New Zealand Breastfeeding Alliance - NZBA

29/04/2026

Amazing news! Breastfeeding protects the health of māmā too!
Photo: Naera Ohia Photography

29/04/2026

May timetable from our member organisation, Te Rito Ora.

29/04/2026

https://www.ourmilkyway.org/breastfeeding-through-an-earth-day-lens/

  Donna Walls, RN, BSN, CLC, ANLC Breastfeeding is the kindest way to care for our babies and our Mother Earth. I never thought of a feeding method as kind or unkind until I started really looking at the impact of the feeding choice on the environment. Here are some of the ways that breastfeeding ....

23/04/2026

Isn't that amazing?
Every breastfeed protects māmā too!
😍😍😍
Photo: Naera Ohia Photography

16/04/2026

📫Our April news has landed!

NZBA is honoured to become the guardian of the BreastFedNZ app. We extend our gratitude and respect to tangata whenua and to the past guardians of the app for their considerable mahi and aroha, which have shaped and strengthened the app into what it is today.

14/04/2026

Babies before bottom lines! A great video to share at education sessions.
https://www.who.int/multi-media/details/babies-before-bottom-lines-formula-milk-advertising-violates-international-agreements #

Babies before bottom lines: formula milk advertising violates international agreements 25 June 2025  | video WHO Team Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health & Ageing (MCA), Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS)

12/04/2026

Our colleagues over in Australia are fighting hard for The Code.

Introduction by Croakey: At a time when food security is under threat from the global fuel crisis, it is more

08/04/2026

NZLCA is offering an in-person breastfeeding education and networking day on Friday 15 May 2026 in Manurewa.

Register here: https://forms.gle/ojU1PVJm2CzsaFzbA

31/03/2026

Our member organisation, Te Rito Ora, has released their April timetable.

Feel free to share, free for all pregnant Indian women. To enrol encourage women to email Cm-terito.ora@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz with their; full name, NHI number, phone number, due date and where they live in NZ.

Te Rito Ora will then send them a welcome email including links to join. They will continue to receive monthly updated timetables.

25/03/2026

The act of breastfeeding supports not only the physiological growth and development of a baby, but also psychological development by enveloping baby in warmth, smell and taste of familiarity.

Breast milk contains antibodies that matures the gut and helps baby fight off viruses, bacteria and infection.

Breastfeeding reduces the mother’s risk of diabetes, obesity & some cancers.
WHO recommends:
✅ Start breastfeeding 🤱🏻 straight after birth
✅ Breastfeed 🤱🏻 exclusively for the first 6 months
✅ Continue until the baby 👶 is 2+ years old


Photo by Naera Ohia

19/03/2026

8 more sleeps 😍

18/03/2026

Booking is now open for the UK BFI Virtual Conferernce

The 2025 Baby Friendly Annual Conference is taking place 12-13 November 2025 at the Telford International Centre.