stay with their child.

Wayne Dawn, Service Manager for Kidz First Inpatients at Middlemore Hospital, sees this reality every day.

“We have on many occasions encountered families who present who are struggling to provide the basics,” he says.

Meals for families have always been available through the hospital, but they are limited.

“We have seen times where a mother and father will share a single meal, or offer it to other siblings. This is the reality of our community.”

Late last year, volunteers from Bellyful Franklin began providing meals to the children’s ward, extending support already provided to the neonatal unit.

For families already under pressure, the difference is immediate.

“Having Bellyful meals available to us has been a gamechanger for the families that are ‘doing it tough’,” Wayne says.

“To outsiders they may seem like a small gesture, but to our families, a hot meal made with love is exactly the kind of support that gets families through tough times.”

The service is made possible through Bellyful Franklin Branch Coordinator Arna and dedicated volunteers who prepare and deliver meals for families staying with their children at the hospital.

Bellyful Chief Executive Sheena Revington says the initiative is a wonderful example of community kindness in action.

“Arna and the Franklin branch volunteers have shown such care and commitment in making this happen,” she says. “Our volunteers cook these meals knowing they’re going to families having a really tough time, and it’s a simple way to show those families that their community is standing alongside them.”

She adds, “Having a warm meal means one less thing for a whānau to worry about when their child is in hospital. It’s a way for communities to show families they’re not alone when life suddenly becomes overwhelming.”

For Wayne, the impact is clear.

As he puts it, quoting W***y Wonka & the Chocolate Factory:

“So shines a good deed in a weary world.”

“To me this epitomises the relationship between Kidz First and Bellyful – a shared common goal to provide some comfort to those that need it most.”

And thanks to supporters like One Percent Collective donors, those small acts of kindness are reaching more families when they need them most.

Learn more about Bellyful and lend your support. https://www.onepercentcollective.org/charity/bellyful

27/05/2026

From participants to performers: Our partner charity Mixit is helping young former refugees and migrants find confidence, connection, and creative expression through theatre and storytelling.

In this powerful performance, Mixit alumni reflect on experiences of conflict, power, greed, and division, while also celebrating unity, belonging, and the strength of diverse communities.

What makes this story especially meaningful is that these young artists first came to Mixit as teenagers. Now, they’re stepping up as leaders, performers, and role models for the next generation.

It’s a reminder that when young people are given a safe space to belong, their voices can carry far beyond the stage.

Learn more and lend your support to Mixit.

22/05/2026

It has been a magical term at Recycle A Device (An initiative of our partner charity, Digital Future Aotearoa).

Riley from RAD breaks down everything the rangatahi got up to:

• 10 training sessions across Aotearoa with
• 170 new refurbishers has delivered
• 120 ready-to-go laptops into the community.

This is what our Collective's support makes possible.

Learn more about Digital Future Aotearoa and lend your support.

19/05/2026

Our partner charity, WELLfed is helping hapū (pregnant) and new māmā feel supported, informed, and connected through Pēpi me Māmā. This new programme is already building confidence, strengthening community, and helping whānau thrive from the very beginning.

Pēpi me Māmā began the way many WELLfed ideas do – with their community telling them what they needed. Learners, volunteers and local whānau shared that hapū and new māmā wanted more support. They needed a place to ask questions, understand what was happening in their bodies, learn about caring for their pēpi, and build confidence in a safe, welcoming space.

So WELLfed created Pēpi me Māmā, a gentle 20‑week journey that brings together shared kai, practical cooking, strengthening mental wellbeing, trusted information, movement, and time to connect with others on the same path. Every week is about learning side by side, building knowledge, and feeling supported.

One of WELLfed's māmā shared how much the programme has already meant to her:

“Since this programme has started I have learned heaps, just about self‑care, kai, a lot of different workshops have helped my mindset… when you’ve got certain beliefs instilled in you, you don’t know any different unless you're taught.”
She told us that even small pieces of information have opened her eyes.

“I’ve loved the knowledge that's been shared, the different perspectives… especially with kai – like with cheese, I didn’t realise there were types of cheese you were allowed, and not allowed, when hapū.”
But for her, the connection has been just as important.

“I love coming here because of the other māmā. You get to connect with everyone, everyone’s positive. The staff here are ‘mean’, you know, the wāhine, they cater to your needs, they don’t judge you.”

