While Samoanagalo was an early New Year present for the Sius, the prize for first baby born in New Zealand this year might just go to Danielle Langlands, whose son Felix was born at 12.12am on Friday at Hāwera Hospital. A short time after his birth maternity staff became concerned with his breathing and made the call to fly Felix up to Taranaki Base Hospital in New Plymouth for an assessment. With no room in the helicopter, Danielle and Felix s dad, John, drove to New Plymouth by car, looking out for the lights of the chopper ahead of them.
Danielle Langlands and her newborn son Felix Langlands, who is Taranaki s first new baby for 2021.
Taranaki’s first baby for 2021 was having trouble staying awake on New Year s Day following the drama of a helicopter ride less than an hour after he was born. Felix Langlands was born at 12.12am on Friday January 1 at Hāwera Hospital, and could be the first baby of the New Year. Around the country baby girl Ivah arrived at Ashburton Hospital at 12.17am, while five minutes later another baby was born in New Plymouth at Taranaki Base Hospital. In Auckland another baby girl was born at 12.45am at Waitākere Hospital.