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New Zealand has never had more midwives, but they’re working fewer hours. More than 3300 midwives held practising certificates in the year to March 2019, with about 30% of them choosing to work less than 24 hours a week.
The Midwifery Council’s annual report says that of 1168 community-based midwives, nearly 30% are working fewer than 24 hours a week, and 56% worked between 25 and 40 hours a week. “This means there are insufficient practising midwives at primary, secondary and tertiary levels
