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3An ongoing, and building, list of and database of information on historic private maternity homes and "lying-in" hospitals in New Zealand. Sources are mainly the newspaper collections at Papers Past (care of the National Library) -- but also whatever I manage to come across in local histories etc. Apart from a few exceptions, the lists do not include midwives who did not have a residence also used to house expectant mothers. I have tried to stick specifically to info on private residences and buildings used as maternity hospitals.
Suggestions for additions to the lists always welcome. Email: waitemata@gmail.com (Lisa Truttman)
Last edited and updated: 14 July 2025
Other information and articles:
Text from a talk I gave in 2014 on the topic to the Auckland Medical History Society: A history of private maternity care in NZ
“The Time of Natures Trial”- Childbirth in New Zealand -- a blog article from Auckland Libraries
History of maternity facilities at Auckland Hospital 1847-1914
The Regions:
NZ Graphic, Christmas 1903
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