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A birthing centre in Tauranga is smashing the national average of water births.

Bethlehem Birthing Centre has seen 40 per cent, or approximately 170 babies, being born into water at the centre each year.

People in Bethlehem might have noticed that its birthing centre has turned its famous exterior pink and blue light to blue only

Expectant parents have a lot to learn before their baby is born but it became harder to do so during lockdown, so the Bethlehem Birthing Centre held their antenatal classes online.

​26 May 2020: First birthday celebrations at Nga Hau Māngere Birthing Centre this week will be bittersweet, with a joyful celebration of the 176 babies born there over the past year tempered with disappointment that the Budget failed to deliver much-needed funding for birthing and postnatal care.

More women in the MidCentral Health district are likely to have their babies at Palmerston North's Te Papaioea primary birthing centre when a New Zealand-first partnership takes effect.

Blue and pink rings light up the side of Bethlehem Birthing Centre, marking the birth of a newborn.

Te Papaioea Birthing Centre in Palmerston North has celebrated its second birthday this week, welcoming little Maggie Brosnan as baby number 643 born at the Ruahine St facility.

Birthing centres in Lower Hutt and Mangere are closing over the busy Christmas period, throwing the birth plans of many women into disarray.