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Nearly 300 Hep A vaccines provided in Ashburton
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:54:09 +1200 | Canterbury District Health Board
An outbreak of Hepatitis A in Ashburton has led Canterbury health officials to reissue advice on the importance of thorough hand washing. More >>
Statement At UNICEF Executive Board Annual Session Meeting
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:34:01 +1200 | US State Department
U .S. Mission to the United Nations: Statement At the UNICEF Executive Board Annual Session Meeting More >>
Syrian Mass Exodus Refugee Crisis
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:29:51 +1200 | Save The Children
Children are dying by the roadside as growing numbers of desperate families flee Syria’s bloody civil war, refugees have told Save the Children. More >>
Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:17:32 +1200 | Bridget Williams Books
Fast growing inequality is one of the most important issues confronting New Zealand today. • Once known as an egalitarian society, New Zealand has seen inequality increasing more rapidly than almost anywhere else in the developed world. • International ...More >>
Gifted Kids Tamaki presents “Young and Gifted” performance
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:20:55 +1200 | Gifted Kids Programme
Gifted Kids Tamaki class are holding a performance titled “Young and Gifted” in order to help support Gifted Awareness Week that is taking place from 17th-23rd June.More >>
Maori Health Supports Tobacco-Free Early Childhood Centre
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:29:47 +1200 | Waikato District Health Board
Te Puna Oranga, Waikato District Health Board's Māori Health service, has celebrated another victory in the war against tobacco with a ceremony to honour Bright Stars Educare as the first early childhood centre in New Zealand to become Tupeka Kore ...More >>
Whooping Cough Epidemic in Northland Poses Risks for Babies
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:29:08 +1200 | Northland DHB
Whooping cough causes outbreaks in New Zealand every 3-5 years, partly as a result of historically low immunisation coverage. Whooping cough is a highly infectious bacterial infection spread by sneezing and coughing.More >>
Young viticulturists challenged to test themselves
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:53:34 +1200 | Hawke's Bay Winegrowers
Young viticulturists around the country are being challenged to step up and enter the annual competition to find their best and brightest to represent the sector in the national young horticulture competition later in the year.More >>
Importance of gifted education
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:24:11 +1200 | Gifted Kids Programme
Gifted Kids Rotorua class is supporting Gifted Awareness Week by creating their own gifted awareness projects to be shown on local websites. The projects will focus on giftedness and the issues surrounding being gifted as told by the students of ...More >>
BYATA’s Conference 2013 - Bleeding to Leading
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:06:41 +1200 | Backpacker Youth and Adventure Tourism Association
BYATA New Zealand, the Backpacker, Youth, Adventure Tourism Association, will be holding its annual conference in Auckland on September 10th and 11th at Auckland University of Technology.More >>
International experts to speak at National Arts Conference
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:53:31 +1200 | Creative New Zealand
Arts by, with, and for young people is the theme of Creative New Zealand’s sixth National Arts Conference. More >>
21st Century learning reference group announced
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:17:43 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye has today announced 14 members of a new reference group that will provide expert advice on 21st century learning environments and digital literacy in schools.More >>
Food in Schools is a start; now let’s deal with tough issues
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:20:44 +1200 | Choice Foundation
Following the announcement of the $9.5 million dollar government investment in the ‘Food For Schools’ programme, the Choice Foundation joins a growing list of children’s advocacy groups that have said that while the move is a step in the right direction, ...More >>
ACWNZ Praises Grossman Report Criticising Sex-ed
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:04:21 +1200 | Association of Catholic Women NZ
ACWNZ praises report: "Sexuality Education in New Zealand: A Critical Review", the work of United States psychiatrist Dr Miriam Grossman. More >>
Free Text Voting For 'The Vote' Poverty v Parenting
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:42:39 +1200 | Mediaworks
All voting will be free for tomorrow’s episode of TV3 national debate programme The Vote, which will debate the topic: ‘Our kids: The problem’s not poverty, it’s parenting.’ (Screening Wednesday 19 June, 8.30pm on TV3.)More >>
Get your geek on!
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:22:57 +1200 | The Biz Dojo
A new series of geeky kids' books will soon be hitting shelves around the world thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign from Auckland parents Andrew and Sarah Spear. More >>
Gifted Kids Presents Young and Gifted in South Auckland
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:05:10 +1200 | Gifted Kids Programme
To help celebrate Gifted Awareness Week Gifted Kids South Auckland classes are proud to present “Young and Gifted in South Auckland.” The mini documentary is an inside look at Gifted Kids lives in South Auckland.More >>
Wellington Youth Call For Public Transport Step Change
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:30:04 +1200 | Generation Zero
Youth climate change organisation Generation Zero has today welcomed the final report of the Wellington Public Transport Spine Study and says a step change solution is needed to maintain a vibrant and modern Wellington.More >>
Chch Children’s Photographs to be Exhibited Internationally
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:08:01 +1200 | UNICEF NZ
This week the voices of Christchurch children will take centre stage in the Philippines with the UNICEF NZ children’s photographic exhibition ‘Christchurch: See Through my Eyes’ on display at Yuchengco Museum in Manila.More >>
Terror Tactics Making Children More Vulnerable in Conflict
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:41:58 +1200 | UN News
The evolving nature and tactics of conflict are creating unprecedented threats for children, United Nations officials told the Security Council today, stressing that despite progress in protecting youngsters during war, dangerous new trends are making ...More >>
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