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kidshealth.org.nz
Our mission is to provide information about children's health for New Zealand parents and caregivers
Featured content
Well Child / Tamariki Ora services for under fives - free to all New Zealand children from birth to five years. They provide you with the knowledge and skills to respond to your child’s needs at the different stages of their development. Read more.
Safe sleep essentials for babies - every year in NZ, about 60 babies die suddenly in their sleep. Most deaths are preventable. Find out what you can do.
Shaken baby syndrome - the single most preventable cause of serious head injury in babies under one year of age in New Zealand. Read more.
Featured videos
New Zealand is currently experiencing a whooping cough epidemic. Health professionals talk about how severe whooping cough can be, particularly in young babies, and the importance of immunisation to protect them.
A baby with whooping cough in Starship's Intensive Care Unit. Watch all the videos in the whooping cough series.
Other videos: A parent's story - a post-birth diagnosis of Down syndrome; Breastfeeding; Cervical cancer immunisation; Cough free - the way to be
Enabling every family in NZ access to world leading child healthcare and experiences.