Indeed the Maori's use the same word, whenua to mean land and placenta. By burying the placenta and umbilical cord in the soil, sometimes under a tree, parents cement their baby's link to mother earth ...

A path off Dale Road was cordoned off by police following the find on 21 June Police are still trying to find a mother and newborn baby after a human placenta was found near a hospital.

A path off Dale Road in Southampton was cordoned off by police after the discovery in June 2023 A mother and baby whose placenta was found on a path have been identified following an eight-month ...