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Kids Say Physical Discipline Doesn’t Work

Tuesday, 27 September 2005, 8:39 pm | Save The Children

A new study into children’s perspectives on family discipline sends a strong message to parents that physical punishment does not work. More >>

New Resource On Hip Hop For Youth Workers

Thursday, 8 September 2005, 2:53 pm | Save The Children

Scribe has lent his profile to tonight’s launch of a new Internet-based resource for youth workers, which explores Hip Hop as an instrument for young people’s development. More >>

Seek Out detail In Parties Policies

Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 5:20 pm | Save The Children

Save the Children New Zealand congratulated representatives of political parties who stepped forward today to take the Every Child Counts challenge. More >>

Positive Parenting Better Than Physical Discipline

Tuesday, 26 July 2005, 1:46 pm | Save The Children

Save the Children said today it was encouraged by the results of a new survey by the Littlies Lobby which shows that over 90% of parents and caregivers believe praising their children and leading by example are far more effective ways of encouraging ... More >>

Team Shocked By Condition Of Niger’s Young

Friday, 22 July 2005, 4:41 pm | Save The Children

Save the Children’s emergency response to the food shortage crisis in Niger has found extremely high levels of malnutrition among children. More >>

World Banker to Head Asia:NZ

Monday, 20 June 2005, 9:23 am | Save The Children

John Austin, a New Zealander currently working as an Executive Director of the World Bank in Washington, has been appointed to succeed Christopher Butler as head of the Asia New Zealand Foundation. More >>

Save The Children 6-Month Tsunami Relief Report

Monday, 20 June 2005, 9:22 am | Save The Children

After six months of helping children and their families recover from one of the world’s worst natural disasters, Save the Children reported today that it has assisted 625,000 individuals, including more than 250,000 children impacted by the earthquake and ... More >>

Record Income For Save The Children New Zealand

Monday, 20 June 2005, 9:20 am | Save The Children

Save the Children New Zealand announced today a record income of over $10 million for 2004/05 at its 57th Annual General Meeting in Wellington. More >>

Save The Children NZ Director on Global Board

Wednesday, 1 June 2005, 4:19 pm | Save The Children

Eighteen years at the helm of Save the Children New Zealand has earned John Bowis a prestigious position on the Board of the International Save the Children Alliance. More >>

Budget Is Hit And Miss For Children

Friday, 20 May 2005, 10:14 am | Save The Children

Save the Children New Zealand had reserved applause for Finance Minister Michael Cullen today, welcoming the government’s steps toward addressing the best interests of children, but declaring further action was needed to honour New Zealand’s obligation ... More >>

Save The Children Response To Sumatra Earthquake

Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 4:27 pm | Save The Children

At 11:09pm on March 28, 2005, an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.7 on the Richter scale hit between the islands of Simeuleu and Nias off the west coast of Sumatra. Save the Children’s immediate response has focussed on the island of Simeulue, population ... More >>

New Zealand’s Child Poverty Levels Unacceptable

Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 10:51 am | Save The Children

Save the Children called on the New Zealand Government today to honour its responsibilities to children under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1, following the release of a UNICEF report which ranked New Zealand 4th worst on ... More >>

Save The Children NZ Winds Down Tsunami Appeal

Tuesday, 15 February 2005, 5:29 pm | Save The Children

Save the Children New Zealand today issued a thank you to all New Zealanders who had supported its tsunami appeal, declaring that further donations for children in tsunami-struck regions would no longer be actively sought. More >>

Have Confidence In Aid Agencies

Thursday, 13 January 2005, 9:50 am | Save The Children

The New Zealand public should have confidence in the professionalism of established aid agencies at times of immense humanitarian need, said Save the Children today. More >>

Team Save The Children Reaches Wellington

Thursday, 6 January 2005, 11:20 am | Save The Children

After a gruelling second leg characterised by wild winds, the perils of Cape Horn and an emergency rendezvous with the crew of Imagine It Done, Team Save the Children has sailed into Wellington in 8th place. More >>

60,000 Children Die In Tsunami

Tuesday, 4 January 2005, 11:00 am | Save The Children

Over 60,000 children have dies in the tragic tsunami and the death toll will continue to rise. Of the deaths, over half are believed to have occurred in Indonesia’s Aceh Province, where Save the Children has conducted development and relief programmes ... More >>