Thank You for Making Our Movie Fundraiser a Night to Remember 🎬

Ngā mihi nui to everyone who joined us for our Sing Sing movie night fundraiser. 🧡🩵💜

What an incredible evening it was—being surrounded by our champions, all in one room. We truly felt the aroha, and we’re reminded once again of the beautiful community that walks beside us.

Thanks to your generosity, we raised over $1500—an amazing contribution that will help us reprint our Home Ground workbooks. These resources are designed to support women in making time for themselves, accessing wellness tools, and exploring their creativity - powerful steps on the path to reintegration.

Photo by Rebecca McMillan Photography

Feedback from attendees after the movie

• Stronger together

• “You are an artist” - Sing Sing

• With art, expression & each other we can find ourselves anywhere 

• Having hope is so important

• Home Ground keep on going, you inspire me and all who share

• It's all about creating spaces to connect. Beautiful and humbling to see fearless and vulnerable connections

• The art is everything

• What inspires me is Home Ground!!! You are amazing using arts and creativity to inspire people and show there is life outside of prison. I loved the movie too!

• Such a great movie - a perfect choice to support the amazing work of Home Ground

If you couldn’t make it, don’t worry—we’ve got something for you, too. Check out this thought-provoking review of Sing Sing, written by Freebird:👉 Read the review on our blog

🎧 HOME GROUND | Podcast

The journey doesn’t stop here. Dive deeper into the real stories behind incarceration and the powerful role creativity plays in healing. Our podcast shares honest kōrero from people with lived experience—because reintegration isn’t just about returning to society, it’s about reconnecting to ourselves.

👉 Listen to the Home Ground Podcast now HOME GROUND | Podcast

Thank you!!

Thanks to all the amazing businesses that donated their mahi toi!

• Common sense organics for the gorgeous food pack

• Masina creative for the hand painted tiles

• 5ever books for the TE WAKA HOURUA, WHĪTIKI, MĀTIKE, WHAKATIKA! book

• Lisa at haven therapy for the vouchers

• Amira's Alterations for the voucher

• Momoe ink for the incredible print!

From the bottom of our hearts—thank you for showing up, supporting, and standing with us. We can't wait to see you at our next event.