Breastfeeding Support

Te Rito Ora is a free, community-based service that provides breastfeeding and baby feeding information and support for all mothers and babies who live in South Auckland. They can work with you from the time you find out you are pregnant until your baby is 2 years old.

Community Birth Services offer free information and support to help whanau achieve their breastfeeding goals. Qualified Lactation Consultants or Peer Counsellors provide virtual or phone consults, clinic or home visits. You can refer yourself, or a lead maternity carer, Whanau Ora support staff, well-child provider or general practice team can Read more…

Mama Aroha Breastfeeding Basics is an easy-to-follow visual tool designed to be informative to those learning the art of breastfeeding. They say “a picture paints a thousand words”, so we let the images do all the talking. This application puts evidence-based information into a user-friendly format that’s simple to understand. Read more…

River Ridge East Birth Centre funds and supports a Lactation Consultant to run a subsidised Breastfeeding Clinic one day a week. A one hour and fifteen minute appointment is just $30 for anyone that has birthed or stayed here postnatally. We charge a fee of $75 for anyone else who Read more…

Bethlehem Birthing Centre, Lactation Support GroupEvery Friday from 10.30am-12.30pmNo appointment needed, just come along, latch and chatSupported by a midwife training to be a lactation consultant Find more information on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BirthingCentreTauranga

The New Zealand Breastfeeding Alliance (NZBA) is a collaborative of over 35 member organisations established in 1998 to promote breastfeeding in New Zealand. Alliance members include NZCOM, La Leche League, NZLCA, Whānau Āwhina Plunket, Women’s Health Action, and a range of Māori and Pasifika organisations such as Te Wakahuia o Read more…