Summary of Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) reports

PMMRC’s annual reports and working group reports published between 2011 and 2022

• 2022 –  Fifteenth annual report: Reporting mortality and morbidity  2020 
• 2021 – Fourteenth annual report: Reporting mortality and morbidity 2018 
• 2019 – Thirteenth annual report: Reporting mortality and morbidity 2017 
• 2018 – Twelfth  annual report: Reporting mortality and morbidity 2016
• 2017 –  Eleventh annual report: Reporting mortality and morbidity 2015
• 2016 – Tenth annual report: Reporting mortality 2014
• 2015 – Ninth  annual report: Reporting mortality 2013 
• 2014 – Eighth annual report: Reporting mortality 2012 
• 2013 – Seventh annual report: Reporting mortality 2011 
• 2012 – Sixth annual report: Reporting mortality 2010 
• 2011 – Fifth  annual report: Reporting mortality 2009  (1.7 MB, pdf)

Reports to the Minister of Health

From 2005 to late 2010, PMMRC was a ministerial committee that reported to the Minister of Health. It was supported by the Ministry of Health. The responsibility for mortality review committees moved to Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission when it was established in 2010. 

• 2010 – Fourth PMMRC report to the Minister of Health: Perinatal and maternal mortality 2008: July 2009 to June 2010 (1.3 MB, pdf)
• 2009 – Third PMMRC report to the Minister of Health: Perinatal and maternal mortality 2007: July 2008 to June 2009 (1.3 MB, pdf)
• 2009 – Second  PMMRC report to the Minister of Health: Perinatal and maternal mortality 2006: July 2007 to June 2008 (1 MB, pdf)
• 2007 – First PMMRC report to the Minister of Health: June 2005 to June 2007 (694 KB, pdf)

Maternal Morbidity Working Group (MMWG) annual reports

The PMMRC MMWG was established in May 2016. It was responsible for reviewing maternal morbidity and developing recommendations and quality improvement initiatives to help reduce maternal morbidity in Aotearoa New Zealand. It was disestablished in 2023.  

• 2019 – Third MMWG annual report: 1 September 2017 to 31 August 2018  
• 2018 – Second MMWG annual report: 1 September 2016 to 31 August 2017
• 2017 – the First report of the Maternal Morbidity Working Group was published as chapter 7 of the 2017 Eleventh PMMRC annual report.

Other publications and resources

All PMMRC publications, including these reports, webinar recordings, brochures, posters, videos and information sheets, can be found in the resource library here.