Premmie Knitting Club

Premmie Knitting Club (PKC) is a tribe of knitters from across New Zealand and Australia, knitting for premature babies in the NICU. We raise funds for preemie related causes and are looking forward to raising some much needed funds for NICU's and organisations across the country.

PKC was founded by me (Courtney), I was born premature over 30 years ago and spent the first four months of my life in the NICU at National Womens Hospital in Auckland.

My parents made sure that I understood from a young age how life changing the support of the Doctors, Nurses and Support Staff are for preemies and their families. I've always wanted to give back and help the NICU since they helped her family and her so much.

Over the last six years, PKC has collected thousands of knitted items from our community of knitters and donated knitted items to a wide range of hospitals, NICU's and preemie related organisations across both New Zealand and Australia.

In addition, we have donated money to assist in the development of hospital facilities for premature babies. In 2022, we raised enough funds to donate a whanau bed to the SCBU in Waitakere and specialist chairs to the NICU at Christchurch Hospital. We have also donated funds to the Well Foundation and Middlemore Foundation over the years.

I am so grateful for the support and love hearing all the stories about other people's personal connections to the NICU so please get in touch if you have a question or you’d like more information.