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A heavy demand for sperm by growing numbers of single women and lesbian couples has pushed a nationwide fertility clinic to begin a recruitment drive described as groovy, quirky ... and a little bit controversial.

It is nearly the beginning of a new year in the Chinese calendar, and superstitious Chinese all over the world are getting clucky.

A Paterangi toddler is about to get the biggest Christmas surprise ever.   On Christmas Day, 19-month-old Liam Shaw will meet his sisters, twins Olivia Elsie and Emily May, for the first time.

A common fertility drug could be contributing to shorter boys.  A study by Auckland University's Liggins Institute found boys conceived using the drug clomiphene grew up shorter than those conceived without it but girls were barely affected.

They put their lives at risk, suffer pain and inconvenience so that they can donate part of their bodies to help save or improve the lives of others. Now, with New Zealand lagging behind in organ donations, Kiwis are being urged to sign up.

A "man drought" may be set for a reversal, with new population statistics revealing a surge in the number of young males.

Parents of young girls with cancer face a tough choice on taking and storing ovarian tissue - because at present it's illegal to have the tissue put back in.

Kiwi women and girls are dieting their way out of a chance to have children, says a leading fertility specialist.

A Christchurch fertility clinic associated with MediaWorks private equity owner Ironbridge Capital has been taken over by Auckland-headquartered Fertility Associates.

Sperm donors with red hair, brown hair, blonde hair or no hair at all are all welcome in New Zealand, a leading fertility expert says