Mai I Kurawaka is a six-part podcast series of Māori stories on hapūtanga (pregnancy, birth and beyond). This podcast will share different whānau narratives and their unique experiences of hapūtanga. It is designed to help educate and encourage first time parents, whānau seeking Māori- specific knowledge on pregnancy and birthing and those who enjoy listening to and learning about hapūtanga.
Produced by Hāpai te Hauora
Funded by Nōku te Ao with support from Mental Health Foundation
Podcast hosts: Lizzie Strickett and Jessikha Leatham-Vlasic
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Mai I Kurawaka is a six-part podcast series of Māori stories on hapūtanga (pregnancy, birth and beyond). This podcast will share different whānau narratives and their unique experiences of hapūtanga. It is designed to help educate and encourage first time parents, whānau seeking Māori- specific knowledge on pregnancy and birthing and those who enjoy listening to and learning about hapūtanga.
Produced by Hāpai te Hauora
Funded by Nōku te Ao with support from Mental Health Foundation
Podcast hosts: Lizzie Strickett and Jessikha Leatham-Vlasic
Jo Rama: Māori birthing practices, Māori midwifery
Mai I Kurawaka Podcast
42 minutes 54 seconds
4 years ago
Jo Rama: Māori birthing practices, Māori midwifery
In this episode of Mai I Kurawaka, we talk to Jo Rama. Jo is a Kaupapa Māori birthing practitioner with over twenty years of Māori midwifery practice. In her interview, she talks about her upbringing as an urban Māori in Tāmaki Makaurau, overcoming ovarian cancer and going on to give birth to six pēpi, despite having 1/8 of one ovary. She talks very openly and candidly about being a young māmā suffering severe postnatal depression and how Kaupapa Māori birthing practices, including birthing at home, helped her processing and healing.
Credits:Produced by Hāpai te HauoraFunded by Nōku te Ao- Like Minds with support from Mental Health Foundation
Host: Lizzie Strickett
Contact us: Via media@hapai.co.nzVia Instagram
Please note: The themes and content shared in this podcast are the interviewee’s and do not reflect the views or perspectives of the producer, Hāpai te Hauora nor the funding body, Nōku te Ao- Like Minds.
Mai I Kurawaka Podcast
Mai I Kurawaka is a six-part podcast series of Māori stories on hapūtanga (pregnancy, birth and beyond). This podcast will share different whānau narratives and their unique experiences of hapūtanga. It is designed to help educate and encourage first time parents, whānau seeking Māori- specific knowledge on pregnancy and birthing and those who enjoy listening to and learning about hapūtanga.
Produced by Hāpai te Hauora
Funded by Nōku te Ao with support from Mental Health Foundation
Podcast hosts: Lizzie Strickett and Jessikha Leatham-Vlasic