Now six weeks in, she can already feel the difference at home.

“For me, it's helping me be a better mum, helping me be a better person. It's helping me be more mindful about my baby and the development. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have known these things if this programme didn't happen.”

Her words reflect what WELLfed staff see every week – māmā growing in confidence, learning new skills, and feeling supported from pregnancy into early parenting. Pēpi me Māmā is still new, but the impact is already deep, steady, and full of hope.

One Percent Collective donors help WELLfed keep creating spaces where māmā and pēpi feel welcomed, informed, and surrounded by community.

Learn more about WELLfed and lend your support at

WELLfed nourishes communities through food & connections. WELLfed is an award-winning adult-education programme based around cooking skills and more. The programme has been delivering free, hands-on classes since 2016 in Porirua.

03/05/2026

Every parent wants to see their child have a good start in life, a chance to be the best version of themselves. There’s something indescribable about seeing your child achieve things you hadn’t imagined possible. Indescribable, but you know it when you see it – just ask Nikolai’s parents.

Nikolai was born with Down syndrome, the world’s most common chromosomal variation in babies. It results in several challenges other children do not have to contend with, primary among them an impaired ability to speak. People living with Down syndrome often grow up to be non-verbal, living isolated lives, suffering preventable mental and physical problems, their lives heavily dependent on others. All because they do not have a voice.

But for Nikolai, this is far from the case.

Emerging from his teenage years, Nikolai has a full and exciting life. He has healthy friendships with his peers. He keeps fit through boxing and football. He’s creative, enjoying woodwork, art, and design. He’s always up for a family outing or a good game of Uno. And he’s racking up work experience in retail and hospitality. Nikolai is a brilliant example of the limits a young person with Down syndrome can burst through when properly supported.

That support started at a very young age; his family first got in touch with the UpsideDowns Education Trust when Nikolai was just 18 months old. UpsideDowns was able to provide the family with access to regular, individualised speech and language therapy sessions to help the toddler discover ways to communicated.

“The challenges for any child that can’t communicate is frustration,” says Nikolai’s mum. “We were very grateful to have the experience of a therapist to scaffold other forms of communication for us while Nikolai’s speech developed, which alleviated a lot of the frustration and allowed inclusion at Kindergarten and Primary School.”

Thanks to speech and language therapy, Nikolai’s family have celebrated many communication milestones; his first word, stringing several words together, successful full sentences. In his session these days, Nikolai is refining his conversational skills so he can continue developing amazing relationships.

“I love watching Nikolai interact with his friends, seeing him laugh and be heard,” says mum. “Nikolai can go into a shop and purchase an item and communicate with the assistant independently.”

Equipped with the communication skills he has worked hard over the years to hone, Nikolai finished school with Year 13 last year and is now enjoying the world of work experience, which he attends four days a week without needing support. He is quickly picking up the skills needed for kitchen work as well as serving customers in a retain environment, including operating the EFTPOS machine.

Nikolai’s achievements are down to his personal drive, the loving support of his family, and the remarkable skill and care of his speech and language therapist. The UpsideDowns Education Trust is honoured to have walked alongside Nikolai through these years of progress.

“How do you describe to people, so they understand the lifeline the Trust’s funding has given us?” Nikolai’s mum wonders. “It has made such a positive impact in our lives, and we are very humbled by the kindness and generosity of others. It takes a village to raise a child, and the UpsideDowns Education Trust is our village.”

Learn more about UpsideDowns and lend your support. (Link in comments)

At UpsideDowns, we believe every child with Down syndrome deserves a voice. We're here to make that belief a reality by funding essential speech-language therapy, helping kids communicate, gain confidence, and achieve independence.

28/04/2026

Our partner charity Kaibosh's new Second Harvest project is rescuing quality kai straight from the paddock. By working with local growers, their teams collect surplus produce after harvest. In Horowhenua 1.2 tonnes of cabbages were rescued in one day!

Learn more and lend your support.

24/04/2026

Our partner charity Kaibosh's new Second Harvest project is rescuing quality kai straight from the paddock. By working with local growers, their teams collect surplus produce after harvest. In Horowhenua 1.2 tonnes of cabbages were rescued in one day!

Learn more about Kaibosh and lend your support.