Happy Kids in their Zee Zee Tees!!

I was blessed the other morning by a phone call from Te Whanau Putahi. They were ringing to tell us about the impact the Zee Zee Tees we donated had on the children in their programme.

On the last week of their school holiday programme they had a special trip to Waingaro Hot Springs for the children to enjoy. As a surprise they brought out the Zee Zee Tees we had donated to them for the children. Each child got two new Zee Zee Tees and they were thrilled to have something so awesome and brand new given to them. They put them on and all wore them home on the bus. One mother reported having to peel it off her child against his will (4 days later) to get it into the wash.

What a joy for us to hear this story. What an amazing way to get rid of a bit of excess stock. We recommend it!!!

The special deal & the stormy market!!

Yesterday Amy and I went to our local market which we attend once a month. It was freezing cold and pretty stormy but still lots of fun. Even so there were still lots of people braving the weather for a good morning out. It was wonderful weather to share the benefits of our gorgeous Zee Zee Merino Tees with people!!

We always have special deals at the market and yesterday we started another great deal which we have decided to extend to our online store as well. Have a look at www.zeezeemerino.co.nz. Just to prepare you there is free Zee Zee Merino involved......

If any of you are interested the Tamahere Country Market is a beautiful market that is held in the Waikato of New Zealand on the third Saturday of the month from 8.30am-1pm. It is a lovely morning out, especially when the weather is nice. You can find out more information at www.findamarket.co.nz You will also find Amy and I and all our Zee Zee Merino Clothing there!!!!

Huhu grubs are here!!!!!

Such a big day I almost forgot to mention that our latest Little Zee Merino long sleeve tees have arrived and will be online very shortly. They are sooooooooo gorgeous, and yes the extremely popular Little Zee Merino Huhu grub has been given another outing. Will let you know as soon as they are online and will have a photo here for you soon. We will also have them at the Tamahere Country market which is on this Saturday 18th July for those of you more local who want to come and visit us.

Giving to our local Foodbank....

Our most recent donation has been given to the Combined Hamilton Christian Foodbank. These guys provide an amazing service to the Hamilton community. They provide food to people who need it and are also a great support and contact place for those who also need other help too. We have heard that they are extra busy at the moment and thought it would be a great place to send some money to.

Foodbanks everywhere are always very grateful to receive donations of food or money. You may have noticed the foodbank donation area at your local supermarket. A simple and easy way you can contribute is to pick up a little something extra in your shopping to put in the donation area. This little act really does make a big difference and really is appreciated!

Zee Zee Tees for kids care programme.......

We recently had great pleasure in putting together some gorgeous Zee Zee Tees and singlets to give to the children of Te Whanau Putahi (family centre) in Hamilton. They have an awesome kids programme which cares for children outside of school hours ensuring the children in their community are safe and well looked after. They provide the community with a toy library, a youth drop-in centre, kids club, Respite Care Childcare Centre, literacy programmes, counsellors, craft mornings, and they are part of the Hamilton Combined Christian Foodbank.

Hut building & afternoon tea...

Here are some photos of Millie, Edie and Jacob on their afternoon tea break(in a hut of course). An outside one too, much to my pleasure. Thank you sun. It was still chilly but I can assure you they are all wearing their Zee Zee Merino Tees underneath so are warm as toast!! www.zeezeemerino.co.nz


I really want to encourage parents everywhere to assist your children in creating their own little hut worlds. It is awesome and can often lead to some peace to yourself as they play. A little note: A hut rule of key importance at our house is to always involve food being eaten at some stage in the hut!!

My mum recently found a favourite book I had as a child. It is called 'Sally's Secret' by Shirley Hughes. It is all about hut building, and the children and I have loved reading it together. It always sets off a new round of hut building. I'm not sure if it is still in print but worth looking for if you are interested.

Team building & hut building......

My children seem to be in a hut building frenzy at the moment and I'm loving it. Everywhere I turn in our house there are huts/houses/sheds and it brings me complete delight. Yes it is messy and crazy but I think it takes me back to my childhood. For this reason I seem to let the huts stay set up for quite a bit longer......don't get me started on their furnishings when we do eventually tidy them up!
When Amy and Millie(18 months) arrived for our team meeting on Friday, Millie immediately launched herself into hut making paradise, diving on cushions with her cousins Edie(2) and Jacob(5). It was so cute and a great reminder of how blessed we are doing this business from our homes with little children in the midst of it.