About Us

The New Zealand College of Midwives (NZCOM) is the professional organisation and recognised 'voice' for midwives in New Zealand. NZCOM represents over 2000 members and works in partnership with maternity consumer groups and individual women to ensure high quality maternity and midwifery services in New Zealand.

NZCOM has 10 geographic regions and 5 sub-regions in the smaller provincial centres. The regions function autonomously and have their own constitutions which align to the national NZCOM constitution.

Each region has its own elected office bearers, i.e. Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, Standards Review Committee members, Resolution Committee members, Education Committee representatives and so on. Each of the regional chairpeople are part of the National Committee (the governance body of the College) which meets three times a year. The Chairpeople therefore have a key role in raising regional midwifery related issues at a national level and ensuring that issues of national interest to midwifery are brought to the regions for comment and feedback.

The current Chairperson for the Wellington region is Kath Boyle.