She had taken creative writing courses and researched the history of midwifery in New Zealand. Marie-ann’s interest in writing was ignited when midwives celebrated 100 years of registration in 2006.
In the last 10 years of her career she started working as a locum, stepping into other midwives’ caseloads in the Waikato, Waipā, King country and Taumarunui, then as far south as Timaru, west to Taranaki and east to the Hawke’s Bay and Palmerston North. Matariki Birthing Unit was mostly her base. In her independent midwifery career, spanning 33 years, she covered a large rural and urban area right out to Kāwhia, Ōtorohanga, Arapuni, Te Awamutu, Cambridge and occasionally Hamilton. I have conducted over 1200 deliveries and cared for many more mothers and babies both ante and postnatally,” says Marie-ann. The joy I experience being a part of a family welcoming a new member is one of the most awesome, positive and uplifting gifts in life and I had the honour of sharing that with the whole whānau. “Midwifery is a passion and a vocation rather than a career. She officially, “yet reluctantly” retired in March this year.
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