Bounce

A youth-led project developed by the New Zealand Red Cross which provides information on how to live well.

Brainwave

A charitable trust which highlights the importance of brain development in the early years of life.

Child Poverty Monitor

An annual report on the relationship between child health and socio-economic status.

Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee

This site provides reports and data on child and youth deaths.

Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Unit

Information about the Dunedin Study – a longitudinal study of a cohort of people born in 1972 that includes a wide range of information about child and youth health and family health.

Evolve

A Wellington youth health service that includes general, sexual and mental healthcare, counselling, social support, and youth development activities and groups.

KidsHealth

A health information site created by Starship Foundation and the Paediatric Society of New Zealand.

Ministry of Health – child and youth health data and stats

Statistical publications and data sets on child and youth health.

The Lowdown

A site to help young people deal with depression.

Stand Tū Māia

A charity which provides a range of social services for children, including therapeutic care and education in children's villages.

Youthline

A teen crisis helpline that provides peer support for young people.

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Bryder, Linda. A voice for mothers: the Plunket Society and infant welfare 1907–2000. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2003.

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New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service. The health of Pacific children and young people in New Zealand. Dunedin. University of Otago, 2008. PDF

New Zealand Mortality Review Data Group. Child and youth mortality review committee: 13th data report 2012–16. Dunedin: University of Otago, 2018. PDF

Public Health Advisory Committee. The best start in life: achieving effective action on child health and wellbeing. Wellington: Ministry of Health, 2010.

Simpson J. and others. Te ohonga ake: the health status of Māori children and young people in New Zealand series two. Dunedin: University of Otago, 2017. PDF

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