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Lead Maternity Carer System Working for Most NZ Mothers
Tuesday, 4 August 2015, 10:11 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
Auckland, 4 August 2015 – Two decades after New Zealand introduced a choice-based model of primary maternity care, almost all mothers-to-be enrol with a carer early in their pregnancy and most are happy with the choice of carers available, suggests ... More >>
Helping to Keep Te Reo Māori Alive
Monday, 27 July 2015, 9:45 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
Auckland, 27 July 2015 –The use of te reo Māori is on the rise. More parents are speaking te reo to their infants, in comparison to their own childhood. The number of toddlers of Māori descent who understand te reo has also increased. This information ... More >>
Study Suggests Low Social Service Use Among Vulnerable Kids
Friday, 24 July 2015, 9:40 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
Auckland, 24 July 2015 – Only one in five families whose toddlers were considered most at risk of vulnerability from birth accessed social support services in their first 1000 days of life, according to a new report on early childhood vulnerability, ... More >>
High Rate of Strep Bacteria Bugging Kiwi Kids
Friday, 13 March 2015, 9:48 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
Auckland, 13 March 2015 – Over half of healthy New Zealand pre-school children are carriers of Staphylococcus aureus, and one in six hostsStreptococcus pyogenes in their nostrils, throat or crook of the arm, according to new research from Growing ... More >>
A Step Closer to Unravelling Child Poverty
Thursday, 26 February 2015, 11:09 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
More than half of New Zealand mothers experience some level of hardship between late pregnancy and when their child is 9 months old and many parents have to cope with a drop in family income after having children. More >>
Private Rentals Often Unsafe for Toddlers
Thursday, 15 January 2015, 1:53 pm | Growing Up in New Zealand
Auckland, 15 January 2015 – Many private rentals fall short of being safe places to bring up a child suggests new research into household safety released by Growing Up in New Zealand . Evaluating interviews with the parents of almost 7,000 children ... More >>
Young New Zealand families are moving house more than ever
Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 9:40 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
Auckland, 9 December 2014 – New Zealand families with children under two move house much more than previously thought and more often than families in other countries. These are two of the key findings published today in a new report from the Growing ... More >>
NZ parents hope for more than just happy and healthy babies
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 2:49 pm | Growing Up in New Zealand
Auckland, 16 October 2014 – What do expectant mums and dads hope for their children? According to new research from Growing Up in New Zealand , a baby’s health and happiness may be high up on the list, but today’s parents want a lot more than ... More >>
Milk contributes to iron deficiency in New Zealand newborns
Friday, 12 September 2014, 12:45 pm | Growing Up in New Zealand
Auckland, 12 September 2014 – Pregnant women who drink three or more servings of milk per day might put their babies at risk of being iron deficient during an important phase of their development, according to new research from Growing Up in ... More >>
New Approach Needed to Identify Vulnerable Children Earlier
Monday, 21 July 2014, 10:37 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
Routinely collected health data on pregnant women could be used in a better way to identify ‘at risk’ children earlier and more effectively, according to a new report from the Growing Up in New Zealand longitudinal study released today. More >>
Harvard epidemiologist to chair NZ scientific group
Friday, 7 March 2014, 10:33 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
Harvard epidemiologist Professor Carlos A. Camargo has been appointed the new chair of the Expert Scientific Advisory Group for the Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) longitudinal study. The Advisory Group is comprised of New Zealand and international ... More >>
Finding solutions for New Zealand whanau
Monday, 9 December 2013, 9:05 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
The Growing up in New Zealand study welcomes New Zealand’s first monitor of child poverty report and is looking forward to contributing the “why” information, and to finding solutions for New Zealand whanau. “Trend monitoring has seen extensive ... More >>
Many answers already available on children's health
Friday, 22 November 2013, 5:43 pm | Growing Up in New Zealand
The government’s Health Committee report released this week includes 12 key recommendations for building a better future for New Zealand children and much of the research needed is already underway in the ground-breaking Growing Up in New Zealand study. More >>
Insight Into The Lives Of Our Children At Nine Months Of Age
Friday, 23 March 2012, 10:18 am | Growing Up in New Zealand
Growing Up In New Zealand Provides Insight Into The Lives Of Our Children At Nine Months Of Age More >>
Pregnant mums flock to enrol in Growing Up
Monday, 10 August 2009, 1:55 pm | Growing Up in New Zealand
Growing Up in New Zealand reached a major milestone this week after enrolling the 5000th pregnant mother into what is New Zealand’s largest ever child research study. It marks the half way point of the recruitment period, both in terms of numbers of ... More >>
