Great news for our joint parenting eduction programme with Plunket which was specifically put together to get first time dads together to "talk shop" about parenting from a male perspective. We got awarded a grant by Sovereign Sunshine to help with the nationwide expansion of the programme. YAY!

The following story was covered by several publications yesterday. The text below featured in the NZ Herald yesterday:

A training and support group for new fathers has been given a $15,000 hand-out from charity fund-raiser Sovereign Sunshine.

Get your family together for a fabulous variety concert

To launch the national week of awareness for Families Day the Families Commission, in partnership with Rotary, Capital Theatre Productions and MORE FM, is hosting a free family variety show at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington.

Family Affair have gathered some of Wellington's best child and adult acts together to put on a free show that the whole family will enjoy. From comedy to Shakespeare, choirs to salsa dancers there will something for everyone.

Bring a can

The theme for Families Day this year is Why Families Matter? And the word that keeps coming back to us when we ask this question is SUPPORT.

So to help us support families in need we are asking those families attending the show to bring along a can of food which will be donated to the Wellington City Mission's Food Bank.

DIYFather will be there hosting a stall, so come along have a chat with us and enjoy a great event!

Family Affair
Sunday 10 May 2009
Michael Fowler Centre
Wellington
Performance 2pm - 4pm
Doors open at 12.30pm

Order your FREE tickets to Family Affair, click here

Do you feel like you need to reserve a little "me time" in your busy day as a father to stay sane? Well - you're not alone! Comedian, radio-blogger and father Ryk Goddard let's us peak into the secret world of his shed where he plays out the naughty things dads do to stay sane. Listen to a podcast with Ryk where he talks about his ideas for the show and the sneaky stories he received from other dads (like "I dressed my daughter in spots and stripes just to annoy my wife").

Here's the trailer for the series:

The other day we got asked to join TVNZ's dad panel to talk about "becoming a dad" - so I went on the show today to represent DIYFather.com. Here's a link to the show if you want to check it out (opens a pop-up window). Dad Panel on TV NZ's Good Morning Show (it's about 2h 30min in, so just FF if you want to go straight to the dad's panel).

Nothing radical happened but it was great to have a relaxed chat about different experiences. Lots of dads sent in emails to the show as well which was great to see - there's obviously interest in fatherhood. YAY!

Listen to Scott being interviewed by Jim Mora on Radio New Zealand.

This week started with a big bang for us as we checked the latest sales stats of Dymocks in Wellington to find that Call Me Dad is the #1 selling book in Dymocks! Check this out:

Most amazing of all - we are OUTSELLING Twilight (!)

The latest Nielsen BookScan stats Best Sellers list 1st time Best Sellers list 2nd time (nationwide and across all booksellers).

HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who bought the book.

-Scott, Eric & Stefan

A huge thanks to everyone who turned up for our official book launch of "Call Me Dad!" yesterday at Dymocks. It was great to see so many of our friends, colleagues and business partners with their families and kids turn up to celebrate with us.

We trust a good time was had by all!

-Scott, Eric and Stefan
DIYFather.com

Listen to the interview with Scott as part of Barnardo's "Children Come First" programme.

Listen now

-DIYFather.com

As you may know we have writen our first book "Call Me Dad!" which was picked up on TV News Show Close-up

Click here to watch the show

if you live in Wellington, come along to our LAUNCH PARTY for drinks and nibbles on February 18th, 6pm at Dymocks on Lampton Quay.

Scott was interviewed by the Sunday News, click here to view the article yourself

If you live in Wellington, come along to our LAUNCH PARTY for drinks and nibbles on February 18th, 6pm at Dymocks on Lampton Quay.