Botany Downs Primary Birthing Unit

Botany Downs Primary Birthing Unit, 292 Botany Road, Botany Downs, Auckland

Contact Details

Phone (09) 259 5032

Street Address

292 Botany Road
Golflands
Auckland 2013

Postal Address

292 Botany Road
Botany Downs
Auckland 2013

Description

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Botany Downs "Whare Tapu" is the natural place to have your baby. The name gifted to Botany Downs Primary Birthing Unit in a special ceremony by the people of the local Tainui iwi is Whare Tapu. This conceptual meaning alludes to the most sacred beginning of life - the birth of a child.

The unit is a purpose-built facility located on Botany Rd, near the Botany Town Centre, that provides a quiet, pleasant environment in which you can have your baby in your way. It serves the  Howick, Pakuranga, Whitford, Botany, Dannemora, Flatbush, Ōtara, Manukau and  Redoubt Rd areas. However, low risk women from other areas are welcome to also use this facility.

Features of the Unit include:

  • 5 birthing rooms (2 with labour pools)
  • Postnatal accommodation for 15 women
  • Approximately 400 women birth in this unit per year
  • Approximately 1500 women transfer from a base hospital for their postnatal stay
  • Baby Friendly Hospital reaccredited in 2022. The unit prides itself in supporting women who choose to breastfeed with a high exclusive breastfeeding rate on discharge.  Lactation Consultant clinic at unit once a week.
  • Caseloading midwives clinics
  • Lead Maternity Carers run clinics at Botany Birthing Unit

Fees and Charges Description

Maternity care in New Zealand is funded by the government for:

  • New Zealand citizens
  • permanent residents
  • those who meet the Ministry of Health eligibility criteria.

To find out if you are eligible for free care, please check the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora guide to eligibility for public health services.

If you need more help please contact the Eligibility Officer at Middlemore Hospital on 276-0060 or 

If you are not eligible for funded care, you will need to pay the full cost of any care or treatment you have from Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau.

Procedures / Treatments

List of self employed and team midwives at Botany
Interpreting and translation services (ITS)
Smokefree service
Complaints - feedback
Information pamphlets for women

Visiting Hours

Visiting times are between 2.00pm and 8.00pm.
Rest, recovery and learning how to care for baby are the aims of the postnatal hospital stay. To ensure this happens, visiting times and the number of people allowed to visit are limited.
 
Fathers of the newborn babies are welcome to visit any time during daytime hours.
Children are also welcome but we ask that they are supervised by an adult and do not run around the ward.
 
If you wish to visit outside these hours, please discuss this with your Midwife beforehand.
 
Please refrain from visiting if your children are unwell with illness, including flu or chickenpox.

Travel Directions

Botany Downs Primary Birthing Unit is located next to Botany SuperClinic.

If you are travelling from the south (Papakura, Pukekohe etc) on the southern motorway take the  Manukau City exit, turn right and travel north up the Great South Rd then turn right into Te Irirangi Drive.

If you are travelling South from Auckland on the southern motorway take the Te Irirangi Drive exit and turn left onto Te Irirangi Drive.

Te Irirangi Drive intersection at Botany Town Centre; straight ahead for Botany Rd.

If you are travelling from the eastern suburbs the main route to take is along Ti Rakau Drive. Turn left into Botany Road just before the main shopping area of Botany Town Centre (Te Irirangi intersection).

Public Transport

A sheltered bus stop is located just outside the Botany Downs Maternity Unit.
For further bus information, see https://at.govt.nz/  Timetables, or phone 09-366 6400 or toll-free on 0800 10 30 80 if outside the local calling area.

Parking

There is plenty of free parking available to all patients and visitors.

Patients may be set down or picked up from outside the main entrance.  Please consider others and remove cars as soon as possible.

Pharmacy

A pharmacy is located next door at Botany SuperClinic.

SuperClinic Pharmacy is open daily (including public holidays) from 8.00am to 10.00pm.

Security

A locked door and buzzer system are in place to keep mothers and babies safe.

Website

www.countiesmanukau.health.nz/

https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/public/obstetrics-maternity/botany-downs-primary-birthing-unit/