The New Zealand College of Midwives Journal | Te Hautaka o Te Kāreti o ngā Kaiwhakawhānau ki Aotearoa is the official publication of the College and is a high-quality, peer-reviewed, open access journal.

With interest in midwifery-led care growing globally, the Journal is of value to both a national and an international audience. It presents research relevant to the continuity of midwifery care framework in Aotearoa New Zealand within a bicultural, Te Tiriti-honouring context. Articles inform policy and practice and contribute to the education of midwives.

Readership includes midwives, student midwives, midwifery managers, midwifery educators, and allied health professionals and consumers with an interest in pregnancy and childbearing.

As an online-only publication, the Journal provides open access to articles as they are published throughout the year. Articles are also disseminated to College members prior to publication.

To increase visibility and access for a global audience, articles are searchable via digital object identifier (DOI) numbers and are indexed in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature database (CINAHL), Scopus and ProQuest.

The Journal follows the Recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.

The Aims of the Journal are:

• to explore health issues as they relate to childbearing wāhine/women/people and their whānau/families
• to support the view of childbirth as a normal life event for the majority of wāhine, and the midwifery role in effecting this
• to present research on the Aotearoa New Zealand model of midwife-led continuity of care
• to provoke discussion of midwifery issues
• to support the development of Aotearoa New Zealand midwifery scholarship, research and practice. This includes publishing emerging researchers’ work.
• to support the dissemination of Aotearoa New Zealand and international research into midwifery and maternal and newborn and infant health
• to provide evidence to support midwifery practice and education
• to provide a platform for research and knowledge from indigenous and diverse worldviews as they relate to the childbirth continuum and midwifery practice

Ethical considerations

To view the Journal’s Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement, click here.

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The views and opinions expressed in the Journal are not necessarily those of the New Zealand College of Midwives.}