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![Parental leave costs queried](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Parental leave costs queried
Major discrepancies in the cost of extending paid parental leave from 14 weeks to six months have emerged at the select committee examining the bill.
![MP seeks big adoption changes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
MP seeks big adoption changes
A Green MP says his bill to reform adoption law is much broader than gay adoption and will provide a much needed overhaul, including open adoptions.
![Editorial: Child custody cash rethink](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Editorial: Child custody cash rethink
If child-support payments were made directly to the household, not the state, non-custodial parents would be more likely to meet their responsibilities.
![Childbirth is no parking ticket excuse](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Childbirth is no parking ticket excuse
The Dunedin City Council is taking a tougher stance over waiving parking tickets for maternity patients, a move which has upset some Dunedin midwives.
![Fitness challenge: Fit mums stroller boot camp](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fitness challenge: Fit mums stroller boot camp
Each week intrepid reporter Rachel Grunwell will try out a new form of exercise to bring you the lowdown.
![Rodney Hide: The wonder of human evolution dawns on Dad](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rodney Hide: The wonder of human evolution dawns on Dad
I didn't know it was possible to drive this slow. I crept home from the hospital at 30km/h, both hands tightly gripping the wheel, my eyes fixed on the road, writes Rodney Hide.
![Dita De Boni: When it's kids or career](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dita De Boni: When it's kids or career
Glass ceiling will stay unless firms find new ways for parents to work.
![Reducing the hospital death rate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Reducing the hospital death rate
Waikato District Health Board leaders do not hide from their hospitals' unenviable status as having one of the highest death rates in the country.
![Family join burned toddler at hospital](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Family join burned toddler at hospital
The little Martinborough girl who was severely burned at her home last week has been joined by the rest of her family at her hospital bedside in Auckland.
![Twins pose an extra hurdle](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Twins pose an extra hurdle
The birth of Anna Paquin's twins this week has highlighted the health and social challenges of multiple births.
![Surviving daughter fights for life](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Surviving daughter fights for life
A family who lost one 3-year-old girl to illness a month ago were watching her twin sister fight for her life last night after a fire accident.
![Success: Just the formula to bring up baby](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Success: Just the formula to bring up baby
In six years, childcare company has gone from part-time venture to 35 staff.