On 17/08/2005, at 14:13, gonneke van veldhuizen wrote:

> Dear wise ones, especially those in New Zealand,
> On a Dutch bfmothers forum someone said that she had a friend in NZ  
> who told her that breastfeeding in public is forbidden. Is she right?

Gosh NO! The fact that public breastfeeding isn't legally protected  
(yet) in NZ in no way makes it illegal. Here are a couple of articles  
on the current state of play:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?o_id=82&ObjectID=10331174

http://www.tvnz.co.nz/view/page/425825/601818

Lara Hopkins

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