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Thursday, May 16, 2013, 4:06pm

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 4:32pm

The Jazz Apple Big Crunch has been successful in its bid to set a new world record for the most people eating an apple simultaneously!

“With the counting and validation process still proceeding and some schools yet to return their forms, at 1.53 this afternoon we were informed that we had passed the existing world record, with teachers confirming 10,613 pupils had bit into their apples at the... Read More

Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 9:36am

 
In March 2013, KidsCan Ambassador and Air NZ pilot, Mike Allsop completed 7 marathons in 7 days in 7 continents! He did this to challenge himself but also to raise funds for KidsCan, achieving a total of $25,000 which has since increased to $75,000 thanks to an extremely generous $50,000 donation from Hyundai.
Mike, who was a guest speaker at Hyundai’s recent launch of the new Santa Fe in Mt Cook, spoke about... Read More

Monday, April 29, 2013, 9:04am

Friday, April 26, 2013, 2:49pm

A simple “Get Brushing” message is behind a new partnership between KidsCan and New Zealand’s leading dental provider, Lumino The Dentists, which hopes to improve dental health in Kiwi children. 

Dental decay remains the most prevalent chronic (and irreversible) disease in New Zealand, and disparities still exist in oral health in New Zealand. Like many other health factors, children... Read More

Thursday, April 18, 2013, 11:12am

By Simon Collins - NZ Herald

Young New Zealanders are dropping out of school and work, and having babies at a greater rate than almost any other developed country. The latest Unicef league tables on child wellbeing, the first update since 2007, puts New Zealand near the bottom of the 35 developed countries on five out of the 11 measures where data are available. We are third-worst on the proportion of those aged 15... Read More

Thursday, April 11, 2013, 3:22pm

The Two Robbies and Anna  from 'The Breeze' came out to Takanini School to see first-hand how our raincoat distributions operate.

Check out the radio interview here.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 4:18pm