Auckland Home Birth Association

18/06/2026

We at Home Birth Aotearoa are in full support of Ngā Māia and Indigenous midwives globally in calling for Indigenous voices, leadership, and ways of knowing to be respected and protected.

Indigenous midwifery knowledge, practices, and traditions have supported wāhine, pēpi, whānau and communities for generations and are essential to the future of midwifery and maternity care.

01/06/2026

IMPORTANT: Our birth pool coordinator and trustee, Rose, is very unwell at the moment on top of having unwell family members. Communication will be delayed.
We also urgently need birth pool coordinators to take over birth pool hire as Rose is too unwell to continue it. Ideally we need three coordinators for West/Central, South and North Shore. At minimum we need one coordinator located West or Central. This is primarily a volunteer position but a small remuneration is provided for each completed pool hire.
Contact [email protected] for more details.

02/04/2026

Auckland Home Birth Association also welcomes the High Court decision! While this won't make things instantly better, hopefully it's a step in the right direction for finally getting pay equity for midwives. Thank you to all those who have put in the mahi to get this result.

25/02/2026

Do you have a Microsoft email and been in contact with us but received no reply? We have become aware of an issue with Microsoft emails (Hotmail, Outlook, Live, etc.) where Microsoft servers are blocking emails. This has started in the last 2 days. Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about this as it's all on Microsoft's end. If you haven't received a reply from us, please email us again with an alternate non-Microsoft email so we can resend our replies :)

Microsoft has not yet publicly acknowledged or addressed this issue but if you would like to get more information, you can read reports here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5786144/all-sending-ips-temporarily-rate-limited-(451-4-7

08/12/2025

"Hi everyone!

My Master's research aims to understand pregnant women’s experiences in seeking and evaluating nutrition information regarding pregnancy that they encounter online. Its findings will support the improvement of nutrition-in-pregnancy communications.

Your participation would be greatly appreciated! Please email [email protected] for more information, if you may know anyone keen, or to express your interest 🌸✨"

- Gianna Thomson, Master’s student from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

14/10/2025

Wondering if there's anything better than a piece of plastic for your pēpi's cord/pito, this one's for you! ✂️➰ Our updated page on options for umbilical cord clamping is now up!

After birth, the pēpi/baby is still attached to the placenta via the umbilical cord/pito. The umbilical cord upon exposure to lower temperatures and air, goes through a process of shutting off the…

14/12/2024

🎁👀 Check out this fab prize we have for tonight's 10th Anniversary celebration dinner! One lucky winner already won the lunch prize. To be in to win this one, just attend the celebration tonight (4:30pm at Auckland Women's Centre, 4 Warnock Ave) and you get a free entry, prize drawn at the event. 🥳 We also have an online competition where you can win a 'Homebirther' t-shirt - just look for our previous purple "10th Anniversary Giveaway" post and like that post (tag friends for extra entries!).👕🎉

14/12/2024

⏰ REMINDER! Our 10th Anniversary Celebration dinner is TOMORROW evening, Sunday 15th December at 4:30pm. ALL WELCOME! 💜 Dinner is provided including some yummy hangi thanks to Moana Hangi. There'll also be dairy and gluten-free options as well as vegan. 🥳
Come along for a nice social event - bring your whanau, kids, spouses, friends, midwives! Well also have some spot prizes as well as a free raffle with some awesome goodies!
The location is the same as our usual meetings - Auckland Women's Centre, 4 Warnock St, Grey Lynn. See you there! 😍

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1100334978467585

09/12/2024

📣 WIN! In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we have three sets of prizes to be won! 🥳

👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 In person: Come to one or both of our events and get a free raffle ticket entry to win one of two gift bags containing some awesome goodies like Tui Balms, Boobee Blueberry Bites, Weleda Calendula Baby Care Starter Pack, Planet Organic Nursing Tea, The Natural Parent Magazine, your choice of an oxytocin molecule necklace or pin, a birth comb, plus some other surprises! One will be drawn at the lunch TOMORROW (11am-1pm) and one will be drawn at the Sunday Dinner (15th December, 4:30-7:30pm), both at Auckland Women's Centre .

🌐 Online: Like this post to get an entry into the draw to win one of Home Birth Aotearoa's fab "Homebirther" t-shirts! Tag friends for extra entries! Your choice of two colours and your choice of size. See Home Birth Aotearoa's website store for more info: https://homebirth.org.nz/product/homebirther-t-shirt/

🗓️ Events:
🕚 TOMORROW, Tuesday 10th December, 11am-1pm. 🥪 Lunch and drinks provided.
🕟 Sunday 15th December, 4:30-7:30pm. 🍲 Dinner and drinks provided.
All welcome, bring kids, family, friends, partners, spouses!
📍 Auckland Women's Centre, 4 Warnock St, Grey Lynn.

Online prize drawn on Sunday, 15th December and winner will be announced that evening.
Prizes are final and cannot be transferred or exchanged.