Published: 7:17AM Sunday May 11, 2008
Source: Newstalk ZB
A study has found New Zealand is the fourth best country in the world to be a mother.
Humanitarian aid charity Save the Children has come up with the rankings, based on which countries are doing best reaching children with basic healthcare measures.
Executive Director John Bowis says Mother's Day is a chance to remind ourselves that while Mums here are reasonably well off, there are many others who are not.
He says a typical New Zealand mother can expect to live to be around 83 and have access to contraception. That is very different to what mothers can expect in places like Africa where life expectancy is just 45, and only 4% of women have access to contraception.
New Zealand ranks behind Sweden, Norway and Iceland.
Australia comes in at sixth, while the UK sits on 14th.
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