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Baby's fast arrival meant Southland primary unit couldn't be reached.

The cost of non-resident births in New Zealand is more than $3.17 million over five years.

Counties Manukau DHB says many women need to give birth at hospital, not a birthing unit.

The teenage birth rate has dropped to 16 births per 1000 women aged 15 to 19.

New rules come into effect before more overarching self-identification rules are made law.

Here are ten of the more unusual mothers and babies from around the world - and the numbers that make them so rare.

As Beck Vass gives births, she worries she'll come out with a little "Slayer". Here's why.

Mum-to-be shares her thoughts on her own and other famous Kiwi births this year.

Cases such as Phillip Smith's flight from New Zealand on an allegedly unlawfully obtained passport are not behind a review of how public records are accessed, officials say.

The Department of Internal Affairs is reviewing the way people access Births, Deaths and Marriages records.