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Animations By KidsHealth

Explore the collection of KidsHealth animations covering common child health topics like colds, asthma, constipation and fever. The animations can help support you to better understand what’s happening for your child and when you might need to seek medical help. Many of the animations are also available in te reo Māori, Samoan, and Tongan.

Animations By KidsHealth

An illustration of a family sitting together at the dining table enjoying a meal. A mother, father, and young daughter are eating dinner that includes vegetables, salad, and water. The setting is a modern kitchen, and the family members look relaxed and happy.

Healthy Eating

Healthy eating helps children and young people grow, learn and feel well. Learn about food groups, serving sizes, drink choices, and healthy snack and meal ideas for your whānau.

Healthy Eating For Children & Young People 
Food Groups & Serving Sizes For Children
Drink Choices For Children
Healthy Snack & Meal Ideas For Children

Adult and child preparing food together in a kitchen. The adult is cutting melon while the child eats a piece of fruit, showing a positive family mealtime and healthy eating.

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  • Cartoon illustration of an anxious mother sitting on a pink couch holding a baby, next to a sick young girl lying under a blanket with a blue bucket on the floor nearby.

    Dehydration In Babies & Children
    Dehydration can happen when your child loses fluid faster than they replace it. Learn more about the symptoms of dehydration and when to get help.
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  • Illustration showing a concerned father holding an unwell young child and a mother on the phone on the left, separated by a diagonal line from a smiling female healthcare professional with a stethoscope on the right.

    Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease In Children
    If your child has hand, foot and mouth disease, keep them at home if they are unwell or have blisters.
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  • Illustration of a child sitting on an adult’s lap while a doctor talks to them in a clinic room.

    Ear Infections In Children
    Ear infections are very common in young tamariki (children) and can cause ear pain, fever and hearing issues. See a health professional if you think your child may have an ear infection.
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  • Stillshot from an animation about whooping cough immunisation

    Whooping Cough Vaccination
    Whooping cough can make pēpi (babies) very sick and some pēpi can die. Having whooping cough immunisation in pregnancy protects pēpi in their first weeks of life. Start vaccinating pēpi the day they turn 6 weeks old to keep protecting them.
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  • Stillshot from an animation about measles showing a child with measles

    Measles Vaccination
    Protect tamariki (children) against measles. It can be very dangerous and spreads faster than almost any other illness. Vaccination is the best protection against measles.
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  • An illustration showing two families. On the left, a man, woman, and young girl stand together. On the right, a couple hold a baby in a front carrier. The background is divided with warm yellow and blue tones, giving the image a bright, friendly feel.

    Meningococcal B Disease Vaccination
    Pēpi (babies) and tamariki (children) can get free protection from meningococcal B disease with the MenB (Bexsero) vaccine.
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