Excellent summation thank you Chlöe Swarbrick ‘This is the modus operandi of this government. They are using this system as best they can to have you think change is impossible. They will belittle and patronise anything that challenges their worldview’.

‘The Government has admitted it can't match Australia's pay to keep officers in New Zealand.  
'It's up to each individual police officer to make their decision but I'd just say to you we are wanting to build a country where police officers choose to stay here,' 🤔

Some huge wins for midwifery in the #2024Budget including #MBSitems , #Homebirth , #StudentPracPayments , #LARC insertion/removal scholarships. Read more here: midwives.org.au/Web/News-media…

The Luxon government's Fast Track Approvals
Bill could pave the way for destructive seabed mining in Taranaki. Come and hear about the work Greenpeace will be doing to stop this assault on our environment from happening and you can be involved.
RSVP: greenpeace.nz/public-meeting

Tending to the machine: The impact of intrapartum fetal surveillance on women in Australia. New paper out today! Open access.
⁦Dr Elizabeth Newnham⁩ @BecCoddington ⁦ journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Austerity doesn’t work

Fantastic opportunity at UWS / Nepean Hospital as a jointly appointed research-focused A/Prof or Prof in Midwifery

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Thank you Dame Anne Salmon ‘It is also a naked power grab – an assault on democratic checks and balances in New Zealand, and a shift towards authoritarian governance by ministerial fiat’.

‘We're doing everything we can to make sure that we're getting good value for taxpayers and we're not treating them like an ATM machine,' Luxon said. #entitled #elitism

Midwives are the heroes of millions of stories unfpa.org/events/interna…

Many thanks for the huge advocacy that has led to this from Council Deans Nursing and Midwifery Australia & NZ ACM Griffith University Nursing & Midwifery Midwifery@Griffith University staff and students

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE MIDWIFE 🩷🩷❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
This year’s theme, Midwives and Climate, is at the core of COP28.

More than half of GynZones members are midwives and student midwives, and we are proud and honoured to serve this passionate and inspiring global community

‘First there is the manner in which the cuts are being made. Putting senior management in charge means that – surprise, surprise – not many senior managers are losing their jobs, despite the recent bloat in those areas’.

Aotearoa New Zealand, if you want to hear what awaits us with Luxon's Coalition of Chaos and National 'borrowing' and 'stealing', there is a podcast to listen to the damage the Tories have done to England: newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero

They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars and generally made life harder for motorists.

Let’s do it here!!
#nzpol theguardian.com/world/2020/mar…

Maternal or perinatal mental health problems are more common than you might think, impacting at least 1 in 5 mums. But with the right care, it's possible to recover and even thrive!

Find out more about maternal mental health at maternalmentalhealthalliance.org. #MMHAW24 #RediscoveringYou

#InternationalDayOfTheMidwife  is celebrated each year on the 5th of May, and this year’s theme is
 
'Midwives: A Vital Climate Solution' addressing:

- Climate Change Health
- Midwives as Climate Champions
- Reducing Carbon Footprint
- Advocacy and Investment

Fabulous to see 3rd year Midwifery@Griffith student Siobhan Burrell presenting sharing her lived experiences working within midwifery private practice at #qldacm2024 the future of the #midwifery profession in QLD, Australia is looking bright. 👏

Pregnancy and maternity care in Australia youtu.be/HPqIDOKahYo?si… via YouTube Griffith University
Dr Amanda Carter providing insight into maternity care in Australia. Griffith University Nursing & Midwifery

Spread this far & wide. This is what our government thinks of people with disabilities & their carers