Ngā Maia Trust

17/02/2026

Are you interested in guiding the next chapter of Home Birth Aotearoa?

Home Birth Aotearoa is seeking five to eight trustees who are passionate about home birth and committed to inclusive, Tiriti-honouring governance. We are also looking specifically for people who can step into leadership roles as the tangata whenua and tangata tiriti co-chairs of the Trust.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly encourage interest from home birth consumers, midwives, wāhine Māori, people from across the motu, and those with lived experience of diverse communities. Diverse lived experiences will help reflect how home birth and maternity services are experienced across different communities and regions.

The current interim trust was established as a temporary body, primarily to run elections to appoint a new culturally safe, high functioning, and transparent permanent board to take over the important work of HBA. A thorough handover and ongoing support has been planned.

Applications are open until the 1st of March 2026.

If you feel called to contribute to meaningful change in this space please follow these links for more information and to apply.

You can also contact us at [email protected]

Information from the interim trust: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eNIApvnNBxbfmNX4vFBqq8DLE8G2q4K1/view?usp=sharing

Application form: https://forms.gle/Xtosy8eCagbT3Zoi8

We really look forward to hearing from you.

16/02/2026

Caseloading Midwife - https://www.seek.co.nz/job/90292888?tracking=SHR-IOS-SharedJob-anz-2

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role:

Ngāti Porou Oranga are looking for an experienced and passionate Caseloading Midwife to join our Nāti Pēpi Team.

As a Nāti Pēpi Caseloading Midwife you will be working across our East Coast communities from Uawa to Potaka. We have our very own Primary Care Birthing unit ‘Te Puna Wai’ situated in the center of our rohe Te Puia Springs.

Nāti Pēpi is an indigenous maternal and infant wellbeing service newly established in Te Tairāwhiti. Grounded in Kaupapa Māori values, we deliver an integrated model of care that weaves together clinical midwifery services, social and advocacy support, E Tipu E Rea Tamariki Ora nursing, and Rongoā Māori practices.

Our approach is holistic and whānau-centred, recognising that the wellbeing of pēpi begins with the strength of whānau. By blending mātauranga Māori with clinical excellence, we invest in whānau ora — strengthening whakapapa, restoring traditional knowledge, and supporting māmā, pēpi and whānau from pregnancy through the early years of life.

As a Caseloading Midwife, you will work within a dynamic, professional and nurturing team environment with a shared caseload, where we support the professional and cultural development of our kaimahi.

If you are ready for a new adventure surrounded by a beautiful stretch of rich East Coast coastline and native forest back drops or have heard the call to ‘come back home and work for your whānau’, nau mai, hoki mai.

This is a Permanent Full-time position primarily based on the East Coast, working a shared roster, offering work life balance.

Be part of our team, delivering & providing integrated maternal care grounded in mātauranga Māori to whānau across the East Coast.

16/02/2026

New Entry to Rural Practice

Please see the below email from Kyla Jasperse, Associate Director of Allied Health, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, regarding the launch of a new Rural New Graduate Entry to Practice Programme commencing in April.

This multidisciplinary programme is designed to support rural new graduates across Allied Health, Scientific and Technical, Midwifery and Nursing professions, with a strong focus on connection, resilience, rural context, and interdisciplinary practice. The first cohort is limited to 20 places. Please note the short turnaround - expressions of interest need to be submitted by Friday 20 February.

We would appreciate you sharing this opportunity across your networks, managers and rural teams to identify any suitable new graduates who may benefit from participating.

We are lunching our rural new graduate entry to practice programme in April, this is a multidisciplinary group that will have Allied, Scientific and Technical groups, Midwifery and Nursing. The people do not have to work for Health NZ but must work in a rural area as defined by the GCH, talk with us if you believe that your people work in a predominantly rural area outside of the GCH R1, R2, R3 classification.

The programme is currently for 1 year (maybe extend to 2 years after the first year evaluation), we envisage about 1 hour a week of self-directed learning through the below modules, 1 hour a month of online peer supervision where we bring the cohort from around the country together led by Dr Jane George and then 1 face to face meeting either as the whole group or split into North and South Island. This will be in addition to any new graduate profession specific requirements.

The goal of the programme is to strengthen the support around rural new graduates, identifying factors that influence rural practice heavily, grow a greater understanding of other professions and give a sense of connection to others walking the same path. We are partnering with mobile health, and the programme will be delivered on their platform. This first cohort will have up to 20 places and would appreciate if you could spread the word widely around your rural networks, managers, and staff.

We need to have names of those interested back to us be Friday 20th Feb (sorry for the short turn around) so that we can plan the year.

