Allison Rice-Korban and her husband, Camille, are the owners of Corelli’s Café, a much-loved establishment in Devonport, Auckland. Throughout our Stitching Together Aotearoa campaign, Allison and the Corelli’s team have been wonderful supporters of our project, regularly hosting casual Saturday ‘sit and knit’ knitting meet-ups where customers could pick up their needles, stitch a square and connect with others. Allison’s own whanau even got involved and what resulted was a very special community effort that gained momentum throughout the campaign.

Leonie Grigsby is the Lead Librarian at Sacred Heart Girls’ College in Hamilton and in recent years has enjoyed knitting for NICU. Inspired by Leonie, students and teachers set themselves an ambitious goal of knitting 100 squares. They have tripled that number, donating 300 squares (15 blankets) that will go to Waikato NICU. To honour their school's name, each blanket will include a knitted heart ❤️

Clare Blackmore is a Year 5–6 teacher at Lawrence Area School, a small rural school in Otago. In just four short weeks, the school's enthusiastic young knitters have been learning the basics of knitting during their lunch breaks. With determination, patience, and plenty of practice, they have worked together to create beautiful woollen blankets for PKC!

PKC Founder Courtney Bennett visited William Sanders Village in Devonport, Auckland to collect their 874 Peggy squares! Erin Conroy and the team at Seven Sharp interview the residents about their impressive knitting efforts, and share a progress update of our nationwide campaign Stitching Together Aotearoa.

Meet our team! Michelle is founder Courtney’s mum, and one of the PKC volunteer board members. She is our parcel sorting queen, opening all of the donations and processing them in our HQ. Read on to find out what a typical day in her life looks like as a business owner, adored Grammy, and crafter extraordinaire.

PKC is so grateful to our tribe of wonderful knitters. Meet Knitter Betty who has been knitting since she was 4 years old. We spoke with her daughter Helen about why Betty loves to knit.

Meet our team! Nina is one of the PKC volunteer board members and most likely the one who has replied to your emails or generated you a free postage label. Read on to find out what a typical day in her life looks like as a charity volunteer, mum, and full time National Communications & Marketing Manager.

Meet our team! Britt is one of the PKC volunteer board members and the designer behind our website, newsletters and branded social posts. Read on to find out what a typical day in her life looks like as a charity volunteer and self-employed business owner.

Meet our team! Courtney is the founder of PKC and the face you know from our social channels. Read on to find out what a typical day in her life looks like as a charity founder.

This week’s Sunday Yarn, Dr Kate Ruttley shares science-backed research about the benefits of knitting for others. As a premature baby herself and starting her life in Auckland’s NICU, she is kindly knitting a Peggy Square for Stitching Together Aotearoa.

Listen to our interview on RNZ Morning Report. PKC Founder Courtney Bennett speaks with Ingrid Hipkiss and the team at RNZ about our nationwide campaign Stitching Together Aotearoa.

Watch us on Seven Sharp!
When babies arrive early it's often unexpected and that means families need all the help they can get. One charity is wrapping around these babies in a small but significant way.