Amelia's Journey

Amelia's Journey This page is to follow Amelias journey after her brain tumour diagnosis on 30/01/2025
a very rare brain tumor called papillary tumor of pineal region.

02/06/2026

💛🏁 SPEEDWAY YELLOW RAFFLE WINNER! 🏁💛

Thank you SO much everyone for the incredible support on the Yellow Speedway Raffle 💛
We honestly appreciate every single one of you who got behind it, shared it, and took part, it means more than you know and helps our family so much.

And for the exciting part…
🎉 Congratulations to our winner! 🎉
✨ Debbie Bates #35 ✨

We’ll be in touch with you shortly to arrange your prize 🏁💛

To everyone who entered, thank you again. We truly couldn’t do these raffles without this amazing community backing us, and we’re so grateful for each and every one of you.🙏🫶🏻

02/06/2026

A difficult post from us today

This is something we've gone back and forth about writing, because we genuinely love this community and the support you've shown Amelia and our family over the years.

We know this is a public page, and we fully understand that anything shared publicly can be seen and discussed by others.
However, this situation is different for us.
We've recently become aware that updates, photos, and information shared on this page are being intentionally passed on to a family member who has been deliberately blocked from receiving updates from this page and who has been removed from our children's lives.

We need to be really honest, this has been upsetting for us.
These boundaries were not made lightly. They exist for important personal and safety reasons for our children, and they are boundaries we have had in place for a long time.

In the past, this individual has previously turned up at the hospital uninvited during Amelia's first brain surgery which was very upsetting, and we had to ask them to leave. That experience was incredibly distressing, and it is something we cannot risk happening again.
With Amelia having upcoming surgery and medical needs, her safety, privacy, and emotional wellbeing are our absolute priority.

This page has meant more to us than we can properly put into words. We are a small family in many ways, and this community has genuinely been a lifeline, the kindness, support, encouragement, generosity, and care we’ve received here has carried us through some of our hardest moments. We don’t take that for granted for a second.
And that’s why this is so hard to write.

Because of what has happened, we are now left unsure what the future of this page looks like for us. We may need to change how we share updates, share less, move to a private space, or make other changes. We honestly don’t know yet.
What we do know is that this situation is not okay, and we are hurt and concerned by it.

We are simply asking for respect. Please do not screenshot, forward, relay, or intentionally pass on updates, photos, or information from this page to individuals who have been deliberately excluded from receiving them.

We truly hope it doesn’t come to changing what we share, because we love this community and are so grateful for every single person here who has supported Amelia, bodhi and our family.

Thank you for respecting the boundaries we have put in place to protect our children and support Amelia through her journey.

01/06/2026

💙 BLUE SPEEDWAY RAFFLE, WE HAVE A WINNER! 💙

And that’s a wrap!! 😍
A massive thank you to everyone who entered the Blue Speedway raffle, your support, shares, and messages mean the absolute world 💙 we truly appreciate every single one of you who got behind it.
We also just want to take a moment to say a huge thank you to Amelia’s community and everyone who continues backing her and our family 💙 honestly, you are all incredible. We couldn’t thank you enough, and we feel so lucky to have you all in our corner.

Now for the exciting part…
✨ CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER! ✨
🏁 Courteney Collingwood #59

Please get in touch with us, so we can organise your prize 💙

And just a reminder… 👀
🎟️ The Yellow Speedway raffle is still live, and there are only 6 tickets left! Once they’re gone, it’s done, so don’t miss your chance 💛🔥

💅 NAIL VOUCHER RAFFLE  #1  SUPPORTING AMELIA ❤️We are so incredibly grateful to Julie from JJS Nails (New Plymouth) a Re...
01/06/2026

💅 NAIL VOUCHER RAFFLE #1 SUPPORTING AMELIA ❤️

We are so incredibly grateful to Julie from JJS Nails (New Plymouth) a Registered nurse who takes great pride in her care and attention to detail) for generously donating 5 x luxury gel manicure + pedicure vouchers (valued at $95 each) to help support our family during Amelia’s upcoming surgery ❤️
Julie also offers a mobile service for those unable to attend due to age or medical reasons, which is such a thoughtful touch.

💅 CURRENT RAFFLE
WIN: 1 x luxury gel manicure + pedicure voucher (value $95)

🎟 ONLY 20 TICKETS AVAILABLE
💰 $5 per ticket
👉 1 in 20 chance to win
Once all tickets are sold, the winner will be drawn immediately.

