Senior doctors and dentists at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike for 48 hours on Tuesday 23 September and Wednesday 24 September. Emergency departments will be open for emergencies only. GPs, after-hours and urgent care clinics, and other community health providers are not affected by the strike and will continue to operate as normal.
About the strike
Kurawaka: Waipapa community birthing unit — Canterbury
Kurawaka: Waipapa is a central city primary birthing unit for low-risk births in Canterbury.
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Contact us
To contact Kurawaka: Waipapa community birthing unit, call 03 364 4950
We provide tours of the unit on Fridays at 12pm (except public holidays).
Where to find us
Kurawaka: Waipapa community birthing unit is at:
238 Antigua Street
Christchurch
Services we provide
We provide:
- 10 queen-sized postnatal beds with shared ensuites
- rooms with a chaise daybed for a support person
- 4 birthing rooms with birthing pools in each room
- 2 whānau rooms with kitchens
- 5 assessment rooms
- an education room
- an ambulance bay for transfers to Christchurch Women's Hospital
- limited on site parking for people in labour and for pick up and drop off.