World Breastfeeding Week in New Zealand

World Breastfeeding Week Around the World: New Zealand WBW in other countries

Women's Health Action is a charitable trust with the aims of providing women with high quality information and education services to enable them to maintain their health and make informed choices about their health care. We have a health promotion and disease prevention focus, with a special interest in screening.
We approach health within a holistic framework of the whole of women's lives, rather than from a narrowly medical perspective.

Breastfeeding Week 2006

Women’s Health Action is co-ordinating an attempt to break the record for “The Most Women Breastfeeding Simultaneously’ in New Zealand which was set last year at 654.Women’s Health Action is setting up a venue in Auckland and would like other breastfeeding supporters nationally to do the same in their area. This year it will take place on Saturday 5 August 2006 at 11am. Email Louise for more information or if you would like to register please fill out the following form and submit to Women’s Health Action.

Confirmed venues across Aotearoa New Zealand

Auckland Central Auckland Zoo, Old Elephant House ‘Free entry for breastfeeding mother and child’ (Registration closes at 10.45) Contact: Louise James / Jude Berman 09 520 5295 or jude@womens-health.org.nz	Auckland North Shore East Coast Bays Leisure Centre 14 Bute Road, Browns Bay Contact: Rochelle Jansen 09 413 6925 or jansen.r@xtra.co.nz
South Auckland - Otara Samoan Catholic Church 12 Otara Rd. Contact: Peka Aati O27 549902 or nkimura@thc.org.nz	South Auckland – Botany Downs Maternity Unit 292 Botany Rd Contact: Ngaronoa Kimura 0800 242229 or nkimura@thc.org.nz
South Auckland – Mangere Turiki Health Centre 2/32 Canning Crescent Contact: Ngaronoa Kimura 0800 242229 or nkimura@thc.org.nz	South Auckland – Papakura Marae Hunua Rd, Papakura Contact: Ngaronoa Kimura 0800 242229 or nkimura@thc.org.nz
Wellington Central Venue to be confirmed Contact: Vida Rye 04 972 5463 or vida@nurturenz.com	Lower Hutt Venue to be confirmed Contact: Sarah Krammer 04 938 5380 or sarahkaye55@paradise.net.nz
Porirua Venue to be confirmed Contact: Kima Faasalele alixbaker@xtra.co.nz	Kerkeri Venue to be confirmed Contact: Kelly Stratford 09 4038825 or strattys@xtra.co.nz
Paihia Venue to be confirmed Contact: Kelly Stratford 09 4038825 or strattys@xtra.co.nz	Kawakawa Baptist Church 19 Gillies Street, on State Highway One Contact: Kelly Stratford 09 4038825 or strattys@xtra.co.nz
New Plymouth Venue to be confirmed Contact: Amy Barton 06 7534485 or amyandana@clear.net.nz	Christchurch Contact: jude@womens-health.org.nz
Dunedin Queen Mary Maternity Centre 201 Great King Rd, Dunedin Contact: Bronwen Moloughney Bronwen.Moloughney@healthotago.co.nz	Invercargill Invercargill Public Library Children’s Services Activities Room 50 Dee Street, Invercargill Contact: Southland Breastfeeding Advocacy Group Kristen Lobb rjlobb@xtra.co.nz
Timaru Venue to be confirmed Contact: Pauline Hole pauline-dave@xtra.co.nz	Blenheim Maternity Unit Wairau Hospital Contact: Barbara Ryan barbara.ryan@nmdhb.govt.nz
Waiheke Contact: Beatle Treadwell (09) 372 9847 beatle.t@actrix.co.nz	Feilding Feilding Maternity Services 111 Derby Street Contact: Carolyn Tranther (06)323 7770 or feildingmaternity@xtra.co.nz

“The Big Latch On”

Women’s Health Action is co-ordinating an attempt to break New Zealand’s 2005 record of 654 Women Breastfeeding Simultaneously at venues all around the country.

Celebrity, Petra Bagust and breastfeeding baby Jude ask all breastfeeding mothers to join them at a local venue or gather a few mothers together in a coffee group to be counted on Saturday 5^th of August at 11am. It will be a fun and exciting morning.

Petra will be at the Old Elephant House at the zoo in Auckland.

Details can be found at www.womens-health.org.nz or email Louise