New Zealand's birthrate hits a new low123RF Woman are having fewer babies now than at any time in New Zealand's history. New Zealand women are having fewer babies than they have ever had before. READ MORE:* Fall in immigration picked to rise* Birth rate on a bumpy decline* Teen birthrate halves since 2008He said New Zealand's "replacement level" of births needed was about 2.1 per woman. Australia's latest figures are its 2016 birth rate at 1.79. And teens were also having far fewer babies.

Source: Stuff February 18, 2018 23:50 UTC