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Meet the Researcher – Dr Naomi Simmonds

Meet the Researcher – Dr Naomi Simmonds

by michelecrawshaw | Mar 3, 2022 | Media release, Meet the Researcher

Dr Naomi Simmonds is co-lead on A Better Start’s Kaupapa Māori project Raranga Raranga Taku Takapau: Hapū Ora for Tamariki. She talks about her wish for this year, the best piece of advice her mother gave her, and the best book she has read recently. Can you tell us a...
Announcing our new Pasifika Strategy theme leader

Announcing our new Pasifika Strategy theme leader

by michelecrawshaw | Feb 23, 2022 | Media release, Science theme leader

A Better Start National Science Challenge is very pleased to announce Associate Professor Tupa’ilevaililigi Riz Firestone as its new Pasifika Strategy theme leader. Associate Professor Firestone is a senior researcher at the Research Centre for Hauora and Health at...
$1M research project to improve Pasifika child health

$1M research project to improve Pasifika child health

by michelecrawshaw | Feb 23, 2022 | Grants & Funding, Media release

A major research project aimed at the prevention of obesity, prediabetes and poor dental health among Pacific children has been awarded $1 million in funding from A Better Start National Science Challenge. The two-year project, which gets underway shortly, will be led...
Young adults with autism less likely to be charged with crimes – RNZ interview

Young adults with autism less likely to be charged with crimes – RNZ interview

by michelecrawshaw | Feb 9, 2022 | Big Data, Media release

Dr Nick Bowden talks to Radio New Zealand’s Nine To Noon programme about a new study, funded by A Better Start National Science Challenge, which looks at how young people with autism are treated by the criminal justice system. LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW HERE Researchers...
Autism and the criminal justice system

Autism and the criminal justice system

by michelecrawshaw | Jan 27, 2022 | Big Data, Media release

Young adults with autism are 39 per cent less likely to be charged with crimes than non-autistic people, but those who are charged are more likely to face tougher punishment, a study funded by A Better Start has found. Researchers tracked about 150,000 people born in...
Our top 3 recent webinars; plus our upcoming 2022 webinar series

Our top 3 recent webinars; plus our upcoming 2022 webinar series

by michelecrawshaw | Jan 26, 2022 | Media release, Webinars

Just in case you missed our most popular webinars from our 2021 series, here they are for you. Discover the latest research and data on: Infant Sleep Rethinking Screen Time – the impact of Covid-19 on children’s learning  Children, Infants and the Covid-19...
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