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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 Te Kāreti o ngā Kaiwhakawhānau ki Aotearoa | 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 Aotearoa New Zealand. Representatives include rural midwives, urban midwives, educators, students, consumers, Māori midwives and birthing women.
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Latest News & Events
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Decommissioning of COVID-19 clinical telehealth services
4th July, 2024
21 June 2024 Re: Decommissioning of COVID-19 clinical telehealth service Kia ora, This is to advise that, from 1 July 2024, a small number of COVID-19-specific telehealth services funded by Health New Zealand | Te…
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College of Midwives Hopeful Health Money Announced in Budget Includes Maternity
30th May, 2024
Media Release Thursday 30 March 2024 College of Midwives Hopeful Health Money Announced in Budget Includes Maternity Tax cuts for “the squeezed middle” will help some families as they struggle with the cost-of-living crisis, and…
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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.
ICM are currently on the search for a new Chief Executive, as Sally Pairman steps down from the role. ICM are looking for candidates who demonstrate an exceptional track record of organisational leadership and management and extensive recent experience as a practising midwife and in the midwifery profession. The Chief Executive is empathetic, a passionate advocate for midwifery and the midwifery profession, and able to build relationships with a diverse range of members and stakeholders internationally.
Chief Executive | International Confederation of Midwives
We are currently on the search for a new Chief Executive, who has an exceptional track record of organisational leadership and management and extensiv...2 days ago
Kia ora koutou members,
The College is offering members the opportunity to ask questions about, and share their views on the survey on midwifery funding models which is currently open for responses until 5pm, 2 August 2024.
We are hosting a webinar at which Alison Eddy, Chief Executive and Violet Clapham, Midwifery Advisor will provide a brief overview and then open the webinar for Q & A / discussion so we can hear directly from members about their perspective.
Members will need to register to join the webinar.
Date: Monday 22nd July
Time: 7pm to 8pm
The registration link has been emailed to midwife members.
1 week ago
Are we able to have this recorded to watch at a later time please?
Digital Health Week scholarship applications are closing tomorrow. This is a great opportunity for Māori and Pasifika midwives who have an interest in health innovation through digital technology to attend this conference on 2-5 December. There are also scholarships open to all midwives for the eHealth Nursing & Midwifery workshop.
Home - Digital Health Week NZ 2024 - Claudelands Event Centre
Step into the future of healthcare at Digital Health Week NZ 2024! Embrace the forefront of digital health innovation as we steer towards tomorrow's s...1 week ago
3rd International Students meeting.
We, a small group of midwives and students, want to invite you to our third international online meeting! We like to exchange experiences, learn from each other and continue to develop a network to be able to continue little by little to connect midwives and students from different parts of the world.
Next meeting:
International Midwifery: Sunday, 21. July ·
Time Zone:
8:00 to 10:00PM Berlin
11 am to 1 pm San Fransisco
12 am to 2 pm Mexico City
2 pm to 4 pm Santiago de Chile
3pm to 5 pm Buenos Aires
6 pm to 8 pm Dakar, Senegal
10pm to 12 pm Dubai
11:30 pm to 1:30 am New-Dheli
Google meet participants information´:
Link: meet.google.com/exi-uhfv-boc
Via telephone: (DE) +49 40 8081616630 PIN: 461 852 764#
Further telephone numbers: tel.meet/exi-uhfv-boc?pin=7309790038985
If you want to join us already : Join our Telegram Channel: MIDWIVES from all over the world
We want to inspire each other with sharing birth stories, helping each other out with practical advice in challenging situations, giving input in form of literature recommendations such as the newest articles on midwifery topics, inviting our dear colleagues to workshops, trainings or conferences... and there are so many more possibilities to use our channel.
Amalie-Henriette
From JuWeHen International AG
(a german young midwives and students association)
1 week ago
6am 22nd July