Getting Through COVID

Getting Through COVID

Preparing meals was the last thing Aquila and her husband had the energy for when they were sick with COVID-19.  Bellyful Christchurch was able to provide meals to help the whānau while they were in isolation.   “My husband and I had COVID. We did not have energy to...
A Huge Help

A Huge Help

Reaching out for help can be hard. But a Tauranga mum who was brave enough to refer her whānau, says the Bellyful meals were a huge help.  Aimee* lives in Tauranga with her husband, their boys aged four and two, and their little dog. “I kept getting really sick from...
Reaching Out

Reaching Out

The beautiful exhaustion of new twin babies was coupled with multiple hospital visits for Liz Buckley-Stokes. Bellyful meals helped ease the pressure. Liz, her husband and toddler had moved to a new North Canterbury town just two weeks before they welcomed their...
The Business of Giving

The Business of Giving

Owners of bulk-food store The Source Taupō, Fiona and Ken Harris are no strangers to moving home. The Taupō-based couple, who met while working in Turangi, have relocated three times over their 11-year relationship – to Vancouver, Auckland, and most recently...
A Dad’s Story: Easing The Stress

A Dad’s Story: Easing The Stress

Of all the things Daniel and his partner Beatriz planned for when expecting their baby, their beautiful son Marco being born at just 26 weeks and five days gestation was the last thing they imagined. Little Marco spent the first 97 days of his life in hospital. “It...

Welcoming twins under Covid-19 Alert Level 3

Laura’s family in the UK were due to fly out to support her with the birth of her twins in May, but COVID-19 threw a spanner into that plan. With New Zealand’s border essentially closed under Alert Level 4, her family members cancelled their travel. Laura and her...