Tricia Thompson

Tricia.Thompson@op.ac.nz

Tricia is a senior lecturer within the School of Midwifery, and lives in Taranaki. Her midwifery practice has focused on homebirth in provincial and rural settings, but she has also worked in primary, secondary, and occasionally tertiary maternity units in both Aotearoa and isolated outback areas in Australia. Her other work has been in safe motherhood and global midwifery, gender empowerment, and sustainable development programmes in South and South East Asia. She is passionate about creating more sustainable ways of being in all realms - personal, professional and community.