This ward has two birthing rooms, a birthing pool, and five antenatal/postnatal bedrooms.
PLEASE LEAVE VALUABLES AT HOME
In accordance with NZ legislation your baby must travel in a car seat. Please make sure you are familiar with how to put your seat into your car and that your car seat complies with NZ Safety Standards.
Make sure you are familiar with how to install your baby / child car seat into your vehicle and that it complies with New Zealand safety standards. To find a local child restraint technician to assisting in fitting your car seat, please click here:
For more information on NZ child restraints, please click here:
On the day of your discharge please arrange to be picked up and plan to leave by 11.00 am. You will need to ensure you have a car seat to take baby homeand suitable clothing for baby.
Before coming into Te Nikau, Grey Hospital & Health Centre, please notify your Lead Maternity Carer (LMC) midwife who will arrange your admission to the facility.
In some circumstances partners may be allowed to stay in the unit overnight. However, this depends on whether there is space in the unit at the time, and is at the discretion of the unit manager.
Motherhood is an exciting, but tiring time. Mums and their new baby/pepi need time to get to know each other.
However, we also recognise that on the Coast whānau may have to travel some distance to meet their new whanau member.
So, we’ve updated our visiting hours by adding an additional time slot for visitors. This adds flexibility for whanau and friends, but still gives our Mums and their baby /pepi some uninterrupted rest time
Mums can nominate up to two visitors who will be able to visit them at any time (this can be negotiated if required). Otherwise, general visiting hours are now between these two time slots:
10.00 am to 2.00 pm
4.00pm and 8.00pm.
The maternity unit will be closed to visitors outside these times, (other than those the Mums have nominated who can visit at any time).
No children under the age of 16 years, apart from siblings are to visit.
To keep our Mums, babies and everyone safe:
Please use hand sanitiser provide in the ward before and after touching a baby or new mother.
To access after 8.30pm and before 6am (if you are one of the mother’s nominated visitors) enter the front doors of the main entrance to Te Nikau, Grey Hospital & Health Centre. On the right hand side there is a red phone which will connect you directly to the front desk receptionist. The receptionist will open the doors and let the Maternity ward know you have arrived. If you require assistance, an orderly or Maternity Unit staff member will escort you.
There is a card payphone in the main corridor on the ground floor, opposite the entrance to Hannan Ward.
The television in the maternity ward lounge is available for patients and visitors to watch. There are no televisions in any of the bedrooms.
The Grey Star has a newspaper stand adjacent to the main entrance, Te Nikau, Grey Hospital & Health Centre. The Christchurch Press can be purchased from Vibe Cafe. The News (Westport newspaper) can be purchased from main reception, Te Nikau, Grey Hospital & Health Centre.
Page last updated: 3 August 2020
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