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NZ’s largest-ever health and wellbeing survey with tweens gets underway
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.
Provide feedback on how well New Zealand is protecting children's rights
Provide feedback on how New Zealand is doing at protecting children's rights.
Translating Growing Up evidence into change in the real world
Foundation Director, Professor Susan Morton, talks about how Growing Up in New Zealand research is translated into action to benefit child wellbeing in the real world.
Jin Russell: 'Let's have a conversation about child development'
Growing Up in New Zealand researcher, Dr Jin Russell, works at the coalface of children’s health and says poverty has a major effect on childhood development as well as contributing to illness.
Unmet mental health support for pregnant New Zealand women
The first-ever study to look at anti-depressant use and symptoms of depression in pregnant New Zealand women has identified unmet need for mental health support.
Babies not meeting infant feeding guidelines may be at greater risk for childhood obesity
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.