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Warnings about immunisation prove more influential than positive messages

Negative messages about immunisation have a far greater impact on parents’ decision to delay vaccinations than encouraging information has on vaccinating children on time.

Alcohol and Pregnancy - Understanding the New Zealand context

It has been established that exposure to alcohol can be harmful to the unborn child. Yet about one in five mothers-to-be continue to consume alcohol.

One in eight pregnant women affected by depression

One in eight New Zealand women suffer from depression symptoms while pregnant, with Pacific and Asian women twice as likely to be affected.

Lead maternity carer system working for most New Zealand mothers

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.

New generation of New Zealand children are helping to keep te reo Māori alive

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.

Growing Up study suggests low social service use among vulnerable children

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.