With so many new babies being born in Marton over the past few months, 12 keen knitters have got together to knit some woolly blessings.
Stephanie Shaw, a spinner and farmer, said Plunket had asked if the community could help out with the new babies, and she organised Woolly Blessings, a group to make clothes to gift to new mums.
"[It's needed] because there is a large Samoan population here who really don't know that it is important for young babies to wear wool."
Ms Shaw said the cold always took them by surprise so the Plunket nurse thought it would be great idea to gift each new baby with a pure wool set including a Plunket-style singlet, a jersey and hats.
The group of women meet at St Stephen's Church every Tuesday morning and are given the needles, the wool and the patterns.