Robyn was the inaugural Head of Programme for Midwifery from 2019-2023 and led the introduction and delivery of the first Bachelor of Midwifery at Te Herenga Waka. She is now the programme coordinator for postgraduate midwifery. Robyn has led the  ‘Grow Our Own’ postgraduate nursing and midwifery education programme, a partnership between Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington and the National University of Samoa since 2019. Professionally, Robyn is actively engaged with a number of regulatory and advisory bodies. She is a member of the New Zealand Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (ministerial appointment since 2003 and renewed for a further 5 years in 2026). She was a midwifery and academic representative on the ACC Neonatal Encephalopathy Taskforce and led the Fetal Heart Monitoring Working Group until the end of 2023, and was a past member of Health Workforce New Zealand (HWNZ) Midwifery External Advisory Group (MEAG). Robyn became deputy chair of the Council of Deans Nursing and Midwifery for Australia and New Zealand, Midwifery Advisory Committee 2022-2026. Robyn became a Justice of the Peace in March 2018.

Robyn is a peer reviewer for journals: Midwifery; BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth; European Journal of Midwifery; Women and Birth, BMJ and New Zealand College of Midwives Journal, and assistant editor of the International Journal of Childbirth. She also acts as a peer reviewer for the scientific committee of the ICM triennial congress since 2007, the International Nurse Education Conference NETNEP, and the Trans-Tasman Midwifery Education Consortium and NZCOM biennial conference.

Current projects

1. Jayne Krisjanous, Allison Cummings, Robyn Maude. Pregnancy Health Lifestyle Study. 2026/HE040085.     
2. Davie, S., McKinlay, E., Morgan, S., Jackson, C and Maude, R. (2026). A simulation-based interprofessional education session for medical and midwifery students.

3. Virginia Stulz, Allison Cummins, Robyn Maude, Charlie Benzie, Elaine Jefford, Kath Brundell, Lyndal Honeyman. (2026). Mapping Midwifery Graduate Programs in Australia and New Zealand. TransTasman Midwifery Consortium. Survey.

4. Dr Elizabeth Elder (PI), Professor Marion Tower, Professor Debbie Massey, Associate Professor Amanda Carter, Professor Lynore Geia, Dr Pete-Anne Zimmerman, Dr Rachel Muir, Associate Professor Robyn Maude. (2023). Nursing and Midwifery academics’ intention to leave and job satisfaction study in Australia and New Zealand (ITLA). 3 phases – Scoping Review, Survey and Interviews.