Children
Children need better definitions of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ screen time
Analysis - The pandemic has fundamentally altered every part of our lives and the increasingly blurred line between recreational and educational screen time presents new challenges.
Covid-19: Pfizer submits to FDA for child vaccines
To the US, Drug company Pfizer has submitted an emergency request for the authorisation of its Covid-19 vaccine for use in children aged from five to 11.
The Food and Drug Administration has promised… Audio
Parenting with Nathan Wallis - coping with lockdown effects on children's routines
Neuroplasticity educator and parenting expert, Nathan Wallis talks to Kathryn about Covid lockdowns and getting children back to a normal routine and dealing with the anxiety of going back to school… Audio
Facebook whistleblower unites congress
American whistleblower Frances Haugen's Facebook revealations led to a somewhat united Congress yesterday. Her testimony about Facebook's impact on children could propel Republicans and Democrats to… Audio
Covid-19: Any risk for kids returning to school likely to come from adults
Auckland's winding road to an eventual relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions, and a reopening, is worrying some parents.
Schools are tentatively able to open their doors on 18 October, but that comes… Audio
Covid-19: Auckland school reopening plans worry teachers
A teacher backlash is building over government plans to reopen Auckland's classrooms after the school holidays.
Union leaders have told RNZ their Auckland members are astonished they could be back in… Audio
Mandatory vaccinations being considered for schools
Mandatory vaccinations are among the options up for consideration before Auckland's schools re-open on October the 18th, after the school holidays.
That date's just a pencil booking for now, pending… Audio
16 year old's support Electoral Law review into voting age
Should 16 year olds get to vote?
That's one of the questions that a new major review into Aotearoa's electoral system will consider.
Minister of Justice Kris Faafoi said that the review will… Audio
Covid-19: Not much room for more kids in Auckland ECEs
Auckland's early childhood education centres were initially excited by the news they can reopen to all tamariki from until they figured out they're not allowed to bring in any more kids.
Centres must… Audio
Early Childhood Council: ECE's are full to capacity
Part of the government's easing of restrictions in Auckland announced yesterday is reopening early childhood education centres. From tomorrow young children will be able to go back to their ECE but… Audio
Covid-19: School holiday plans scuppered for Waikato families
School holidays plans have been scuppered for many families in Waikato as part of the region bounces up into level 3.
Clinical Psychologist Dougal Sutherland from Victoria University of Wellington… Audio
ACC to spend $44.9 million on sexual violence prevention
ACC is spending nearly 45 million dollars on a bid to prevent sexual violence, including $11.7 million for kaupapa Māori approaches.
Whitcoulls' Top 50 children's books for the school holidays
Whitcoulls' book manager Joan Mackenzie talks to Jesse about the Whitcoulls' Top 50 kids books, as chosen by kids. Audio
Marokopa community shocked family found safe and well
Relief has flooded through the Marokopa and Kiritehere communities now that Thomas Phillips and his three children have returned home alive and well.
Phillips and eight year old Jayda Jin, six year… Audio
Thomas Phillips search: Update from Otorohanga
Thomas Phillips, who miraculously walked out the bush with his three children yesterday, has apologised to his sister for putting the family through a 17-day ordeal.
Thomas and his three young… Audio
Astonishment after Phillips family returns home
Thomas Phillips, who miraculously walked out the bush with his three children yesterday, has apologised to his sister for putting the family through a 17-day ordeal.
Thomas and his three young… Audio
Phillips children's safety front of mind for locals
The safety of the Thomas Phillips' children was front of mind in the local community over the past few weeks until their sudden return - alive and well - yesterday.
Before turning up at the family… Audio
King Country residents relieved Phillips family returned
There's relief in the small King Country settlement of Kiritehere.
On Thursday Thomas Phillips and his three children turned up alive and well at their family's farmhouse in nearby Marokopa after… Audio
Parenting: how are students faring under covid restrictions?
New research from Massey University and New Zealand Council for Educational Research on learning from home shows children are experiencing some rich learning, while the Educational Review Office’s… Audio
Māori leaders on new Oranga Tamariki report
A new report finds Oranga Tamariki is not fit for purpose - and lacks vision and strategy.
However, the same report has also been criticised for not going far enough to prompt the needed… Audio
