'Suds for Bubs' - Westinghouse Makes Special Delivery to Multiple Birth Families
Triplets can be three times the fun, but also need three times the amount of clean laundry, as Rotoura parents Shannon Tweedie and Shane Harford have recently found out... more
Date Published 01 Mar 2007
Multiple Birth Awareness Week – 25 September – 1 October
Media Release

Survey shows today's parents of multiples are struggling to cope with the demands of newborn twins and triplets... more
Date Published 20 Sep 2006
Multiple Birth Awareness Week – 25 September – 1 October
Media Release

Survey shows today's parents of multiples are struggling to cope with the demands of newborn twins and triplets... more
Date Published 20 Sep 2006
Multiple Birth Awareness Week – 25 September – 1 October
New Zealand Multiple Birth Association
Multiple Birth Awareness Week – 25 September – 1 October 2006

Media Release

Survey shows today’s parents of multiples are struggling to cope with the demands of newborn twins and triplets... more
Date Published 20 Sep 2006
Winners of the third ‘Suds for Bubs’ - Westinghouse Direct Drive Top Load Washer
Eve Sun and Dean Rua’ are Henderson parents of recent triplets, and the third winners of New Zealand’s largest Direct Drive Top Load Washer in a new ‘Suds for Bubs’ initiative being run by major household appliance manufacturer Westinghouse appliances... more
Date Published 23 Aug 2006
Winners of the second ‘Suds for Bubs’ - Westinghouse Direct Drive Top Load Washer
Mrs Ram Giri Banga and Mr Satnam Banga, Hamilton parents of recent triplets, were the second winners of New Zealand’s largest Direct Drive Top Load Washer in a new ‘Suds for Bubs’ initiative being run by major household appliance manufacturer Westinghouse appliances... more
Date Published 23 Aug 2006
‘Suds for Bubs’ - Westinghouse Makes Special Delivery to Multiple Birth Families
Biddy McLeod, Gisborne mother of recent triplets, was the first winner of New Zealand’s largest Direct Drive Top Load Washer in a new 'Suds for Bubs' initiative being run by major household appliance manufacturer Westinghouse appliances... more
Date Published 21 Apr 2006
Multiple Birth Home Help Survey
In the early 1980’s, the NZMBA Executive at the time worked through the parliamentary system to improve the Home Help Scheme, which was initially offering Karitane for help six weeks from the time of the babies’ birth... more
Date Published 10 Apr 2006
About the New Zealand Multiple Birth Register
The New Zealand Multiple Birth Association (Inc) in conjunction with Massey University have created a register of multiple births in New Zealand i... more
Date Published 14 Nov 2005
Birth Order
One of the first questions that people often ask my twins is, "Who was born first?" This inquiry always annoys me, and it frustrates my daughters, as well... more
Date Published 18 Jun 2004
DNA Research - Non-identical Twins
Do you and your sister have Non-Identical Twins?

A major Australian medical research centre is looking for sisters who have given birth to non-identical twins (without the assistance of hormone or invitro-fertilisation treatment)... more
Date Published 31 Oct 2003
Diabetes Risk in Multiple Births - Study
You may have heard about our recent study which looked at the risk of twins developing diabetes in later life... more
Date Published 09 Jun 2003
Twins: Stephanie & Berenice's Story
Hi there! Our names are Stephanie and Berenice Barlow... more
Date Published 11 Mar 2003
Parents Know Their Twins Best - Let Them Decide!
Ashley and Dyland McGlashan are identical boys, perhaps even mirror twins, born 10th December 1995... more
Date Published 11 Mar 2003
Identical Twins and Other Siblings
I grew up in a family consisting of my parents, one brother and 5 sisters... more
Date Published 21 Feb 2003
Sixty Tiny Fingers, 60 Tiny Toes
Two sets of triplets keep two west Auckland mothers on the go from dawn to dusk... more
Date Published 21 Feb 2003
So Lucky to Have Them
We got married in February 2000 and decided not to wait too long before starting a family... more
Date Published 25 Oct 2002