Sharmaine Poata

Kia Ora, ko Sharmaine Poata toku ingoa - Māori Midwife from Whangaroa. I started my midwifery career as a hospital midwife, but the majority of my role has been spent as a busy remote rural midwife in our Far/Mid North communities. I am still humbled by the experiences privileged to me by Hapū māmā & their whānau, and also grateful for my own whānau who support me and the demands of my profession. I provide whānau-centred care in pregnancy, labour & birth and after birth - covering all Kaeo/Whangaroa & surrounding areas through to Kerikeri. I support home, water and hospital births & provide free birth pool hire for waterbirths at home. My antenatal clinics are in Kaeo & Kerikeri.