Please reply to Michelle Vincent [email protected], National Workforce Lead, Strategic workforce, with names of people that you would like to attend or

The topics that we plan on covering include:

Caring without carrying

Compassion fatigue
Vicarious trauma
What drives us?
Motivation for our mahi
Identifying where we have agency
Professional self-care (interventional and preventative)
Confirmation bias: collecting the good
Strategies for fostering resilience, including when things stick
Understanding burnout

Rural and Remote Health

Meet some people, hear some stories
Demographics and population
Remote and rural context
Defining remoteness and rurality – the GCH
Health profile of remote and rural NZ
Health inequalities of remote and rural living
The health systems of remote and rural NZ
The public health system
Private and NGO health in remote and rural areas
Working in NZ’s health system
Opportunities and challenges working in remote and rural health practice

Place Based Care

Social determinants of health
Social Justice
IMPB’s
Population health approach
Health promotion
Consumer and community participation
Collaborating with others
Working across the continuum of care
Working in teams
Models in rural and remote contexts

Communication

Factors specific to rural and remote practice
Understanding other professions
Communication across teams in multi and interdisciplinary approaches
Communication between rural and urban teams
Communicating across language and cultures
Conflict within small teams and
Health literacy and communication

Service Delivery

In-reach and Out-reach
Telehealth
Assistances, what they are and how to best work with them
Community engagement
Private Practice
Sole practice/lone worker
Disability services
Community rehab and support
Health Targets

13/02/2026

Hiring in the Bay of Plenty ! Also looking for LC ❤️
Nau mai

Are you a REGISTERED MIDWIFE?

Join our tīma. Please see link below for job advertisement 🔗

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12/01/2026

KIA HIWARĀ
Job Opportunity: Project Manager – Te Ara o Hine - Tapu Ora 🚨Ngā Māia Trust is looking for a passionate Project Manager to lead a national initiative supporting Māori and Pacific student midwives across all five undergraduate programmes.

You’ll coordinate partners, drive recruitment and retention, and ensure culturally responsive, ākonga-centred approaches in midwifery education.

What we want:
- Strong cultural understanding of Māori and Pacific frameworks
- Experience managing multi-partner projects
- Adaptable, clear communicator, and collaborative
- Confident with contract deliverables and reporting

Why Ngā Māia Trust?
- Make a real impact growing the Māori and Pacific midwifery workforce
- Work in an organization grounded in Te Tiriti

📅 Fixed Term – 10 months | National Role

Apply now: [email protected] or SEEK
Closes: Tuesday 27th January 2026, 5pm

More info:

Seeking a dynamic, solutions-focused Project Manager to support Māori and Pacific student midwives through the Te Ara o Hine - Tapu Ora initiative.

05/01/2026

Hari tau hou pākeha! Kahu Taurima have x2 new roles advertised. Please send your questions direct to their recruitment team.

According to Rachael Hetaraka-Gotz "These are national office roles, so not direct whanau facing positions but what the changes we are working on for maternity and well child space at a national level is making a difference for some whanau across the country. The SSDM role has a lot of writing and researching involved and requires an expert level of communication and relationship building. Ideally the person will also have a level of knowledge of the well child tamariki ora/child health environment"

https://jobs.tewhatuora.govt.nz/jobs/HNZ-1899206

https://jobs.tewhatuora.govt.nz/jobs/HNZ-1899248

Contact l: Rachael Hetaraka-Gotz, Group Manager, Kahu Taurima

National Starting Well Planning, Funding and Outcomes. waea pūkoro: +64 211 956 445 | īmēra: [email protected]. 133 Molesworth Street, Wellington 6140

Te Whatu Ora Careers

01/01/2026

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30/12/2025

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15/11/2025

In April 2025, Hawaii hosted the Global Council of Indigenous Midwives. The location & date were no accident, it was held to coincide with the final reading of legislation that would be a political overreach on the bodies of women and pregnant people. We are delighted to learn this decision, made without facts or evidence, has since been overturned. We were devastated to witness the colonialism that day, but found strength in standing alongside our Hawaiian tuakana, offering support and solidarity showing up in our numbers.

Next up, the GCIM will be hosted in Aotearoa — I want to prepose a tentative date of Monday 8th March in Waikato. Matatini is the week before for those manuhiri that wish to attend.

Let me know your thoughts.

Mahalo,
Tamara

12/11/2025

A sneak peak at the work of the incredible Stevei Houkamau whose fashioning our reality unearthing our new tohu - like Hinetītama.

STEVEI HOUKAMAU https://www.masterworksgallery.co.nz/collections/stevei-houkamau

29/10/2025

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07/10/2025

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