Ko Ngā Rangatira

Kirsty Maxwell-Crawford

Kirsty has worked in Māori health service delivery and national workforce development for over 20 years.

Juanita Te Kani

Juanita is a strong believer in working in partnership to influence change and encourages a collective approach to achieving equity in hauora outcomes for Māori. As the Deputy Chief Executive – Systems, Strategy and Policy at Te Aka Whai Ora, she is responsible for developing policy and strategy advice to improve hauora Māori outcomes.

Marihi Langford

Marihi Langford combines her experience in management and leadership with her passion for supporting others who suffer from mental health and addiction issues.

Professor Sue Crengle MBChB PhD FRNZCGP FNZCPHM

Much of her work involves identifying where and how Māori health inequities occur and testing ways to eliminate these inequities.

Dr Kahu McClintock

Kahu’s approach to leadership is the result of multiple strands of knowledge woven together; cultural, clinical, and academic.

Tania Hodges MBA (Distinction), Grad Dip Mgmt. St, PGCBR, BSocSci, Grad Dip Te Reo Māori, RPN (Registered Psychiatric Nurse)

Tania Hodges is a passionate advocate for hauora, mana Māori motuhake, and the development of Māori leadership.

Megan Tahere

I first came to know Megan as her external peer supervisor when she enrolled to do a Master’s Degree.

Jade Sewell

Jade works to drive transformation and innovation within the current health system so that the hauora aspirations of communities are realised.

Tane Cassidy

Tane Cassidy has extensive experience in health marketing, policy development, and strategic leadership, with a career spanning multiple high-impac

Gina Blaize Chaffey-Aupouri

Throughout her career, Gina has provided extensive healthcare Māori health education and shared her knowledge of tikanga across the Tairāwhiti area.

Donna Blair

Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu

Dr Candy Louise Ramarihi Hera Cookson-Cox

Dr Candy Louise Ramarihi Hera Cookson-Cox has been my mentor, colleague and friend for over twenty years, the first Māori nurse to gain a doctorate in education, a rarity in the early 2000’s