Regional Team

Our vision and values

Our regional team is passionate about midwifery and committed to supporting and advocating for our members across the region. We work to strengthen connection, provide information and support, and ensure members’ voices are heard.

As an incorporated society, we are member-led and accountable to those we represent. We see our role as one of stewardship — using our resources, time, and influence responsibly to support and strengthen midwifery in our region.

Our Regional Chair represents the region at a national level, advocating on behalf of members and bringing national perspectives back to the region. We welcome questions, feedback, and ideas, and value open, two-way communication.

Office bearer roles are elected at our Annual General Meeting, held each August. If you are interested in contributing to the leadership of our region, we would love to hear from you, please get in touch via email.

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Becky Bangma

Regional Chair

chairnzcom.cantwest@gmail.com

Coming soon!

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Amanda Small

Secretary

secretarynzcom.cantwest@gmail.com
Ko Amanda Small tōku ingoa.
Kei te noho au ki Ōtautahi.
I live by the beach and feel very blessed to live in this paradise I call home. I work as a locum midwife and I get to travel for work and meet lots of different midwives, health professionals and whānau around New Zealand.
I have been a midwife since 2007, I trained in a Bachelor of Midwifery at Massey University, Wellington. I have worked as a Lead Maternity Carer and a core midwife in various regions. Secretarial work is new to me…it is a fresh challenge I accepted as I believe that this is my season for giving back to my midwifery community. I have been a busy single Mum and couldn’t have imagined carving out the time to keep up with the secretarial duties until recently. I find my midwifery passion directed towards advocating for my colleagues these days, while I still hold great pride in my advocacy for whānau and birthing people, I see a need to awhi my colleagues more and being part of the NZCOM Canterbury West Coast regional team is a great way to do that.

Rachel Jury

Regional Vice Chair

vicechairnzcom.cantwest@gmail.com

Kia ora koutou,

Ko Rachel tōku ingoa (she/her), your Vice Chair for our regional committee, where I also support the ongoing development and management of our website and digital communications.

I am a Clinical Midwife Manager at Christchurch Women’s Hospital and while currently completing my Master of Health Service Management through Massey University. My professional interests centre on supportive and values-based leadership, midwifery wellbeing, and equitable experiences of maternity care across Aotearoa. I am committed to strengthening workplace culture and championing approaches that honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and enhance the experiences of midwives, whānau and communities.

I am always keen to connect, collaborate and kōrero with members about opportunities to uplift our profession and support each other in the vital work we do. Please feel welcome to reach out.

Jess Nelson

Regional Treasurer

treasurernzcom.cantwest@gmail.com

Coming soon!

Sonya Gray

Sonya Gray

LMC Liaison

liaisonnzcom.cantwest@gmail.com

Hi

I am the current LMC Liaison for the Canterbury West Coast region of the College.

I have been a midwife for 18 yrs and the majority of that time has been as an LMC with a short amount of time being employed by the CDHB as a core midwife.

I am a regular attendee at College meetings and have been an MSR reviewer and a Mentor through the MFYP program. I am currently a caseloading midwife primarily based in North Canterbury.

I have always believed strongly in good communication between the CDHB and the LMC Community and working in this role is my way of contributing to this.

Please feel free to contact me on the LMC liaison email address, as this is the best way to get hold of me, if you have anything you would like to discuss. I am always happy to meet.

 

Ali Woodhouse

Regional NZCOM Breastfeeding Representative

breastfeedingnzcom.cantwest@gmail.com

Coming soon!

Rachel Jury

Regional Website Administrator

vicechairnzcom.cantwest@gmail.com

For website updates, content additions, or any questions about the site, please contact our Website Administrator.

 

 

Inga

Ara Student Representative

Coming soon!