After years trying to conceive, a Hawke's Bay couple have received the best Christmas present they could ask for: Their first child.
Just after 6am on Christmas Day, Napier residents Kelly and Shane McKenzie welcomed a daughter, Victoria Eve McKenzie, born weighing 2.7 kilograms.
The couple's child had not been expected until January 3, but Mrs McKenzie went into labour early and was checked into Hawke's Bay Hospital late on Christmas Eve.
While Victoria's birth meant the Pirimai couple had to change a few Christmas plans, Mr McKenzie said: "We're glad she's arrived".
She could not have come soon enough for the couple."She's been a long time coming, we've waited four years to have her," Mrs McKenzie said.