Simon Mcdowell

Fertility as a public health priority, not an individual misfortune, means earlier specialist input, better parental leave, and policy that helps families start when they're ready, not when the system finally gets around to them. We’re in the midst of finals season, when AFL and NRL fans criss-cross the country, full of hope, excitement, and trepidation.

INTRODUCTION Endometriosis is a common, inflammatory gynaecological condition affecting women, non-binary and gender diverse people which can have detrimental impacts on quality of life.1 Combining clinically suspected and surgically confirmed diagnoses, estimates are endometriosis affects one in nine women.2 With limited research into endometriosis in Aotearoa New Zealand, our epidemiological understanding of endometriosis is based on international data.