Ko Raukawa, Ko Waikato, Ko Tauranga Moana ōku iwi

Rohe: Ōtautahi

Phone: 021642116

Email: Jacqueline.Martin@ara.ac.nz

Taku Kōrero, Taku Mahi::

Tēnā koutou,

I am a Tāpuhi LMC. What does that mean? It

captures the knowledge I was a Pākehā educated

midwife who happened to be Māori. I reclaimed both

my cultural identity as a wāhine of Raukawa, Waikato

and Tauranga Moana and my professional stance, as

a registered midwife. In essence, I reclaimed my

identity and now I stand firmly in both worlds.

I have been a midwife for 20 years and left the clinical

floor in January 2022, to embark on helping transform

the midwifery profession of New Zealand. It was my

promise to give back to the midwifery profession by

guiding midwifery students 2022 and beyond, towards

achieving their desire to become midwives. I

relocated to Ōtautahi to take up a position as a

Kaiako Midwifery at the Ara Institute of Canterbury. It

is my time to give back.