By Dean Egan.
New Zealand is introducing paid leave for couples who experience a miscarriage or still birth.
It will become the first country in the world to introduce such a measure.
Advocates say it allows people to grieve and helps to end the stigma surrounding miscarriage and stillbirth.
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The legislation would allow three days leave.
Employers in New Zealand had already been required to provide paid leave in the event of a stillbirth, when a fetus is lost after 20 weeks or more.
The new legislation will expand that leave to anyone who loses a pregnancy at any point, removing any ambiguity.
The measure is expected to become law in the coming weeks.
