Children

Berhampore suburb in Wellington has achieved a lot of firsts. Berhampore was the first community in New Zealand to build social housing blocks. The suburb was also ground central for the 1981… Audio, Gallery

Save the Children nutrition advisor on assignment in the Ukraine and challenged with providing decent food to children and families in areas under stress from civil war. Audio

New Zealand composer and songwriter living in Sydney, whose group The Umbrellas celebrated their 30th anniversary recently. He has been the pianist and musical director on ABC-TV's PlaySchool since… Audio

New Zealand has plenty of design talent and no shortage of innovative ideas, but what opportunities exist for our emerging designers, especially in the area of textiles? Sonia Sly headed to Massey… Audio, Gallery

Jimmy Pham and Lisa King are the brains behind 'Eat My Lunch'. Audio

Antenatal depression affects at least one in eight mothers according to research undertaken by Auckland University's, 'Growing up in New Zealand' study, while other research suggests that one in six… Video, Audio

China has finally done away with its much hated one-child policy that's been around since 1979. Audio

Twelve-year-old Thomas Frith who has an IQ higher than Einstein and Stephen Hawking, has read everything from Ulysses to Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century,  plays the piano, cello, trombone… Audio

As the incidence of insulin-dependent Type One diabetes grows, New Zealand's ability to cope appears to be getting worse. Audio

New Zealand photographer, Rachael Hale McKenna has built a career around capturing the essence of childhood through portrait photography and she also is adept at getting wonderful shots of animals… Audio, Gallery

International Panda expert Dr Edith MacDonald is looking at whether Wellington Zoo can viably support giant panda bears, while educating children around the country on conservation. Lynda… Audio, Gallery

As the rules for advertising products to children come up for review, Mediawatch looks at what advertisers are currently allowed to do and asks why change may be afoot. Audio

Puppets are more than simply child's play, according to Jim Richards and Bridgette Murphy who work with community groups, schools and organisations around New Zealand making giant puppets and other… Audio

Australian doctors are refusing to allow the children of asylum seekers to be sent back to detention after being discharged from the Royal Victoria Children's Hospital. Right now there are 93 children… Audio

A new survey into how our kids play, shows that what's known as 'bubble wrapping' or 'wrapping your kids in cottonwool' can have major consequences for their development. The nationwide State of Play… Audio

For babies born into the Islamic faith, azaan is the prayer whispered into baby's ears by the father just after birth. Lynda Chanwai-Earle is in Hawkes Bay following Rizwanna Latiff on the job, a… Audio, Gallery

Australian children's book author and comedy writer whose books include The Day My Bum Went Psycho, and the Just! series with illustrator Terry Denton. His latest series with Denton started in 2011… Audio