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'Mindset change' cuts benefit roll
A single parents' group says "a complete change of mindset" has helped reduce the number of people on the sole parent benefit to the lowest level in more than 20 years.
A single parents' group says "a complete change of mindset" has helped reduce the number of people on the sole parent benefit to the lowest level in more than 20 years.
The Waikato District Health Board has lifted its ban on women having their labours and births photographed professionally - provided no intervention is required.
An Italian woman having IVF treatment is carrying twins that are not her own following an apparent hospital mix-up.
Paul and Angela Ashcroft were on a plane, flying somewhere over Australia, when their twin daughters Nicole and Peta were born.
Fertility Associates, the country's largest fertility services provider, has opened its first clinic in Malaysia.
The height and weight of pregnant women is commonly misreported when they book in for maternity care, putting them and their babies at risk, research shows.
A rural doctor has been found guilty of professional misconduct for giving women drugs to induce abortions.
A genetic test that can predict menopause - allowing women to better plan when to start a family - could be available within five years.
Parents of stillborn babies have been banned from allowing volunteers who provide keepsakes of the children into Waikato Hospital as part of tightened building access.
Many Kiwi couples trying to conceive are ignorant of the risks to their fertility through delayed childbearing, smoking, alcohol and being overweight, research shows.
Michael Laws appears set to become a dad again at the age of 56.
A fiercely anti-abortion lobby group is putting pressure on the National Party not to select an experienced doctor whose job has involved authorising and performing abortions.
Brody Sheppard is doing what any newborn should, even though his due date is not for another three weeks.
A New Zealand academic says the authors of a study suggesting male circumcision has major health benefits have confused cleanliness with godliness.
Researchers tested the increasingly popular theory that probiotics effectively soothe babies with the poorly understood condition.
Family and friends commented on what beautiful skin Elliott Gulliver had when she was born - unaware of the jaundice her olive skin was masking.
I was a teenager when I had an abortion. No woman should ever have to reveal that to anyone for any reason.
Inactive mothers may be preventing their children getting enough exercise by setting a bad example, a study suggests.
Too much stress can lead to infertility in women, a study has shown for the first time.
The bodies of thousands of aborted and miscarried babies were incinerated as clinical waste, with some used to heat Britain's hospitals, an investigation has found.
Australian actor Chris Hemsworth and his wife are celebrating the arrival of twin baby boys in Los Angeles, a spokesman for the Thor star said on Friday.
A leading nutritionist has responded to a boasting post-baby Aja Rock with a warning - women should ignore unrealistic "Hollywood" pressure to look trim after giving birth.
This is Anna Guy bringing home her new baby girl. Guy this week gave birth to her first child with new partner Brent Jameson, 32, a marketing executive.
Colombia's most obese baby - who weighs the same as a six-year-old child - has been "rescued" by a charity so he can undergo life-saving treatment.
Shayle Pilcher admits to having slept in the same bed with at least one of her babies - by accident and through sheer exhaustion.
When Zayn Topperwien was born, his parents, Ryan and Keri, were overjoyed - but the emotion was bittersweet.
They were born 60 seconds apart, but 3-year-old Finn Dale towers over his twin brother Toby.
Children whose mothers used P while pregnant find it harder to learn to walk, draw and grasp objects, according to new findings.
Shannon Weir has been inundated with support and generosity after having her car stolen while going through a traumatic birth.