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Aotearoa’s Largest-ever Health And Wellbeing Survey Keen On Insights From Pasifika Youth
Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 7:45 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
One of the most comprehensive surveys ever-conducted with intermediate-aged Pasifika children in this country aims to gather insights to paint a vivid picture of their lives, in particular the impact of Covid-19. This country’s largest longitudinal ... More >>
Australasia’s Largest Covid-19 Survey Of Children
Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 7:10 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
Australasia’s largest Covid-19 survey of children: lockdowns are socially and emotionally challenging, but children are resilient Children in Aotearoa New Zealand have displayed strength in the face of adversity according to one of the world’s ... More >>
NZ’s Largest-ever Health And Wellbeing Survey With Tweens Gets Underway
Friday, 1 October 2021, 6:37 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
New Zealand’s largest longitudinal study of child development is about to launch the most comprehensive collection of data ever conducted with intermediate-aged children in this country. Growing Up in New Zealand begins its 12-Year Kōrero/Interviews ... More >>
New Research Reveals Unmet Mental Health Support For Pregnant New Zealand Women
Thursday, 15 July 2021, 6:01 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
The first-ever study to look at anti-depressant use and symptoms of depression in pregnant New Zealand women has identified unmet need for antenatal mental health support. The research examined anti-depressant use and symptoms of depression in ... More >>
Babies Not Meeting Infant Feeding Guidelines May Be At Greater Risk For Childhood Obesity
Tuesday, 6 July 2021, 6:14 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
New research reveals that a significant number of babies are not being fed in accordance with New Zealand’s infant feeding guidelines and this puts them at greater risk for childhood obesity. The research, published in the British Journal of Nutrition ... More >>
Children’s Screen Time And The Impact On Cognitive Development
Tuesday, 15 June 2021, 6:39 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
New research sheds light on how Kiwi pre-schoolers’ use of screen media may affect the development of executive functions, such as inhibitory control which helps children to manage their impulses and behaviour. Two recently published studies using information ... More >>
Children “Scientists” In World-first Study Looking At Health And Indoor Climate
Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 6:19 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
Pioneering new research with more than 2,000 children acting as “at-home scientists” has identified the ideal indoor temperature and humidity range for good child health and recommends changes to the Building Code. The research is a joint project, between ... More >>
Babies Low In Vitamin D At Birth More Likely To Be Hospitalised For Respiratory Infections
Monday, 26 April 2021, 7:08 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
New University of Auckland research has found that newborns with lower levels of vitamin D are twice as likely to be admitted to hospital with acute respiratory infections during infancy. New University of Auckland research has found that newborns with More >>
Report Reveals Unique Insight Into New Zealand Eight-Year-Olds
Tuesday, 10 November 2020, 7:50 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
New Zealand eight-year-olds are mostly living busy, healthy, happy lives in supportive families and developing a growing sense of their own identity and autonomy, but obesity, body image, mental wellbeing and screen time are emerging issues. That’s the picture ... More >>
Study Identifies Behaviours That Support Children To Develop Self-control
Wednesday, 7 October 2020, 8:07 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
New research using New Zealand’s largest longitudinal study of child development has identified key behaviours to support pre-school children to develop self-control, a key indicator of adult wellbeing. The research, funded through the Ministry of ... More >>
How Much Sleep Are New Zealand Pre-schoolers Really Getting?
Tuesday, 22 September 2020, 8:19 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
The largest ever study of sleep in early childhood in New Zealand estimates that more than a third of toddlers and a fifth of preschoolers are not getting the recommended amount of sleep. The Massey University research examined parent-reported sleep patterns ... More >>
Pacific women and depression in pregnancy
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 8:48 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
New research highlights the importance of primary healthcare for pregnant Pacific women in New Zealand – around a quarter of whom experience symptoms of depression during pregnancy. More >>
Growing Up in New Zealand welcomes funding announcement
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 9:31 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
Growing Up in New Zealand has welcomed today’s announcement from the Minister for Social Development, the Honourable Carmel Sepuloni, that it will restore funding of more than $1.9 million to the child development study. More >>
New clues in childhood obesity puzzle: study
Thursday, 21 September 2017, 9:45 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
New evidence from New Zealand’s contemporary longitudinal study Growing Up in New Zealand shows how genes and the environment may interact to promote obesity. More >>
Growing Up In NZ - Longitudinal Study
Wednesday, 20 September 2017, 4:45 pm | Growing Up in New Zealand
A petition calling on the government to restore critical funding to the Growing Up in New Zealand study has gathered thousands of signatures within days of being launched. Organisers believe funding the study should be a priority for the next ... More >>
“Now We Are Four” - latest report from Growing Up in NZ
Monday, 29 May 2017, 10:38 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
The latest report from the University of Auckland’s Growing Up in New Zealand study shows a rise in obesity levels in the preschool children in the study, but a significant gap between parental perception of weight and the reality of their child’s weight ... More >>
New Zealand children are active users of te reo Māori
Tuesday, 5 July 2016, 11:39 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
Auckland, 05 July 2016 – Data from the Growing Up in New Zealand study indicate that parents and young children are enthusiastic about including te reo Māori in developing language skills. More >>
Tool Measures Language Skills of NZ Samoan, Tongan Children
Tuesday, 23 February 2016, 1:41 pm | Growing Up in New Zealand
Researchers from the Growing Up in New Zealand study have developed the first ever Samoan and Tongan language inventories to formally gauge the language skills of New Zealand toddlers speaking Samoan or Tongan as their first language. More >>
Warnings About Immunisation Prove More Influential
Thursday, 3 September 2015, 10:34 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
Auckland, 3 September 2015 – Negative messages about immunisation have a far greater impact on parents’ decision to delay vaccinations than encouraging information has on vaccinating children on time, reveals a new policy brief released today by ... More >>
One in Eight Pregnant Women Affected by Depression
Monday, 24 August 2015, 9:27 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
Auckland, 24 August 2015 – One in eight New Zealand women suffer from depression symptoms while pregnant, with Pacific and Asian women twice as likely to be affected, reveals new research from Growing Up in New Zealand. More >>
