New Zealand Private Maternity Homes

An 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: 4 April 2024

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: