children

Expert Reactions | Published: 24 August 202627 August 2026

The government is introducing an Online Safety Bill to make social media companies verify user ages and assess their risks […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 19 September 2024

Children under 5 years old have a weaker immune response to COVID-19 compared with older children and adults, new research […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 February 2023

Children aged between six months and four years can now access a paediatric version of the Pfizer vaccine if they […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 18 March 202218 March 2022

Three in four New Zealand schools are dealing with active Covid-19 cases, and there has been a 40% rise in reported school infections […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 21 June 202122 June 2021

New Zealand’s medicines regulator has given the provisional tick for kids as young as 12 to get the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 06 November 2020

A worldwide study of children aged 5-19 years found that kids in New Zealand are gaining more weight, and becoming […]

In the News | Published: 09 February 201703 August 2018

A new study from the University of Auckland-based Liggins Institute has found that children and teenagers struggling with weight issues […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 13 December 201611 April 2018

US researchers using data from Dunedin’s longitudinal study say it is possible to predict in early childhood the segment of […]

In the News | Published: 19 September 201611 April 2018

Researchers at the University of Auckland studying obese Kiwi kids have found early warning signs that the children are at […]

In the News | Published: 09 September 201611 April 2018

Researchers at the University of Auckland say New Zealand should adopt stricter criteria to stop the advertising of unhealthy foods […]