If you need help
Starting a family, or having a bigger family, can be hard
work.
Everyone needs a hand from time to time, so here are some
websites and organisations that can help you, if you need it.
Select a topic from the menu on the left or use the list below.
Parent support organisations such as Plunket, Barnardos, Mothers Matter and the Families Commission.
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Organisations that can help our children in the early stages of development.
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Early childhood education organisations
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Organisations that provide advice and assistance with income and budgets
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Organisations that have information for the prevention of accidents and injury
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Organisations that provide a variety of services such as Citizens Advice Bureau.
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Postnatal depression is a treatable illness that causes prolonged lowness, sad or angry emotion, tiredness, loss of enjoyment of life after the birth of a child. There are organisations that can help.
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Telephone support is available from a number of organisations to help on a range of topics.
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Organisations that provide support and information for dealing with violence in many situations.
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During 2010, we interviewed more than 40 participants every day.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
Growing Up in New Zealand train more than 50 interviewers to carry out more than 11,000 interviews each interview cycle.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
The first data collection wave collected more than 13.9 million pieces of data.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
The most usual languages spoken in the home after English are Samoan, Hindi, Tongan and Mandarin.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
The Growing Up mums were on average 30 years old when their babies were born.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
The Growing Up dads were on average 33 years old when their babies were born.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
Our interviewers drive over 200,000km each year to carry out the face-to-face interviews.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
The administration team makes over 30,000 phone calls a year to participants.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
A third of all children has at least one parent who was born overseas.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
