Description

In 2019 Te Rau Ora with its partners Ngā Maia Māori Midwives Aotearoa and Counties
Manukau Health District Health Board (DHB), was tasked by the Ministry of Health to
develop the evidence base to inform workforce priorities with a focus on Māori women,
babies, children, and whānau (families). Rapua te Aronga a Hine: The Māori Midwifery
Workforce in Aotearoa, a Literature Review – February 2020 (Rapua te Aronga a Hine
Literature Review; (Tupara and Tahere, 2020) was the first step to establish an evidence
base to describe the landscape and the distinctions of the workforce for Māori women,
babies, children, and whānau. The Rapua te Aronga a Hine Literature Review, which
focused on midwives, was the fundamental source that informed the development of
the Kimihia Te Aronga a Hine Workforce Survey (which is part of the same project) and
consequently this report