Aidee's Little Angel - She Is Neve's Baby Buddy!

The actress has a VIPcoffee group

- Sebastian Van Der Zwan

Born exactly eight weeks before “first baby” Neve Gayford, she attends the same coffee group as Jacinda Ardern and her daughter, but little Te Awaroa Wikohika isn’t overly fussed by her high-profile playmates.

“Bless her, she doesn’t really know what’s happening and slept through most of their first meeting,” confesses the gorgeous wee girl’s proud mum, actress and director Aidee Walker. “But then Neve was a sleeping beauty when I first met her too!”

The Hamilton-born, Auckland-based star, 37 – best known for playing Draska Doslic on Outrageous Fortune and Lee-Anne Cartier in The Black Widow – met the future prime minister at a friend’s wedding about 10 years ago and the pair bonded over growing up in the Waikato.

They’ve been buddies ever since, with Aidee gifting Jacinda nipple compresses and a te reo Maori version of the classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are before she gave birth. “I was concerned for her boobs after my experience!” laughs the actress, who is engaged to filmmaker Talor Wikohika.

Aidee had an “awesome” pregnancy and was directing episodes of Westside up until the seven-month mark. However, Awa’s arrival into the world wasn’t quite so perfect, with the star in labour for 40 hours before her dream of a natural delivery was dashed.