Maternity — Bay of Plenty

Nau mai, haere mai and welcome to Whakatane Hospital's Ko Matariki maternity unit. When you arrive at the maternity unit, you'll find dedicated parking located outside of the unit, which is on Stewart Street. If this is full, more parking is available on Stewart Street or in the hospital's main car park.

The entrance to Ko Matariki is straight ahead of you. The first set of doors will always open, no matter what time of the day it is. Please press the intercom located by the second set of doors. And a member of our team will let you in.

When you first arrive at Ko Matariki, our team will welcome you and show you to one of our birthing rooms.

Our three birthing rooms are equipped with everything you and your midwife will need during your labour and birth.

You can have as many support people and whānau in the room with you as you like during your labour and birth.

Some people choose to use water to provide relaxation and pain relief during labour and birth. We have one polar viable for you to use should you wish to do this.

Please bring in anything that you would like to use to assist you with your labour and birth

We also have a special care baby unit on the ward for babies who are born early from 32 weeks or need some more specialised care.

Once baby is born, you will move to a postnatal room. We also have a kitchen for you and your whānau to use to make tea and coffee.

Our team of midwives and nurses will support you with baby's feeding after giving birth, and we also have a lactation consultant service available if you need additional help with feeding.

Our aim is to meet the individual needs of each woman and whānau, and to create a positive and empowering birthing experience.

We are committed to supporting you to incorporate your cultural values into your birth experience, labour and maternity care. We acknowledge and understand that kaupapa Maori and other cultural traditions and practices will have an influence and an impact on your childbirth experience, and whānau wellbeing.

You'll see that just beside reception, we have our Mahi Aroha Corner, which is a space for baby items and clothes that are donated by the community for you to use and take home.

Thank you for watching. We look forward to seeing you soon. Ka kite.

Nau mai, haere mai and welcome to Tauranga Hospital Maternity Ward.

When you arrive at the hospital, you'll find dedicated parking located at the back entrance of the hospital for you to use.

You can access this car park via Twentieth Avenue. If these spaces are full, please use the other patient parking on site.

If you arrive after 8 p.m., the doors will be locked. So please use the intercom and our security team will let you in.

Once you're inside the hospital, find your way to the lifts and go up to level one. You'll see our maternity entrance there. Support people, when your person is in labour is settled on the ward, please move your car to the allocated parking if it’s not already there.

If you were coming in for an elective caesarean section, our surgical admissions ward is just next to the maternity ward on level one. You can go directly there on the day of your caesarean section.

When you arrive at the maternity ward, please use the intercom to speak to a team member who will let you in. When you first arrive our team will welcome you, confirm your details and show you to one of our birthing rooms.

We have four antenatal rooms with shared bathrooms, as well as four shared postnatal rooms and seven single postnatal rooms with bathrooms. We also have a kitchen for you and your whānau to use with tea and coffee available.

Our birthing rooms are fully equipped with everything you and your midwife will need during your labour and birth.

Epidurals are available if required, as well as assisted deliveries including forceps, ventouse, and caesarean sections.

We have anaesthetists and obstetricians available on call at all times, should you need them.

Some people choose to use water to provide relaxation and pain relief during birth. 

We have two pool rooms available for you to use should you need.

Please bring in anything you would like to use to assist you with your labour. This could be a music speaker, a birth ball, or other home comforts.

Once your baby is born, you will stay in the same room for around two hours and then you will move to a postnatal room.

You also have the option to go to the Bethlehem Birthing Centre. Or you can go home if you and your baby are well.

Our team of midwives and nurses will support you with your baby's feeding after birth. And we also have three lactation consultants available should you need additional help with feeding.

Our aim is to meet the individual needs of each woman and create a positive and empowering birthing experience. We are committed to supporting you to incorporate your cultural values into your birth experience, labour and maternity care.

This is because we acknowledge and understand that kaupapa Māori and other cultural traditions and practices will have an influence and an impact on your childbirth experience. 

Our experienced team is here to make sure you and your whānau receive the best care possible.

Thank you for watching, and we look forward to seeing you soon.