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Jacinda Ardern replies to boy who gave budget advice on beds for sick kids 15 May, 2021 05:00 PM 4 minutes to read Cooper Sinclair wrote to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about funding beds at Starship's PICU ward. Photo / Dean Purcell Cooper Sinclair wrote to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about funding beds at Starship's PICU ward. Photo / Dean Purcell Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has responded to an 11-year-old boy's letter urging more Government support for Auckland's children's hospital, Starship. But the reply has left the kind-hearted boy with more questions than answers, while his moth...

South Africa headmaster charged for sending boy into pit toilet to retrieve phone 17 Mar, 2021 08:18 PM 2 minutes to read Pit latrines at a school in Ghoboshiyane, South Africa. A headmaster has been arrested and charged with child abuse after lowering an 11-year-old into a latrine to search for his cellphone. Photo / AP AP By: Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press A school headmaster in South Africa has been charged with child abuse after lowering an 11-year-old student into a pit toilet to search for the official's cellphone, according to local news reports. The headmaster of Luthuthu Junior S...

Covid 19 coronavirus: Global rise in childhood mental health issues 12 Mar, 2021 06:16 PM 6 minutes to read Other By the time his parents rushed him to the hospital, 11-year-old Pablo was barely eating and had stopped drinking entirely. Weakened by months of self-privation, his heart had slowed to a crawl and his kidneys were faltering. Medics injected him with fluids and fed him through a tube — first steps toward stitching together yet another child coming apart amid the tumult of the coronavirus crisis. For doctors who treat them, the pandemic's impact on the mental health of children is...

Reeve is Taupō's fastest kid on two superbike wheels 10 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read Reeve Lee, 11, has taken to motorbike road racing "like a duck to water". Photo / Supplied Taupō & Tūrangi Weekender Not many 11-year-olds are up for riding a road racing bike 130km/h on the back straight at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park. Meet Reeve Lee, the Taupō Intermediate Year 7 student who likes to go fast. This weekend Reeve is an entrant in the New Zealand superbike series at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, a rare achievement for someone his age. His father Andy Lee says Reeve has been arou...