MMPO

MMPO Provider of practice management and claiming services to Lead Maternity Carer - LMC - midwives. These activities are achieved by providing the following:
1.

The MMPO was established by the New Zealand College of Midwives in 1997 to provide its Lead Maternity Carer midwives with a supportive practice management and quality assurance infrastructure and a business framework enabling high quality continuity of care for women throughout Aotearoa, New Zealand. Our Main Functions

We support the sustainability of midwifery practices and maternity services
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roughout New Zealand by providing a responsive practice management
support service and a midwifery focused electronic practice management
system that enables midwives to meet their service, financial and professional
commitments. We also undertake a variety of projects for the profession, health service
providers, the Ministry of Health, research organisations and communities
that utilize the rich collection of data we manage around the provision of
maternity services in New Zealand by midwives. A standardized, peer reviewed set of maternity notes and series of
individualized reporting templates.

2. Access to and ongoing support for an electronic maternity record and
practice management system incorporating the NZCOM data set and a suite
of reports.

3. A reliable maternity service claiming and payment systems for Lead Maternity
Carer midwives and associated maternity service providers.

4. Support for the role of NZCOM to develop and service the profession by:
• providing aggregated clinical information on midwifery activities and outcomes for benchmarking, research and service monitoring,
• undertaking projects that inform the development of midwifery services,
• collecting relevant maternity outcome data to ensure midwives can review their work against the standards of the profession and help women choosing midwifery led maternity care achieve high quality outcomes.

5. Information for consumers, the profession, LMC midwives and providers of maternity services to enable and support midwives to provide quality, woman focused care.

09/07/2026

Kia Ora

Our office is closed today as we observe Matariki.

We’ll respond to any messages on Monday - please feel free to send an email to [email protected] or leave a voice message on 03 377 2485.

Wishing you and your whānau a safe and peaceful Matariki.

04/06/2026

Thrive in LMC Practice – Free Business Workshop for College Midwife Members

👉 Register now by clicking the link below.

Want more confidence in the business side of your LMC practice? Join the Thrive in LMC Practice workshop series and learn practical strategies for managing finances, claims and cashflow, group practice arrangements, digital safety, and planning for time off. Free for all College midwife members, these workshops are designed to help you build a stronger, more sustainable practice. Register for a workshop near you today.

02/06/2026

THRIVE IN LMC PRACTICE - Business Workshops

Being an LMC midwife today asks far more than providing exceptional midwifery care.

You are also managing a business, navigating claiming and cashflow, planning for time off and backup, responding to increasing digital demands, and trying to build sustainable ways of working — often while carrying significant workload and on-call pressure.

To support this reality, MMPO is pleased to bring back our free LMC focussed business workshops:
Thrive in LMC Practice - supporting sustainable LMC midwifery

These practical, non-clinical workshops have been designed specifically for community LMC midwives and LMC group practices who want to strengthen systems, build better business confidence, and more sustainable practice models.

Workshop topics include:
• Individual LMC business health (Understanding practice costs, tax, ACC, GST, KiwiSaver, Xero vs Hnry, and future financial planning)
• Claims, cashflow & confidence (Section 94 basics, claiming rhythms, corrections, cashflow confidence and reducing financial stress)
• Group practice, backup & reciprocity (Shared expectations, fair reciprocity, backup systems, handover processes and acknowledging invisible workload)
• Risk, digital safety & time off planning (Tiaki Scribe and AI safety, privacy risk, insurance, continuity planning, locums and sustainable time off planning)

These sessions are designed to be interactive, practical, relevant and immediately useful — whether you are a new graduate LMC, an experienced midwife, or part of a wider group practice.

Workshops are being held across Aotearoa and are free to all College midwife members.
Please click on the link below for workshop locations, dates and registration information.

We would love to see you there as we work together to strengthen sustainable LMC midwifery practice across Aotearoa.

Ngā mihi nui

Wayne Robertson

Tiaki Scribe Prize DrawWe’re excited to share the winners of our Tiaki Scribe prize draw for everyone who signed up befo...
12/05/2026

Tiaki Scribe Prize Draw

We’re excited to share the winners of our Tiaki Scribe prize draw for everyone who signed up before 10 May 2026.

A huge congratulations to:
- Lisa Oh - Air NZ Great Mystery Break for Two
- Melaynee Hall - Air NZ Great Mystery Break for Two
- Melissa-Ann Lacy - iPad Package
- Shingai Mare - iPad Package
- Jackie Graham - iPad Package

To view the live draw ... https://youtu.be/nUgPZfkl2i8

Thank you to everyone who has signed up and taken the time to explore Tiaki Scribe. It has been fantastic to see the interest and enthusiasm from our midwifery community.

We know Tiaki Scribe helps make documentation feel a little easier, giving you more time and energy to focus on the important mahi you do every day.

Congratulations again to our winners. We’ll be in touch directly with prize details.

