Parents seek different birthing experience at new centre Stuff.co.nz Traci Fricker Monday, 3 September 2018 0 2347 Margaret and David Murphy said they chose to have their second child, Chloe, at the Te Awakairangi Birthing Centre because they were not expecting a medically assisted birth. They were attracted to the centre because it offered a "calmer and more comfortable" environment than a hospital. Read more