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Here is a list of newspaper articles. They are sorted by the following categories:

SIDS Research, SIDS Rates, Maori Child Health, Coroners, Maori Health, Tikanga Maori, Policy or All (for all articles). If you click on one of these links, it will 'jump' down to the heading on this same page.

SIDS Research

Title	Date	Source	Type
Maori, Pacific at health risk - report	27 NOV 2007	The Press	External webpage
Health of children in poor families - 'appalling'	27 NOV 2007	The Press	External webpage
Smoking, cot death no surprise says Plunket	15 OCT 2007	Stuff.co.nz	External webpage
Cot deaths lows since records began	6 OCT 2007	The Dominion Post	External webpage
Research backs cot death sleeping position	8 AUG 2007	Auckland City Harbour News	External webpage
Fall in infant deaths due to position - study	25 JUL 2007	NZ Herald.co.nz	PDF (29 KB)
Flax basket could lessen cot deaths	22 JUL 2007	Stuff.co.nz	PDF (134)
Babies 'smoke' when parents do	20 JUN 2007	Stuff.co.nz	PDF (70 KB)

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SIDS Rates

Title	Date	Source	Type
Baby boom - births highest since 1963	19 FEB 2008	The Dominion Post	External webpage
600 babies dying in NZ each year - study	1 NOV 2007	The Dominion Post	External webpage
Smoking, cot death no surprise says Plunket	15 OCT 2007	Stuff.co.nz	External webpage
Cot deaths lows since records began	6 OCT 2007	The Dominion Post	External webpage
SIDS rates lowest since records kept	5 OCT 2007	Stuff.co.nz	External webpage
Stillborn babies recalled	14 SEP 2007	The Press	External webpage
Fall in infant deaths due to position - study	25 JUL 2007	NZ Herald.co.nz	PDF (29 KB)
Babies 'smoke' when parents do	20 JUN 2007	Stuff.co.nz	PDF (70 KB)

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Maori Child Health

Title	Date	Source	Type
Complacency – SIDS Enemy No 1	Unknown	In house	PDF (74 KB)
Maori, Pacific at health risk - report	27 NOV 2007	The Press	External webpage
Health of children in poor families - 'appalling'	27 NOV 2007	The Press	External webpage
Baby smothered by dying mother	24 OCT 2007	The Press	External webpage
Smoking, cot death no surprise says Plunket	15 OCT 2007	Stuff.co.nz	External webpage
Stillborn babies recalled	14 SEP 2007	The Press	External webpage
Help unleash the potential of Maori students	6 JUL 2007	Scoop.co.nz	External webpage
Babies 'smoke' when parents do	20 JUN 2007	Stuff.co.nz	PDF (70 KB)
Health: Reaching “The Unreachable”	6 JUL 2007	Scoop.co.nz	External webpage
Mothers ignore baby safety advice due to head shape worries	19 MAR 2007	NZ Herald.co.nz	External webpage
Creating a brighter future	1 DEC 2003	Edgazette.govt.nz	External webpage

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Coroners

Title	Date	Source	Type
Coroner warns after baby dies in bed	20 FEB 2008	Waikato Times	External webpage
Health of children in poor families - 'appalling'	27 NOV 2007	The Press	External webpage
Stillborn babies recalled	14 SEP 2007	The Press	External webpage
New coroners appointed	6 JUN 2007	Scoop.co.nz	External webpage

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Maori Health

Title	Date	Source	Type
Complacency – SIDS Enemy No 1	Unknown	In house	PDF (74 KB)
Maori, Pacific at health risk - report	27 NOV 2007	The Press	External webpage
Health of children in poor families - 'appalling'	27 NOV 2007	The Press	External webpage
Research backs cot death sleeping position	8 AUG 2007	Auckland City Harbour News	External webpage
Flax basket could lessen cot deaths	22 JUL 2007	Stuff.co.nz	PDF (134)
Arsenic in Harakeke	7 JUL 2007	Unknown	PDF (37 KB)
Papaarangi Reid, Public Health Champion 2007	6 JUL 2007	Scoop.co.nz	External webpage
Help unleash the potential of Maori students	6 JUL 2007	Scoop.co.nz	External webpage
Health: Reaching “The Unreachable”	6 JUL 2007	Scoop.co.nz	External webpage
Leaving to Promote a Healthier Hawkes Bay	6 JAN 2007	Gisborne Herald	PDF (187 KB)
Funding boost for rural midwives	4 DEC 2006	Beehive.govt.nz	External webpage
Adult `cot death' link: Rotorua mother may have died from rare condition	26 AUG 2006	Rotorua Daily Post	PDF (19 KB)
Creating a brighter future	1 DEC 2003	Edgazette.govt.nz	External webpage