Ngā mihi nui
The MMPO Team

Congratulations to the winner of our Tiaki Scribe draw!A huge thank you to everyone who has signed up to Tiaki Scribe and supported us so far. We really appr...

As an LMC Midwife, are you Interested in offering funded immunisations to hapū māmā as part of your LMC practice? For t...
05/05/2026

As an LMC Midwife, are you Interested in offering funded immunisations to hapū māmā as part of your LMC practice?

For those interested in expanded practice, eligible LMC midwives can provide funded vaccines across pregnancy and the postnatal period (including pēpi up to 12 months or whānau where this benefits perinatal-related care), in accordance with the Midwifery Council’s Expanded Practice policy.

MMPO is here to help eligible self-employed LMC midwives get set up, with education funding, vaccination administration payments, and support with cold-chain requirements.

Register your interest today:
https://mmpo.org.nz/resources/antenatal-immunisation-support-hub/

This initiative recognises and supports the work of all LMC midwives in improving antenatal immunisation coverage across Aotearoa.

Immunisation Support Hub for LMC MidwivesHealth NZ | Te Whatu Ora has partnered with MMPO to enable self-employed Lead Maternity Carer (LMC) midwives to offer funded immunisations. This includes education payments, cold-chain setup support for saf…

05/05/2026

Today, on International Day of the Midwife 2026, we celebrate and thank midwives everywhere for the extraordinary care, skill, and compassion you bring to whānau, pēpi, and communities every day.

This year’s theme, One Million More Midwives, is a powerful reminder of the vital role midwives play across the world, and the urgent need to invest in, support, and grow this incredible workforce.

To all midwives: thank you for your dedication, advocacy, and unwavering commitment. We see you, we value you, and we celebrate you - the MMPO Team 💜

01/05/2026

Register for Tiaki Scribe by 7 May 2026 to go in the draw to win one of five prize packs valued at $800+, including either an iPad package or an Air New Zealand Mystery Weekend.

📝 Sign up here: https://forms.office.com/r/MBeuf1DZGL

Tiaki Scribe is live as a fully supported service.

Tiaki Scribe is our AI-assisted midwifery documentation support tool, designed to help midwives spend less time on notes, reduce after-hours catch-up, and create more space to focus on māmā, pēpi and whānau.

Midwives using Tiaki Scribe have told us it can make a real difference in day-to-day practice — helping visits feel more focused and supporting better capture of important clinical discussion. Just as importantly, their feedback has already helped shape improvements to summary quality, note structure, speed, repetition, and usability.

Why sign up?
✨ Your first month from registration is free
✨ Ongoing MMPO support
✨ Continued improvements based on midwife feedback
✨ NZ-based privacy and security settings
✨ You stay fully responsible for reviewing, editing, and approving the final note

Cost: $50 + GST per month after your free first month.

On our current assumptions, Tiaki Scribe only needs to save around 27 seconds per visit to pay for itself over a year.

🎥 We’ll pop the webinar recording link in the comments.

If you have any questions, please contact us on 03 377 2485 or email [email protected].

Community Midwives — protect the equipment that supports your practice every day.MMPO’s Community Midwife Group Insuranc...
22/04/2026

Community Midwives — protect the equipment that supports your practice every day.

MMPO’s Community Midwife Group Insurance Policy offers cover for your midwifery-specific equipment and digital devices, with up to $8,000 + GST cover for just $87.50 + GST per annum.

With cover available anywhere, anytime, any place in New Zealand from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, now is the time to make sure you’re included.

Register and pay now to join the group policy:

Register and Pay hereWhat does it include - from 1 April 2026?Policy Maximum Cover Value: $8,000 plus GSTPolicy Excess: $500 less GST (or $434.78 plus GST)Period Covered: 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027Equipment Covered:Midwifery Specific Equipment …

20/04/2026

Have you heard about Tiaki Scribe and would like to know more?
MMPO is hosting a Tiaki Scribe face-to-face demonstration:

📍 Ngā Hau Birthing Unit, 14 Waddon Place, Mangere
🕒 12:30 – 1:00pm
📅 Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Come along to see how Tiaki Scribe works in practice — supporting your workflow, reducing admin burden, and helping streamline documentation.

All midwives are welcome to attend, with time to ask questions and see it in action.

This is a pilot session to help inform future opportunities, with more to follow.

We’d love to see you there.

16/04/2026

Have you heard about Tiaki Scribe and would like to know more?

MMPO is hosting a Tiaki Scribe face-to-face demonstration:

📍 Ngā Hau Birthing Unit
🕒 12:30 – 1:00pm
📅 Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Come along to see how Tiaki Scribe works in practice — supporting your workflow, reducing admin burden, and helping streamline documentation.

All midwives are welcome to attend, with time to ask questions and see it in action.

This is a pilot session to help inform future opportunities, with more to follow.

We’d love to see you there.

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Christchurch

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 7pm
Tuesday 7am - 7pm
Wednesday 7am - 7pm
Thursday 7am - 7pm
Friday 7am - 5pm

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+6433772485

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