Plunket

Parents need not worry about keeping babies at a safe temperature if they follow easy guidelines, child care professionals say.

Arrowtown Plunket is in desperate need of new committee members and volunteers.

Plunket and the early childhood teacher union NZEI are backing the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months' Paid Leave) Amendment Bill that would extend paid parental leave from 14 weeks to six months, despite the Government's intention to kill it because of financial constraints.

Twenty-nine years ago, Oamaru woman Tristine Clark walked into Plunket in Tokarahi after the birth of her first son.

Arrowtown Plunket now has $10,566 to spend on a much needed upgrade of its outdoor play area, following its inaugural art auction "Collections from the Fridge Door to Gallery Wall" at Artbay Gallery, on Saturday night.

The announcement that there will be at least two women candidates for election as members of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board for the Otago district will, we believe, be regarded with a considerable amount of satisfaction

More than 450 people attended South Otago Plunket's inaugural Christmas market day recently, a turnout which thrilled organisers.