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Emily HoldawayEmily Holdaway

Emily Holdaway is the mum behind the popular Kiwi blog Raising Ziggy. Writer, gardener, mother of two and drinker of mediocre coffee, when she's not blogging, or mumming, you can find her hiding in the toilet trying to read a book in peace.

How a Hamilton mum created a community based on cloth nappies

24 September 2018 by Emily Holdaway

Cloth nappies are making a resurgence and Hamilton mum Emily Holdaway is doing her best to help families give them a go by starting a pay it forward campaign.  Whenever the topic of reducing household waste comes up, you can bet one of the first things people suggest is changing from disposable nappies to cloth … Read more

Categories Featured, Parents Tags children's clothing, nappies

Stop butchering te reo Māori pronunciation – our kids are listening

16 May 201815 May 2018 by Emily Holdaway

Children are sponges, they say. So why, asks Emily Holdaway, won’t radio give some thought to the kids who are adopting the incorrect pronunciation they hear on a daily basis? I stand in the kitchen, doing the dishes. I can hear Mum reading to Ziggy in the lounge. She’s reading to him the story of … Read more

Categories Featured, Parents Tags Parenting, Te Reo, Te reo Māori

Four ways with feijoas: recipes to use up the autumn glut

8 May 20192 May 2018 by Emily Holdaway

There’s only one problem with our annual feijoa windfall – there’s far too many of the little buggers. Emily Holdaway has some ideas to use them up. The way we go on about feijoas in New Zealand you’d think it was a native. It’s not – the feijoa is actually native to central South America … Read more

Categories Featured, Kai, Society Tags cooking, feijoas, recipes

The secret to coping without sleep when you have babies

12 January 201917 April 2018 by Emily Holdaway

Mum of two Emily Holdaway doesn’t sleep much, but she says she is thriving. Here’s her secret. It’s been two and a half years since our first child was born. Two and a half years since I’ve had a full night sleep. If you had told me this before motherhood I would have laughed at … Read more

Categories Featured, Parents Tags baby sleeping, children's sleep

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