This would make a beautiful treat for yourself, or a thoughtful gift for someone you know who deserves a little pampering 🙏

HOW TO ENTER
• Comment or message how many tickets you would like
• Amelia will allocate numbers for you (or you can choose lucky numbers if available)

PAYMENT DETAILS
Courtney Hawkings
38-9015-0142782-03
Ref: Your name/ NAILS

Every ticket purchased goes directly towards supporting our family while we travel to Auckland for Amelia’s surgery. The support means more than we can ever say.

💞We will be releasing the remaining vouchers as separate raffles over the coming days, so keep an eye out for more chances to win!

🥺 7 days.After months of appointments, scans, meetings, planning, and waiting, we're somehow only a week away from leavi...
31/05/2026

🥺 7 days.

After months of appointments, scans, meetings, planning, and waiting, we're somehow only a week away from leaving for Auckland.

We still have Amelia's MRI this week and a few more things to organise before we go.

For so long this felt like something that was off in the distance, but now it's starting to sink in that it's actually here.

It's a strange mix of emotions. Relief that we're finally moving forward, nerves about what's ahead, and sadness knowing we'll be away from the rest of our kids again.

For now, we're taking it one day at a time and soaking up these last few days at home.

One week to go. 💛

29/05/2026

📸 PHOTO SHOOT RAFFLE WINNER 📸

And that's a wrap!

A massive thank you to everyone who grabbed a number and supported our family. We truly appreciate it, and it means so much to have so many people backing Amelia as we prepare for our Auckland trip.

A special thank you to Casey Parsons from Peaceful Moments Photography for generously gifting this beautiful photography session for us to raffle off. Your kindness is greatly appreciated. 💛

Congratulations to our winner:

🎉 Number: 3
🎉 Winner: Jess Fougere

Thank you again to everyone who entered, shared, and supported us. We hope you all have a wonderful weekend with your families, and please know that your kindness and support mean the world to ours. 🫶💛

Seeing these mri images side by side really puts things into perspective ❤️These MRI images show the growth in Amelia’s ...
29/05/2026

Seeing these mri images side by side really puts things into perspective ❤️

These MRI images show the growth in Amelia’s tumour over the past 12-ish months, and why surgery has now become the next step for her.

We spoke with Amelia’s neurosurgery nurse specialist today and started planning her pre-op day in Starship, including another MRI (as she has one down here before we leave) and a stealth-protocol CT scan for neuronavigation and surgical mapping.

We know Amelia will do amazing🙌🏻💕

CLOSED 📸 PHOTO SHOOT RAFFLE 📸We’ve kindly been gifted a 1-hour local photography session from Casey Parsons  (Peaceful M...
28/05/2026

CLOSED

📸 PHOTO SHOOT RAFFLE 📸

We’ve kindly been gifted a 1-hour local photography session from Casey Parsons (Peaceful Moments Photography) to raffle off in support of Amelia’s upcoming Surgery ❤️

A beautiful chance to win a shoot to capture family photos, couples, maternity, children, or simply some special memories.

⏰ Entries close June 3rd!

🎟 Limited to only 30 tickets

💰 $5 each

HOW TO ENTER
• Comment/message how many entries you want and your numbers (or Amelia can choose for you)

PAYMENT DETAILS
Courtney Hawkings
38-9015-0142782-03
Ref: Your name

AFTER PAYMENT
Please comment “done” or message us so we can confirm your entry.

Every ticket sold will help us with the everyday costs of being away in Auckland while Amelia has her brain surgery. Thank you so much for all the support, shares, and kind messages ❤️

Thinking this will be our last raffle for now. We are so grateful for everyone who has supported us through these raffles lately, it truly means so much to our family ❤️

Today we had Amelia’s second opinion appointment via zoom with the Head of Neurosurgery in starship. He spoke with us ab...
28/05/2026

Today we had Amelia’s second opinion appointment via zoom with the Head of Neurosurgery in starship.

He spoke with us about Amelia’s case and the current surgical plan, and it was really reassuring to hear that he feels confident in both the plan moving forward and Amelia’s surgeon. He described her surgeon as skilled, cautious, and someone who won’t take unnecessary risks, something that meant a lot to us as parents.

He also answered a lot of the questions we had and helped us look at some things from a different perspective, which was honestly really helpful and gave us a bit more clarity moving forward.

It’s hard to believe Amelia’s surgery is now less than 2 weeks away. It all still feels very overwhelming at times, but after today we are feeling more reassured and hopeful for the best possible outcome for our brave girl 🙏

Thank you so much to everyone who continues to support, check in, pray, donate and think of Amelia and our family. We appreciate it more than words can say. 🫶🏻

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