Cure Kids in the Media

Cure Kids works with the media to raise public awareness of the many life-threatening illnesses affecting our Kiwi kids and how vital it is to raise funds for research. Please click on the stories below to see our latest media releases and other news.

Recent Media Releases

• It's time for New Zealand to smile!
  This year's Cure Kids' Red Nose Day will give Kiwi's something to smile about, the much-loved national fundraiser is bigger than ever before 15 July, this year Red Nose Day will add much-needed colour and fun to our mid-winter days while making a life saving difference for Kiwi kids.

• Cure Kids research reveals mother's sleeping position may reduce the risk of stillbirth
  Cure Kids has funded first of its kind research which could revolutionise the prevention of stillbirth, bring hope to the hundreds of parents who have lost a baby, just when they expect to welcome a new life.

• Cure Kids Ticket to Hope 2011
  Fifteen children, suffering from a variety of life-threatening illnesses will travel from all over New Zealand to take part in one of Cure Kids’ most special events – Ticket to Hope.

• Cure Kids pledges to fund revolutionary treatment for Type-1 diabetes
  Cure Kids, along with U.S. based Children with Diabetes Foundation, have each pledged to provide US$140,000 to fund the final two patients in a Phase II clinical trial in New Zealand that has the potential to transform the treatment of Type 1 diabetes.

Other News

	Cast Your Vote and Help Support Cure Kids Cure Kids has been selected as the charity of choice for The Maggies, and will receive $1 for every $5 iSUBSCRIBE gift voucher used.
	Scholastic New Zealand Supporting Cure Kids Scholastic have come up with a fantastic joke book that will have both Kiwi kids and adults laughing for hours. With more than 500 hilarious jokes, pick one up today and put a smile on your face and warm your heart knowing that you are helping our Kiwi kids.
	Tackling Everest For Charity For his 60th birthday Ken Hardman is climbing Everest for Cure Kids. Read his incredible story and support his journey.
	Photokids Competition winners announced, nominations for 2012 now being accepted The annual Photokids Competition, now in its seventeenth year has raised over $360,000 towards life-threatening illnesses that affect children.
	We say farewell to a New Zealand icon, Shrek the Sheep Our beloved friend Shrek, New Zealand’s oldest and most famous sheep, has passed away at his home at Bendigo Station in Central Otago.