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.

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.