DAD 4 LIFE: Focus on Fathering Week 2009

Monday 31 August to Sunday 6 September

Building on the last two years successful events, Waitakere City is getting ready for another potent Focus on Fathering Week.

Fathering at all stages within the journey of being a dad are acknowledged, from new-born dads to grandfathers, as well as the diverse forms that fathering can take.

Some of the events included:

• a week long photographic display of children’s images of fathering in the West City Mall


• midweek evening forums planned for new dads, fathers of teenage girls and boys


• No sweat parenting seminars with Pio Te Rei


• a remembrance service for Dads no longer ‘with us’


• a series of talks at Unitec each lunchtime (Tues to Fri)


• And lots more… drumming workshops, swimming with your toddlers, exploring grandfathers stories