Beyond Cultural Care. By Sian Hannagan Jan 2018 For a white woman accessing maternity care in Aotearoa, it is normal to receive care from a midwife or maternity carer who shares your cultural perspective, world view, and indeed skin colour. For Māori, Pasifika, and...
Why Microbirth matters. By Tammi Heap Nov 2014 When I was a child, it wasn’t true that one in three people develop some form of cancer. Heart disease, diabetes and other chronic conditions didn’t happen to every few people. Chronic health conditions appear to be the...
Where the Heart Is, Stories of Home Birth in New Zealand. By Tess Trotter Jun 2014 Where the Heart Is: Stories of Home Birth in New Zealand Carla Sargent, published by Birth Rite, Hamilton, New Zealand. Reviewed by Tess Trotter It is with an obvious unbridled passion...
We review ‘Bump’ by Kate Evans. By Rachel Ouwejan Feb 2015 I was privileged to read and review Kate Evans’ book “Bump: how to make, grow and birth a baby.” The author describes it as “a choose-your-own adventure comic mash-up of choices and options in fertility,...
Undisturbing Birth. By Rangimarie Aperahama & Madison Fredheim May 2015 Sarah Buckley is not only a Dr at the forefront in her field, exploring the true physiology of birth. She is also a passionate advocate for home birth. As part of her ‘Undisturbing Birth’...
