Delivering his own baby in the back of an ambulance during a late night shift wasn't part of the plan for St John officer Mike France.

A father-to-be found himself half naked on the Rolleston railway station platform waiting for a special arrival - his new baby.

New Zealand researchers hope to greatly improve the efficiency of making babies in the laboratory by developing an accurate egg test.

Marketers and merchandisers are getting better at exploiting the uniquely vulnerable creature that is the new parent.

Extending paid parental leave to six months may lead to employers discriminating against women of child-bearing age, Business NZ says.

A couple who struggled through years of infertility, including seven miscarriages and four rounds of IVF, have developed a supplement they claim will "turbo charge" sperm.

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.

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.

If child-support payments were made directly to the household, not the state, non-custodial parents would be more likely to meet their responsibilities.

The Dunedin City Council is taking a tougher stance over waiving parking tickets for maternity patients, a move which has upset some Dunedin midwives.

Each week intrepid reporter Rachel Grunwell will try out a new form of exercise to bring you the lowdown.

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.

Glass ceiling will stay unless firms find new ways for parents to work.

Waikato District Health Board leaders do not hide from their hospitals' unenviable status as having one of the highest death rates in the country.

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.

The birth of Anna Paquin's twins this week has highlighted the health and social challenges of multiple births.

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.

In six years, childcare company has gone from part-time venture to 35 staff.