What do we want?

We want to not be needed anymore, but until that happens...

Our mission statement:

To consistently provide high quality support to families requiring assistance or advice once a maternity related tragedy has occurred, and to research and provide maternity related information to New Zealand citizens and government bodies which is evidence-based.

Our core aims

1.  To support our niche of families in need due to needless death or injury (or near miss) of their family member through maternity system failure.  To give them they very real help that they need at the time, most suited to their situation.  To guide them through the complex systems in place now, and to aid in the creation of simpler systems for the future.

2.  Better evidence-based information accessible to all consumers to ensure their decisions truly are fully informed, and more thorough support services for families once a tragedy does occur

3. An independent perinatal database that collects internationally comparable information on all New Zealand births, aligned with an epidemiology unit that will ensure the data is well utilised  - this information on trends in care needs to be accessible to the public

4.  An independent review/inquiry into New Zealand's maternity system, including but not limited to a review of the training and supervision requirements of maternity practitioners