Story: Pregnancy, birth and baby care

More links and websites

• The rise and fall of circumcision in New Zealand

  A history of circumcision in New Zealand.

• La Leche League NZ

  La Leche promotes breastfeeding and supports mothers.

• Pregnancy

  Ministry of Health advice for pregnant women.

• New Zealand College of Midwives

  The NZCOM is the professional organisation for midwives.

• New Zealand Health Information Service

  This site provides statistics on maternity and newborn babies.

• Parents Centre

  Parents Centre is the primary provider of antenatal education and childbirth support in New Zealand.

• Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee

  The PMMRC advises the minster of health on how to reduce the number of deaths of babies and mothers in New Zealand.

• New Zealand English Journal

  Jeremy Hornibrook’s 2006 article, ‘Yahoo it’s a …’, examines changing birth notices in Christchurch newspapers.

More suggestions and sources

• Bryder, Linda. A voice for mothers: the Plunket Society and infant welfare, 1907–2000. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2003.

• Clarke, Alison. Born to a changing world: Childbirth in nineteenth-century New Zealand. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2012.

• Exton, Linda. The baby business: what’s happened to maternity care in New Zealand. Nelson: Craig Potton, 2008.

• Kedgley, Sue. Mum’s the word: the untold story of motherhood in New Zealand. Auckland: Random House, 1996.

• Pool, Ian, Arunachalam Dharmalingam and Janet Sceats. The New Zealand family from 1840: a demographic history. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2007.

• Porter, Frances, and Charlotte Macdonald, eds. ‘My hand will write what my heart dictates’: the unsettled lives of women in nineteenth century New Zealand as revealed to sisters, family and friends. Auckland: Auckland University Press with Bridget Williams Books, 1996.

• Smith, Phillipa Mein. Maternity in dispute: New Zealand 1920–1939. Wellington: Historical Publications Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs, 1986.