By Sian Hannagan Our Editorial. Jun 2016 We need to stop using birth as a metric for pain. A few years ago, I had a wisdom tooth out, during the healing process I got dry socket, a complication with healing that can be painful. I couldn’t really speak or eat properly...
By Sian Hannagan Our Editorial. Jun 2014 Birth in New Zealand has come a long way due to the efforts of the women and midwives before us. Since the Nurses Amendment Act was instated in 1990, women got a real choice in their place of birth. Annette King in her address...
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...
