Midwifery department

The Midwifery department is part of health sciences at AUT. We offer midwifery programmes at the AUT South Campus, and via distance delivery in Northland.

We maintain close links with lead maternity carer midwives, hospital managers and midwifery clients who offer advice and feedback. Our programmes are accredited through the Midwifery Council of New Zealand. Expertise from our Centre for Midwifery and Women's Health Research informs our teaching.

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Louise Nibarema
Asma Haidari
Maia Wharekura
Louise Nibarema
Great graduatesLouise NibaremaRegistered Midwife, Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand – WaitematāBachelor of Health Science (Midwifery)She wants to support women and empower them during their life-changing moments of labour and beyond, says Louise Nibarema who completed a Bachelor of Health Science (Midwifery).She wants to support women and empower them during their life-changing moments of labour and beyond, says Louise Nibarema who completed a Bachelor of Health Science (Midwifery).
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Asma Haidari
Great graduatesAsma HaidariCommunity Midwife, Botany Maternity UnitBachelor of Health Science (Midwifery)As a midwife, she can work with women and families during one of the most exciting and significant periods of their lives, says midwifery alumna Asma Haidari.As a midwife, she can work with women and families during one of the most exciting and significant periods of their lives, says midwifery alumna Asma Haidari.
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Maia Wharekura
Great graduatesMaia WharekuraSelf-employed Lead Maternity Carer, RotoruaBachelor of Health Science (Midwifery)The wāhine and whānau she cared for and the midwives who mentored her were the highlights of her studies, says health sciences alumna Maia Wharekura.The wāhine and whānau she cared for and the midwives who mentored her were the highlights of her studies, says Maia Wharekura who completed a Bachelor of Health Science (Midwifery), supported by a Pu Ora Matatini Midwifery Scholarship. Since graduating from AUT, Maia now works as a self-employed lead maternity carer, supporting births both at home and in hospital.
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fhes.enquiries@aut.ac.nz

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Key academic contact

Dr Ellen Nicholson
Acting Head of Department for Midwifery
ellen.nicholson@aut.ac.nz

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Needed: more midwives, better supported
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Many NZ midwives feel professionally “invisible”, which contributes to a lack of support from healthcare bodies and threatens their health and safety.
Researchers as pictured Top row, Left to Right: Dr Tago Mharapara, Dr Janine Clemons, Assoc. Prof. Katherine Ravenswood, Dr Lesley Dixon. Bottom row, Left to Right: Dr Nimbus Staniland, Mrs Stacey Gillard-Tito, Ms Talei Jackson, Prof. Gill Kirton.
Interdisciplinary team wins health grant
26 Jan, 2022
An interdisciplinary team of AUT researchers has won a major grant from the Health Research Council.
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17 Nov, 2021
Harnessing the lived experience of disabled people is key to changing the face of disability and design at both a societal and personal level.
Ngatepaeru Marsters (left) and Teresa Krishnan (right)
Te Ara ō Hine – Tapu Ora
30 Mar, 2021
Under a new government initiative, AUT will work to increase the number of midwives in our Māori and Pacific communities.
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NZ’s law lacks necessary detail to make a fully informed decision, says Dr Rhona Winnington.
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