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Tikanga Maori

Title	Date	Source	Type
Complacency – SIDS Enemy No 1	Unknown	In house	PDF (74 KB)
Maori, Pacific at health risk - report	27 NOV 2007	The Press	External webpage
Fall in infant deaths due to position - study	25 JUL 2007	NZ Herald.co.nz	PDF (29 KB)
Flax basket could lessen cot deaths	22 JUL 2007	Stuff.co.nz	PDF (134)
Arsenic in Harakeke	7 JUL 2007	Unknown	PDF (37 KB)
Papaarangi Reid, Public Health Champion 2007	6 JUL 2007	Scoop.co.nz	External webpage
Help unleash the potential of Maori students	6 JUL 2007	Scoop.co.nz	External webpage
Health: Reaching “The Unreachable”	6 JUL 2007	Scoop.co.nz	External webpage
Leaving to Promote a Healthier Hawkes Bay	6 JAN 2007	Gisborne Herald	PDF (187 KB)
Creating a brighter future	1 DEC 2003	Edgazette.govt.nz	External webpage

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Policy

Title	Date	Source	Type
Minister queried on lack of cots	5 SEP 2007	The Press	External webpage
Funding boost for rural midwives	4 DEC 2006	Beehive.govt.nz	External webpage

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All Articles

Title	Date	Source	Type
Complacency – SIDS Enemy No 1	Unknown	In house	PDF (74 KB)
Showjumper mourned after adult cot death	17 MAR 2008	The Dominion Post	External webpage
Coroner warns after baby dies in bed	20 FEB 2008	Waikato Times	External webpage
Baby boom - births highest since 1963	19 FEB 2008	The Dominion Post	External webpage
Maori, Pacific at health risk - report	27 NOV 2007	The Press	External webpage
Health of children in poor families - 'appalling'	27 NOV 2007	The Press	External webpage
600 babies dying in NZ each year - study	1 NOV 2007	The Dominion Post	External webpage
Baby smothered by dying mother	24 OCT 2007	The Press	External webpage
Smoking, cot death no surprise says Plunket	15 OCT 2007	Stuff.co.nz	External webpage
Cot deaths lows since records began	6 OCT 2007	The Dominion Post	External webpage
Title	Date	Source	Type
SIDS rates lowest since records kept	5 OCT 2007	Stuff.co.nz	External webpage
Stillborn babies recalled	14 SEP 2007	The Press	External webpage
Minister queried on lack of cots	5 SEP 2007	The Press	External webpage
Research backs cot death sleeping position	8 AUG 2007	Auckland City Harbour News	External webpage
Fall in infant deaths due to position - study	25 JUL 2007	NZ Herald.co.nz	PDF (29 KB)
Flax basket could lessen cot deaths	22 JUL 2007	Stuff.co.nz	PDF (134)
Arsenic in Harakeke	7 JUL 2007	Unknown	PDF (37 KB)
Papaarangi Reid, Public Health Champion 2007	6 JUL 2007	Scoop.co.nz	External webpage
Help unleash the potential of Maori students	6 JUL 2007	Scoop.co.nz	External webpage
Babies 'smoke' when parents do	20 JUN 2007	Stuff.co.nz	PDF (70 KB)
Title	Date	Source	Type
Health: Reaching “The Unreachable”	6 JUL 2007	Scoop.co.nz	External webpage
New coroners appointed	6 JUN 2007	Scoop.co.nz	External webpage
Mothers ignore baby safety advice due to head shape worries	19 MAR 2007	NZ Herald.co.nz	External webpage
Leaving to Promote a Healthier Hawkes Bay	6 JAN 2007	Gisborne Herald	PDF (187 KB)
Funding boost for rural midwives	4 DEC 2006	Beehive.govt.nz	External webpage
Adult `cot death' link: Rotorua mother may have died from rare condition	26 AUG 2006	Rotorua Daily Post	PDF (19 KB)
Creating a brighter future	1 DEC 2003	Edgazette.govt.nz	External webpage

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