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Wahakura - a woven cradle to save babies' lives
12 Nov 2020
The 2020 Tahunui-A-Rangi Award goes to David Tipene Leach for the wahakura, a woven bassinet to address the problem of sudden unexpected death in infancy. Audio
Our Changing World for 12 November 2020
12 Nov 2020
The invention of a woven bassinet to save babies' lives & a geneticist seeking to understand plants & animals have won awards at the 2020 Research Honours Aotearoa. Audio
Discouraging co-sleeping criticised as Eurocentric
17 Jul 2016
The Ministry of Health is ignoring cultural needs by not funding sleeping pods for the babies of at-risk families, says the Māori Women's Welfare League.
Katherine Clarke - Whakawhetu: Helping Our Most Vulnerable
17 Apr 2016
New Zealand has a policy that all babies should have ten free visits in their first year of life - but worrying new statistics show that 6.7% of babies have not received a single visit from either a… Audio