Her work is focused on ensuring future health services are firmly underpinned by a kaupapa Māori approach, informed by mātauranga Māori and lived experience.
Ranei Wineera-Parai
Ranei Wineera-Parai
Ranei Wineera-Parai has helped increase the quality and accessibility of healthcare across New Zealand.
Ariana Simpson
Ariana Simpson
Ariana is known and respected for her dedication to whānau through her advocacy for social justice and social change in stopping violence against women and children.
Willie Jackson
Willie Jackson
Willie Jackson comes from a renowned family of activists who have worked tirelessly to advance the rights of poorly paid workers while exposing social injustice on many levels, using Māori matters as a touch stone.
Tui Taurua-Peihopa
Tui Taurua-Peihopa
Tui Taurua-Peihopa is a fearless and influential leader within the tangata whaiora movement, dedicated to advocating for equity, dismantling stigma
Dr Cherryl Waerea-i-te-Rangi Smith
Dr Cherryl Waerea-i-te-Rangi Smith
Cherryl is an astute leader who exemplifies humility by giving selflessly, providing wise mentorship, and encouraging others to do their best.
Dr Maria Baker
Dr Maria Baker
Dr Maria Baker has gained over 20 years of expertise in healthcare, mental health, and social care workforce development for Māori.
Kerri Butler
Kerri Butler
Kerri Butler is experienced in supporting and leading programmes around mental health first response and restrictive practice intervention. She sees mental health work as an opportunity to "make a difference in a field that she is passionate about."
Te Rangimaria Warbrick
Te Rangimaria Warbrick
Te Rangimaria passion arises from his lived experience of addiction and the importance of including Māori cultural imperatives in delivering addiction support services in our communities.
Dr Peta Ruha
Dr Peta Ruha
Dr Peta Ruha is driven by a desire to give back to the whanau through her mahi in the health sector.
John Tamihere
John Tamihere
JT’s vision, leadership and genuine crossover appeal with Pākehā, has become a loss to politics but a major victory for urban Māori.
Dr Vanessa Caldwell
Dr Vanessa Caldwell
Dr.Vanessa Caldwell is a leader in health, addiction treatment, and mental well-being through her robust intellect, commitment to social justice, a
