Thursday, 15 January 2009

Police have appealed for urgent help to find the parents of a two-year-old girl found wandering alone in Auckland today.

Whopping cough on rise in Auckland

Thursday, 15 January 2009

Parents are being urged to immunise their babies after a big rise in the number of cases of whooping cough in greater Auckland this summer.

Boy knocked unconscious in attack by three girls

Thursday, 15 January 2009

Two teenage girls have been arrested and a third is being sought after a vicious attack on a 16-year-old boy in Blenheim last night.

Study rubs out Vicks VapoRub

Wednesday, 14 January 2009

A popular home remedy for snotty kids, Vicks VapoRub, could actually be bad for young children, according to a new study.

Over two hours TV a day hurting kids - study

Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Researchers today warned of serious health risks for children with more than two hours daily television viewing - as New Zealand broadcasters said their average viewer last year watched for a record average of three hours and eight minutes a day.

Blood donor saves unborn baby

Wednesday, 14 January 2009

An Auckland man holidaying in Waipawa made the drive of a lifetime last week, just in time for staff at the Napier Donor Centre to put his rare blood on a plane to Auckland.

New arrival's name has hospital abuzz

Wednesday, 14 January 2009

By ALANAH MAY ERIKSEN

Three-day-old Zealand-New has no idea what all the fuss is about.

Girl, 12, drowns at Pakiri Beach

Tuesday, 13 January 2009

By EDWARD GAY

A 12 year-old girl has died after drowning at Pakiri Beach, north of Auckland.

Free morning-after pill advert under fire

Tuesday, 13 January 2009

By RUTH HILL

A radio campaign for free handouts of the morning-after pill is giving teens an excuse for unprotected sex and putting them at risk of sexually transmitted infections, critics say

Remedial reading methods 'outdated'

Tuesday, 13 January 2009

By JOHN HARTEVELT

A long tail of more than 70,000 New Zealand children are falling behind in reading.