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NZ police officer delivers baby on the roadside

January 28, 2010 by Shawn Douglas  
Filed under News

A NZ police officer came to the aid of a pregnant woman on the way to the hospital, delivering her baby on the roadside.
Constable Tanya Davarle of Te Kopuru, Northland, NZ had learned a lot while attending Royal New Zealand Police College, but she wasn’t taught anything about delivering babies. She was soon going to [...]

NZ supermarkets ration baby formula due to Chinese buyers

January 15, 2010 by Shawn Douglas  
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New Zealand supermarkets are rationing baby formula due to Chinese-New Zealanders buying it in bulk and selling it online to worried parents in China.
Chinese living in New Zealand have been selling baby formula online to Chinese citizens for months, taking advantage of widespread fears of contaminated formula in China.
Many people in China are still wary [...]

Long term relationships = Healthier Babies new study finds

November 14, 2009 by Baby Chums  
Filed under Baby Health, News, Pregnancy

Scientists from Auckland University in New Zealand suggest that women in long term relationships have healthier pregnancies and births, they were also less likely to suffer high blood pressure during pregnancy and less likely to birth,”petit” or undersized babies.
New Research suggests that women who had exclusively slept with a partner for at least six months [...]

Shark gives birth through bite in shock ‘Caesarean’

November 11, 2009 by Baby Chums  
Filed under News, Weird

Amazingly a shark birthed four shark pups through a gash in it’s side, caused by another shark’s bite. Mother and babies are doing fine.
The bite, caused by a fellow shark is a regular occurrence amongst sharks in the wild.
Following the rather unconventional delivery in New Zealand, visitors saw the injured shark and were the first [...]

Upset Teenager Trys To Sell Sexy Photos Of His Mother

July 8, 2009 by tanya  
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A teenager tried to sell some sexy photos of his mother after they had an argument.
The 18-year-old student from New Zealand opened an Internet auction for “five naked photos of my Mum”.
He was upset with his mother after she had demanded that he cleared the family garage and get rid of his unwanted things.
The boy, [...]

Mothercare pre-tax profits increase tenfold, back from the brink

May 22, 2009 by Baby Chums  
Filed under News, Product News

Mothercare was once so cash strapped that till money had to be used to pay the bills.
Former Disney executive Ben Gordon joins and Mothercare becomes a rare UK retail success story.
Earlier this week Mothercare announced that full-year pre-tax profits had increased tenfold to £42.2m from £4.5m the previous year. Sales rose by 6.9pc to £723.6m [...]

Passenger Abandons Baby On Plane After Giving Birth

March 19, 2009 by tanya  
Filed under News

New Zealand police are investigating reports that a passenger abandoned her baby minutes after giving birth during an international flight from Samoa.
It is unclear whether the mother tried to return for the newborn baby, which was discovered by crew members after the plane landed in Auckland.
The Pacific Blue airline told press “a female guest gave [...]