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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
