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What rural adjustment payments, if any, are provided to LMC midwives under the Primary Maternity Services Notice separate from locally funded support, and in what year was each introduced or last adjusted?

Answered Question 33123 (2026)
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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • What rural adjustment payments, if any, are provided to LMC midwives under the Primary Maternity Services Notice separate from locally funded support, and in what year was each introduced or last adjusted?

Answered by

Hon Casey Costello

List MP · NZ First Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised that since its introduction in November 2021, the Rural Practice and Travel Supplement payment rates have been adjusted through national consumer price index uplifts, increasing by 3 percent on 1 July 2022, 2.51 percent on 1 July 2024, and 3 percent on 1 July 2025.