本帖最后由 ybbest 于 2013-6-10 10:42 编辑
I think if your wife can have 2 years work visa , it will be free.
Who is eligible for publicly funded maternity services?
Who is eligible for publicly funded maternity services?Pregnant women are eligible for free and subsidised maternity-related services if they: - are eligible for publicly funded health and disability services in their own right OR
- their husband, civil union partner or de facto partner is a/an:
- New Zealand citizen OR
- New Zealand resident or permanent resident visa holder OR
- Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident visa holder who has been living, or who intends to live, in New Zealand for two years or longer OR
- refugee or protected person, or is applying or appealing for refugee or protected person status, or is a victim or suspected victim of a people trafficking offense OR
- work visa holder able to stay in New Zealand for 24 consecutive months (time spent lawfully in New Zealand immediately before the start of the work visa counts toward the two year requirement) (work visas start on the person’s first day in New Zealand) OR
- interim visa holder who was eligible immediately before the interim visa was issued OR
- are pregnant with a child that is found to be a New Zealand citizen by birth.
- Partners of NZ Aid Programme students studying in New Zealand are eligible in their own right.
The basis of this funding is to provide the child of an eligible person, regardless of whether the eligible parent is male or female, with antenatal, labour and birth, and postnatal care, so that the baby will be as healthy as possible.
http://www.health.govt.nz/new-zealand-health-system/publicly-funded-health-and-disability-services/pregnancy-services |