Search results for parenting

  • PlunketLine

    Found in Health / Free health services for children / PlunketLine

    Phone 0800 933 922 to get advice about child health and parenting.

  • While you’re pregnant

    Found in Family and whānau / Having a baby / While you’re pregnant

    Choose a midwife and find out about who can get maternity care, paid parental leave, antenatal classes, health tests and parenting support.

  • Finding your birth parents

    Found in Family and whānau / Adoption and fostering / Finding your birth parents

    If you were born in NZ and you're adopted, once you turn 20 you can request your original birth certificate, and any information about your adoption records held by Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children.

  • Youth benefits

    Found in Family and whānau / Financial help for your family / Youth benefits

    Payments for young people aged 16 or 17 who cannot live with their parents, and for young parents aged 16 to 19.

  • Help for children with behaviour problems

    Found in Education / Learning support (special education) / Help for children with behaviour problems

    Programmes for schools, teachers and parents to help children with behaviour and learning problems.

  • Child support

    Found in Family and whānau / Separating or getting divorced / Child support

    Child support is paid by parents who do not live with their children, or who share care of their children with someone else.

  • Taking parental leave

    Found in Work / Parental leave / Taking parental leave

    As well as maternity and paternity leave, there are other leave options for eligible parents and carers. You may be able to get parental leave payments from the government.

  • Whāngai

    Found in Family and whānau / Adoption and fostering / Whāngai

    Whāngai is the Māori tradition of children being raised by someone other than their birth parents — usually a relative.

  • Fostering a child (caregiving)

    Found in Family and whānau / Adoption and fostering / Fostering a child (caregiving)

    Foster parents (caregivers) look after children in many ways, from short-term or emergency care, to long-term or permanent arrangements.

  • NZ citizenship if you are adopted

    Found in Passports, citizenship and identity / New Zealand citizenship / NZ citizenship if you are adopted

    If you were born and adopted in New Zealand you are likely to be a New Zealand citizen. If you were born or adopted outside New Zealand, you might be a citizen — if not, you may be able to apply to become one.

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