Our People
Meet Lucie and the Gather Team
Lucie Kinzett
Lucie is a qualified Transition to Parenting Educator and the heart behind Gather Parenting. With a deep commitment to creating a safe, inclusive, and gender-affirming space, Lucie empowers all expectant and new parents as they navigate the profound transitions of pregnancy, birth, and parenting.
Lucie brings a rare and beautiful wealth of personal insight to her practice. As a mother of three and a gestational surrogate mama, she understands that the path to parenthood is rarely a straight line. Her firsthand experience with diverse family-building journeys allows her to hold space for every parent with genuine empathy and zero judgment.
With a background as a qualified Early Childhood teacher and over a decade of hands-on experience supporting families, Lucie’s approach is both evidence-based and heart-led. Her mission is to move beyond the "checklist" of traditional antenatal and parent classes, instead equipping you with the physiological knowledge and inner confidence to make truly informed choices.
Whether you are a first-time parent, a solo parent, a parent via surrogacy, or part of the LGBTQIA+ community, Lucie is dedicated to ensuring you feel seen, respected, and ready to embrace your unique journey into parenthood.
Founder/Owner/operator
Sandra Cully
Sleep and Movement speakerI am a qualified Early Childhood Teacher and Sleep Consultant and have worked with children and their families for over 25 years. I have always had a huge interest in the Pikler/RIE approach and the philosophy of the Childcare centre I owned for 20 years strongly reflected this.
After selling our centre, I decided to further my education and am currently working towards becoming a Pikler Pedagogue, a process which takes many years of study, broken up with practical experience, and finishing with a thesis. My special interest areas are Motor Development and Sleep! I am also half way through my psychology degree.
I am absolutely passionate about supporting children and their families and I am looking forward to meeting you all.
Sarah Clifton
Sarah Clifton is a pre- and postnatal yoga teacher passionate about creating supportive, accessible spaces for mums and parents through pregnancy and early parenthood. She’s especially interested in helping people feel strong, confident, and connected to their bodies, their breath, and their babies, without pressure to “bounce back” or do things perfectly!
Every body flow yoga
Natalia
Natalia specialises in newborn, maternity and family photography.
My photography style is all about storytelling, interaction, connection and creating timeless images for your family.
I love chasing sunsets on Auckland’s west coast beaches and scouring op shops for retro treasures. I have two beautiful daughters who will forever be my inspiration.
Moments come and go so quickly; but when you book a photography session with me, these moments will last forever. Encouraging natural laughter, taking quiet moments to inspire genuine connections and creatively documenting the things that matter most in life is my passion.
Little Lovely Photography
Shrenika Solanki
Little Beat First Aid provides infant and child first aid education sessions specifically curated to meet the needs of parents and families.
Sessions are curated by Shrenika, a currently practicing paediatric nurse for almost 2 decades, certified emergency care instructor with the New Zealand Resuscitation Council and mum of two. This means you will get evidence based, up to date information as well as being practical from a parents perspective!
Little beat first aid