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Webinar recording: Ka awatea: A new dawn – PMMRC recommendations in action

22nd August, 2023

The following videos are recordings of the presentations from Ka awatea: A new dawn – PMMRC recommendations in action, a webinar held on 8 June 2023.

The webinar focused on the recommendations from the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee’s (PMMRC) Fifteenth Annual Report, how they can be implemented and exemplars from those who have put them into action.

Accessible transcripts for these videos will be available soon.


Welcome and opening address

Denis Grennell (Pou Tikanga, PMMRC), John Tait (Chair of PMMRC), Jo Sorasio (Senior Specialist Adviser, PMMRC)

Download an accessible transcript of this video here (28KB, docx)


Practising culturally safe perinatal care: Learning from champions identified by whānau Māori

Anna Adcock (research fellow in the Centre for Women’s Health Research at Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington)

Download an accessible version of this video here (31KB, docx)


Ao Mai te Rā: the anti-racism kaupapa

Kiri Dargaville (Manatū Hauora Ministry of Health)

Download an accessible transcript of this video here (30KB, docx)


Young parent support service

Violet Clapham (Midwifery Resource Centre, Canterbury)

Download an accessible transcript of this video here (30KB, docx)


Equitable access to necessary health care: pregnancy ultrasound

Claire MacDonald (New Zealand College of Midwives)

Download an accessible transcript of this video here (30KB, docx)


Carosika’s legacy

Tina Allen-Mokaraka (Iwi: Ngāpuhi; hapū: Te Mahurehure, Ngāti Pākau), Tasi Wilson (villages of Saaga Siumu and Samata-i-Uta in Samoa)

Download an accessible transcript of this video here (29KB, docx)


Karakia and closing

Denis Grennell (Pou Tikanga, PMMRC)

Download an accessible transcript of this video here (24KB, docx)


Last updated: 22nd August, 2023