Alison Eddy

New mums in Waihi will have to travel further to give birth in busy hospitals as another birthing suite is forced to shut shop.

Rural NGO's across the country are under immense pressure to match the… Audio

Midwives are taking legal action against the government over fair pay and conditions - again. The College of Midwives has this morning filed a class action in the High Court against the Ministry of… Audio

Midwives are also calling for the government to urgently invest in staff training and recruitment now that Australia is injecting billions of dollars to entice overseas health workers.

This comes as… Audio

There are growing calls to prioritise MIQ spots and home isolation for pregnant New Zealanders wanting to come home.

It comes as the lawyer for pregnant journalist Charlotte Bellis plans to take her… Audio

Hospitals are holding one-on-one interviews with vaccine hold-outs in the hope it can persuade them to get a jab before they lose their job.

Any DHB employee who hasn't had a first vaccine dose will… Audio

The College of Midwives wants the government to record Covid vaccinations among pregnant people.

The Ministry of Health is not budging, citing "privacy reasons" to RNZ.

Sam Olley reports. Audio

Midwives are welcoming more ACC cover for maternal birth injuries.

Proposed changes announced today will make up to 18,000 women a year who sustain birth injuries eligible for ACC cover.

Māni Dunlop… Audio

Alert level 4 has changed the way pregnant people are able to be cared for by midwives.

Like many workforces during Covid-19, the midwifery workforce is stretched and adjustments have had to be made.

Delays in getting police clearances are forcing independent midwives to work weeks on end without pay, or not work at all, until they're approved. The New Zealand College of Midwives is hearing… Audio

Midwives are calling on ACC to reconsider a contentious adjustment regarding cover for painful perineal tears during childbirth.

Perineal tears are the most common type of birth injury, but ACC… Audio

New Zealand has just recorded its lowest-ever fertility rate.

The latest quarterly data from Statistics New Zealand shows the ratio of births to the number of women of child-bearing age is now 1.63.

An injection of money into cash-strapped community health care services is expected to cover most of the immediate extra costs from Covid-19 but anxiety over long-term funding remains.

More than $92… Audio

Midwives say a $2500 cash injection for each worker to help cover their lockdown costs isn't going to cut it. .

More than $92 million will go into essential health services that financially suffered… Audio

The College of Midwives says their sector is feeling frustrated and perplexed by the lack of any funding - or any real mention of their sector - in last week's Budget.

The chief Executive of the… Audio

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Prime Minister Jacinda Adern have heaped praise on the important work midwives do in our communities, especially during lockdown; the PM also saying… Audio

Midwives say their calls for extra funding for the chronically underfunded sector have fallen on deaf ears, as their struggles continue to mount during covid-19.

Groups representing GPs, senior… Audio

As Canadian midwives celebrate a landmark legal decision to end a gender pay gap, the New Zealand College of Midwives are stopping short of a threat to revive their High Court claim here. Meanwhile a… Audio

A petition calling for better pay and funding for community midwives has got more than 11,000 signatures in just five days. Audio

Whakaari / White Island update; Kids pension: how would it work; Call for better pay for community midwives; A decade of disruption in TV. Audio