Pre-registration Midwifery Education

Pre-registration midwifery education programmes are three-year bachelor's degree programmes. They are designed to prepare students for registration as a midwife in New Zealand.

Approved programmes may be offered by accredited tertiary education providers. In 2007 the Council published new Standards  for pre-registration education. The 2007 programme is an extended three year programme meaning that each year has a minimum of 45 programmed weeks rather than the more usual 36 programmed weeks. All students whether full time or part time must complete the programme within four years of commencement.

Existing students will continue with their existing course of study but from 2010 all first year students will enrol in programmes which meet the new standards. 

 

Standards for pre-registration education Adobe Acrobat Document: 449 KB, 66 seconds @ 56kbps

As at November 2009 the situation  in relation to each Midwifery School is as follows:

AUT (Auckland)

• will continue to provide the former programme to 2nd and 3rd year students;

• is accredited to offer the 2007 programme to first year students in 2010 .

Wintec (Hamilton)

• will continue to provide the former programme to 2nd and 3rd year year students;

• is accredited to offer the 2007 programme to first year students in 2010.

Massey University (Wellington)

• will continue to provide the former programme to 2nd and 3rd year students

• will not offer the 2007 programme.

CPIT (Christchurch)

• will continue to provide the former programme to 3rd year students;

• is accredited to offer the 2007 programme.

Otago Polytechnic (Dunedin)

• will continue to provide the former programme to 3rd year students;

• is accredited to offer the 2007 programme and will offer it in the lower South Island and in the Wellington region.

Midwifery students must successfully complete an approved pre-registration midwifery education programme in order to be put forward for the Midwifery Council National Midwifery Examination, which is part of the Council's registration requirements for New Zealand midwives. 

Clicking on the links below will take you to the institution's School of Midwifery .

Otago Polytechnic  (Dunedin)	Christchurch Polytecnic Institute of Technology (Christchurch)
Massey University (Wellington)	Waikato Institute of Technology (Hamilton)
Auckland University of Technology (Auckland)

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