We talk to Kathi Valeii By Home Birth Aotearoa Feb 2015 Tell us a little about yourself, what brought you to birth activism? I hate answering the “tell us about yourself” question. It brings up all sorts of identity conflicts for me. Like, should I tell you about my...
The Point of Natural Birth By Jane Hardwicke-Collings Mar 2016 My daughter, Ellie, seventeen at the time, came home from school one day telling me about a conversation that had happened in her art class. One of her friends asked the teacher about childbirth, “does it...
Sarah Buckley talks Birth. By Home Birth Aotearoa May 2015 Sarah Buckley, author of Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering, is the mother of four home-born children. She is also a New Zealand trained General Practitioner with training in family obstetrics and family planning....
Placenta Traditions. By Michelle Bentham Nov 2016 For centuries the placenta has received ceremonial handling by many cultures around the world. In western medicine the human placenta is usually regarded as nothing more than human waste. Revered for its symbolism of...
Nicole Whippy’s Beautiful Birth. By Home Birth Aotearoa Mar 2014 Nicole Whippy is one of our favourite New Zealand actors, she has character and acting skill in bags. The fact that she had a home birth is just icing on the top. She has well and truly made her mark on...
