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We provide and promote quality standards for New Zealand Midwives. Our role is a midwifery voice for midwives and women.
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Welcome to the official site of the New Zealand College of Midwives, the professional organisation for midwives.
The College is governed by a National Board comprising a number of nominated and elected representatives from throughout New Zealand. Representatives include rural midwives, urban midwives, educators, students, consumers, Māori midwives and birthing women.
Latest News & Events
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Midwives’ Open Letter
28th October, 2021
Midwives sign here to show your support Open letter to hapū wāhine, pregnant women, pregnant people, whānau and families welcoming a new pēpi/baby(ies) about the Covid-19 vaccination from ngā Kaiwhakawhānau – the Midwives of Aotearoa.…
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Mandatory Vaccination Order: Member update
22nd October, 2021
The College has been informed that the deadlines in the Public Health Response Order for Mandatory Vaccination of Health Workers have been amended from those originally announced, and will now align with the Education Sector:…
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Our services
As a member of the College you have the opportunity to contribute to all the representations the College makes to government, health organisations, consumer groups and the public.
The College encourages and values individual member input very highly. You can also take an active role in supporting your local and regional midwifery community including joining with consumers and their organisations to support initiatives that enhance the lives of mothers and babies.
The Find your Midwife website, created by the New Zealand College of Midwives to help women to find a midwife they can work with best.
The MMPO was established by the New Zealand College of Midwives in 1997 to provide its LMC (Lead Maternity Carer) midwives with a supportive practice management and quality practice system, enabling high quality continuity of care for women throughout New Zealand.
MERAS, a dedicated union for midwives, now represents over 90% of midwives employed in hospitals and maternity units. MERAS has a DHB/MERAS MECA and CEAs with several non-DHB maternity units. MERAS is affiliated to the College of Midwives and provides a strong voice for employed midwives.
For a light-hearted read, the December 2021 issue of Midwife features the story of Hawke's Bay midwife Ila Northe and her musings on 51 years of maternity care in Aotearoa (p.22) An FAQ article contains some handy tips for dealing with the curlier Covid-19 vaccination questions (p.20), and Breastfeeding Connection provides compelling evidence for continuing to hand express in tandem with pumping in order to maximise breastmilk supply (p.28). In your mailboxes this week - Happy reading!
2 days ago
Kei runga noa atu koe Ila ✨
How wonderful Ila Northe!
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Ila Northe! Exciting. Can’t wait to read this x
Mihi & Hinemoa Elder: Even vaccinated people can get COVID-19, how does the vaccine protect us?
1 week ago
Congratulations Julie Anne Genter MP - what a story to tell your daughter 💕
1 week ago
Congratulations to you and your whanau how lovely
Why not just stay home and have baby there. Then tell the world how safe home birth is for fit healthy women, instead of how safe cycling at 2am is. Publicity stunt
Julie Anne, you rock! Next baby at home?
Amazing
MPs’ Angela Roberts and Jo Luxton with rural midwives Tawera Trinder (with pepe!) and Kendra Short in parliament yesterday.
The College has established an inaugural Rural midwifery and maternity chapter of Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network, Tawera and Kendra are our representatives. Awesome advocacy and representation by these two wahine toa!
2 weeks ago
Tawera Trinder ka mau te wehi e te hoa ✨
discusting
Hannah Dahlen is a midwife and academic who has researched and written hundreds of articles on topics including homebirth, freebirth, human rights and birth trauma. On this podcast, Hannah talks about COVID vaccine safety for people who are pregnant or breastfeeding. You'll learn how vaccines work and what the risks and benefits are.
newbornmothers.com/blog/understanding-vaccine-research-with-hannah-dahlen
Podcast - Episode 68 - Understanding Vaccine Research with Hannah Dahlen — Newborn Mothers
You Are Here Because You Believe Birth Is About Making Mums Too. Expert Interview with Hannah Dahlen2 weeks ago
Thank you for this balanced view, along with kind encouragement from my lovely midwife I've decided to get my first vaccine at 15weeks. I was nervous about "newness" of vaccine, but wasn't too concerned about myself; however, I didn't consider how vulnerable my baby would be at birth without my antibodies to protect her. This was the deciding factor for me.
ICM's statement on Afganistan
The midwives of Afghanistan have long-since stood as a beacon of resilience and perseverance for our global midwife community. In the face of conflict, a global pandemic and often staunch opposition to women’s rights and sexual and reproductive autonomy, Afghan Midwives Association have worked tirelessly to advocate for the rights of women and their families and improve access to quality care for all Afghan people.
www.internationalmidwives.org/icm-news/icm-statement-on-afghanistan.html?fbclid=IwAR1pTVGzc6YBX7c...
ICM's Statement on Afghanistan
ICM urges all actors to commit to the unwavering protection of women, children and adolescents, and we call on our global community to take action to ...3 weeks ago
Te Rā Haumaru Tūroro o Aotearoa | Aotearoa Patient Safety Day Wednesday 17 November 2021
Supporting maternal wellbeing through culturally-responsive care, to improve maternal and newborn safety. By being culturally responsive, we can improve outcomes for all babies.
3 weeks ago
Ngā mihi, enjoyed your kōrerō and love you speaking about cultural responsiveness. As Midwives in Aotearoa we also need to honor Te Tiriti from Leadership/Boards/Education/Individuals, this is the backbone too cultural responsiveness.
Te Rā Haumaru Tūroro o Aotearoa | Aotearoa Patient Safety Day Wednesday 17 November 2021
By being culturally responsive, we can improve outcomes for all babies.
3 weeks ago
Malo Penina! So wonderful to see your face and hear your voice after all these years. So good to see you are still doing what you're so good at too. Thank you for your teaching all those years ago. It has stuck with me. Xxx
The community is lucky to have you Penina,😊.
Malo Penina, great kōrero - keep up the meaningful māhi🌺