More links and websites
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The rise and fall of circumcision in New Zealand
A history of circumcision in New Zealand.
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La Leche League NZ
La Leche promotes breastfeeding and supports mothers.
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Pregnancy
Ministry of Health advice for pregnant women.
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New Zealand College of Midwives
The NZCOM is the professional organisation for midwives.
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New Zealand Health Information Service
This site provides statistics on maternity and newborn babies.
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Parents Centre
Parents Centre is the primary provider of antenatal education and childbirth support in New Zealand.
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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.
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New Zealand English Journal
Jeremy Hornibrook’s 2006 article, ‘Yahoo it’s a …’, examines changing birth notices in Christchurch newspapers.
More suggestions and sources
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Bryder, Linda. A voice for mothers: the Plunket Society and infant welfare, 1907–2000. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2003.
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Clarke, Alison. Born to a changing world: Childbirth in nineteenth-century New Zealand. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2012.
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Exton, Linda. The baby business: what’s happened to maternity care in New Zealand. Nelson: Craig Potton, 2008.
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Kedgley, Sue. Mum’s the word: the untold story of motherhood in New Zealand. Auckland: Random House, 1996.
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Pool, Ian, Arunachalam Dharmalingam and Janet Sceats. The New Zealand family from 1840: a demographic history. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2007.
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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.
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Smith, Phillipa Mein. Maternity in dispute: New Zealand 1920–1939. Wellington: Historical Publications Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs, 1986.