Bring Student Midwives into Homebirth. By Amy Towle Mar 2015 Nurturing our future midwives is a key part of building a strong homebirth community. A midwife who is invited into the homebirth space is far more likely to value homebirth and treat birth as normal....
Birth and Generations. By Sharon Robinson Dec 2015 Ibecame Kerri’s midwife for the first time near the end of her second pregnancy. Her first birth had been very traumatic for her. She had been young and hadn’t been treated in a way that left her feeling empowered,...
Suffrage to Birth. By Sian Hannagan Sep 2017 Today marks the 124th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage, it is also 27 years since the Nurses Amendment Act was passed (28 August 1990) These two things may not seem related, but they are very much a part of the same picture,...
By Sian Hannagan Our Editorial. Mar 2015 Here in Aotearoa, we have the enviable situation of having a world class midwifery system that is often held up globally as a superb model of Continuity of Care in birth. The New Zealand maternity system has a robust framework...
By Sian Hannagan Our Editorial. Mar 2016 As Autumn folds away summer and we move into longer nights, we take this magazine issue to reflect on more challenging aspects of birth, including loss and trauma. There are some heavy going articles in this issue and you may...
