Auckland Home Birth Association

25/02/2026

Do you have a Microsoft email and been in contact with us but received no reply? We have become aware of an issue with Microsoft emails (Hotmail, Outlook, Live, etc.) where Microsoft servers are blocking emails. This has started in the last 2 days. Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about this as it's all on Microsoft's end. If you haven't received a reply from us, please email us again with an alternate non-Microsoft email so we can resend our replies :)

Microsoft has not yet publicly acknowledged or addressed this issue but if you would like to get more information, you can read reports here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5786144/all-sending-ips-temporarily-rate-limited-(451-4-7

08/12/2025

"Hi everyone!

My Master's research aims to understand pregnant women’s experiences in seeking and evaluating nutrition information regarding pregnancy that they encounter online. Its findings will support the improvement of nutrition-in-pregnancy communications.

Your participation would be greatly appreciated! Please email thomsogian@myvuw.ac.nz for more information, if you may know anyone keen, or to express your interest 🌸✨"

- Gianna Thomson, Master’s student from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

14/10/2025

Wondering if there's anything better than a piece of plastic for your pēpi's cord/pito, this one's for you! ✂️➰ Our updated page on options for umbilical cord clamping is now up!

After birth, the pēpi/baby is still attached to the placenta via the umbilical cord/pito. The umbilical cord upon exposure to lower temperatures and air, goes through a process of shutting off the…

14/12/2024

🎁👀 Check out this fab prize we have for tonight's 10th Anniversary celebration dinner! One lucky winner already won the lunch prize. To be in to win this one, just attend the celebration tonight (4:30pm at Auckland Women's Centre, 4 Warnock Ave) and you get a free entry, prize drawn at the event. 🥳 We also have an online competition where you can win a 'Homebirther' t-shirt - just look for our previous purple "10th Anniversary Giveaway" post and like that post (tag friends for extra entries!).👕🎉

14/12/2024

⏰ REMINDER! Our 10th Anniversary Celebration dinner is TOMORROW evening, Sunday 15th December at 4:30pm. ALL WELCOME! 💜 Dinner is provided including some yummy hangi thanks to Moana Hangi. There'll also be dairy and gluten-free options as well as vegan. 🥳
Come along for a nice social event - bring your whanau, kids, spouses, friends, midwives! Well also have some spot prizes as well as a free raffle with some awesome goodies!
The location is the same as our usual meetings - Auckland Women's Centre, 4 Warnock St, Grey Lynn. See you there! 😍

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1100334978467585

09/12/2024

📣 WIN! In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we have three sets of prizes to be won! 🥳

👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 In person: Come to one or both of our events and get a free raffle ticket entry to win one of two gift bags containing some awesome goodies like Tui Balms, Boobee Blueberry Bites, Weleda Calendula Baby Care Starter Pack, Planet Organic Nursing Tea, The Natural Parent Magazine, your choice of an oxytocin molecule necklace or pin, a birth comb, plus some other surprises! One will be drawn at the lunch TOMORROW (11am-1pm) and one will be drawn at the Sunday Dinner (15th December, 4:30-7:30pm), both at Auckland Women's Centre .

🌐 Online: Like this post to get an entry into the draw to win one of Home Birth Aotearoa's fab "Homebirther" t-shirts! Tag friends for extra entries! Your choice of two colours and your choice of size. See Home Birth Aotearoa's website store for more info: https://homebirth.org.nz/product/homebirther-t-shirt/

🗓️ Events:
🕚 TOMORROW, Tuesday 10th December, 11am-1pm. 🥪 Lunch and drinks provided.
🕟 Sunday 15th December, 4:30-7:30pm. 🍲 Dinner and drinks provided.
All welcome, bring kids, family, friends, partners, spouses!
📍 Auckland Women's Centre, 4 Warnock St, Grey Lynn.

Online prize drawn on Sunday, 15th December and winner will be announced that evening.
Prizes are final and cannot be transferred or exchanged.

06/12/2024

WOOHOO! 🎉 AHBA is celebrating our 10th anniversary today! 🥳🎂
An absolutely MASSIVE thank you to all the people who have worked to help and contributed to AHBA over the years! Without you our organisation wouldn't exist and wouldn't have made it a whole decade.
We also reflect back on some amazing wāhine on which our organisation rests - all those amazing wāhine toa who fought for home birth and midwives from the beginnings of the original AHBA as it was in 1970s to Save the Midwives and the formation of NZCOM in the 1980s to the Nurses Amendment Act in 1990 to the previous Auckland Homebirth Support Group to the Dear David equity campaign in 2018 (still an ongoing problem!) to more recently Te Ara ō Hine as well as the often tireless and invisible mahi in between! 💜

To celebrate getting to 10 years we're having an extra special monthly meeting as well as a second evening event for those who can't make it to a day time one. Both are at Auckland Women's Centre.
We'll have a yummy shared lunch/dinner, balloons, music, freebies, giveaways and prizes! 🎁 Everyone, whānau, friends, partners, spouses, midwives, birth workers, children, EVERYONE welcome! :)

For more information:
🕚 Tuesday 10th December morning/afternoon event: https://www.facebook.com/events/553991967594627/
🕟 Sunday 15th December evening event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1100334978467585

06/11/2024

Have you seen our latest meeting topic and guest speaker? Claire Eccleston Midwife starts at 11am SHARP so please be early so you don't miss out! We also have some 'fun' spot prizes and giveaways 😉🍆🤭

🗓️ Tuesday November 12
🕚 11 AM to 1 PM (come early to avoid missing out!)
📍 Auckland Women's Centre, 4 Warnock St, Grey Lynn

ℹ️ More information: https://ahba.org.nz/event/getting-it-on-reignite-your-passion-after-a-baby/
❤️‍🔥 Claire's website: https://www.claireecclestonmidwife.com
🔵 FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1098017548640575/

14/10/2024

Important birth pool hire update: our birth pool coordinator has had a family emergency and is delayed in replying to emails, organising birth pool pickups and doing birth pool return bond checks at the moment.

20/09/2024

Come on down to the Te Atatu Craft and Wellness Market TODAY at the Te Atatu Peninsula Community Centre! We'll be here till 3pm with all sorts of goodies and to answer your questions! 🥰 There's heaps of awesome stalls, local cafés and a beautiful sunny day! ☀️

18/09/2024

Perspective: Making bath salts for the market in two days and trying not to cry into them

12/09/2024