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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.

Study highlights greater barriers for Māori and Pacific children to see a GP

Māori and Pacific children face more barriers to seeing a GP than other children and those who face barriers are twice as likely to be hospitalised.