Retailer has stopped selling the Babyco Dreamtime bassinet while it investigates.

A child playing with a lighter is believed to have started the fire that destroyed a house in Otumoetai yesterday. The fire service

The kids at Onekawa Plunket are the latest victim, as the rate of crime grows across the Eastern Policing District. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A raft of changes to safety rules for swimming pools will save lives, the Government says - but some are not convinced.

Parents are shelling out for sleep consultants despite warnings of the impact on babies.

A decline in the number of parents hiring car seats from Plunket for their newborns has prompted the child welfare charity to start phasing out the service.

Almost 7 per cent of children under 5 are not properly restrained in cars, a survey shows, and police say more could be done to ensure children are safe.

Auckland's grip on the Plunket Shield looks shaky halfway through the third round matches.

A woman found not guilty of manslaughter after her unattended son drowned in a bath wants other parents to learn about the way young children drown.

The lawyer for a mother who left her baby alone in the bath to drown says she shouldn't be 'criminalised' because she bears the burden of her actions.

New mothers who believe there is a lack of support from traditional postnatal service providers such as Plunket are calling for changes to match their evolving choices.

A woman has been convicted of giving cannabis to her 3-month old baby through her breast milk, in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in New Zealand.

Two views on the Government's decision to require social welfare beneficiaries with little children to arrange for them to attend preschool education centres from July next year.

Increasing the minimum wage and paid parental leave to a minimum of 18 weeks are recommended in a report on how New Zealand can improve the quality of life for children.

Labour's leader hints at what's beneath his calm exterior: 'You don't wear your guns on the outside'