Studied 300+ comments against Facebook post on the Herald's account linking to www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/climate-c... After analysing nearly 650k hospital cases, researchers found that the risk of hospitalisation for young children significantly increases when temperatures reach 24.1°C.

The study revealed that Māori, Pacific, and Asian children are disproportionately affected, and that geography, ethnicity, sex, and socioeconomic factors influence vulnerability to heat stress.