Rhythms of Marama. By Rachel Pearson Apr 2017 My name is Rachel, and I am a daughter of the Divine through the lineages of the Pearson, Zame, Vella, Calder clans. My high places are Panekire Bluff and the Kaweka Ranges, my watery places are Lake Waikaremoana and the...
Cultural Appropriation. By Sian Hannagan May 2015 When you raise the subject of cultural appropriation, it’s not uncommon to be dismissed, often with rolling eyes or other criticisms such as “PC gone mad!” People don’t like to be challenged in their complacency, and...
We talk to Marama Davidson about Home Birth By Home Birth Aotearoa Jun 2014 Marama’s number 5 child, Horouta was born in 2007 in the East Coast small hospital Te Puia Springs. This birth and the hospital setting were similar to a homebirth and far removed from the...
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....
