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
Maternity resources
Pregnancy resources
Need to know resources about your pregnancy:
- Alcohol and Pregnancyexternal link
- Are you OK?external link
- Find Your Midwifeexternal link
- Food Safety in Pregnancyexternal link
- Healthy Eatingexternal link
- Listeriaexternal link
- Parental Leaveexternal link
- Pregnancy Screening Tests and Checksexternal link
- Sleep On Sideexternal link
Nice to know resources about your pregnancy:
- Anti-D prophylaxisexternal linkPDF
- Pregnancyexternal link
- Pregnancy in NZ [Ministry of Health]external link
- Pregnancy Information in Multiple Languagesexternal link
- Smart Startexternal link
Childbirth Education Classes / Hapū Wananga
- Childbirth Education Classesexternal link
- Hapū Wanangaexternal link
- Janm Aur Parvarish Pregnancy Health Information Zoom Sessions for Indian Womenexternal link
- Teen Parent Schoolsexternal link
- Teen Parent Services – The Pulseexternal link
- Whangārei Parents Centreexternal link
After the baby is born
Need to know post-natal resources
- Car seatsexternal link
- Contraceptionexternal link
- Feed safeexternal link
- Hearing Screeningexternal link
- Immunisationexternal link
- Moe Haumaru- safe sleep videoexternal link
- Newborn Metabolic Screening Heel Prick Testexternal link
- Ngā Tāitai Ihorangi - Health services for our tamarikiexternal link
- Registering your Babyexternal link
- Safe Sleepexternal link
- Vitamin Kexternal link
Other useful post-natal resources
Breastfeeding
Need to know resources about breastfeeding
- Feed safeexternal link
- Find Breastfeeding Support -Appexternal link
- Lactation Clinicsexternal link
- Mama Arohaexternal link
- The A-Z of Breastfeedingexternal link
- Video – Breastfeeding Attachmentexternal link
- Video – How to Expressexternal link
- Video – How to Latchexternal link
- Video – Increasing your Milk Supplyexternal link
- Video- Breastfeeding Positionsexternal link
Nice to know resources about breastfeeding
- Baby Friendly New Zealandexternal link
- Breastfeeding Appexternal link
- Breastfeeding Videosexternal link
- First Dropletsexternal link
- La Lecheexternal link
Other support
- Diabetes in Pregnancyexternal link
- Healthlineexternal link
- Multiples Supportexternal link
- NZ Downs Syndrome Associationexternal link
- Pre-eclampsiaexternal link
- Pulse Oximetry – information video for parentsexternal link
- Resources for dadsexternal link
- SANDS – support for pregnancy, baby and infant lossexternal link
Your mental health
- Are you OK?external link
- Hearts and Mindsexternal link
- Just a thoughtexternal link
- Mental Wealthexternal link
- Mothers Helpersexternal link
- Mothers Matterexternal link
- Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Aotearoaexternal link
- Perinatal Depressionexternal link
- Small Stepsexternal link
- The Lowdown – Depressionexternal link