Ko Ngā Rangatira

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

Louise Ihimaera

Passionate about quality Māori mental health and addiction services, innovative workforce programmes, solutions-focused and absolutely determined are the words that first come to mind about Louise.

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 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 is driven by a desire to give back to the whanau through her mahi in the health sector.

Dr Kirsten Smiler MA, PhD

Dr Kirsten Smiler is a distinguished Māori health researcher and lecturer at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.

Eugene Davis

Eugene says his leadership approach has always been to lead from behind and the side. However, he also takes on the words of Selwyn Katene (Māori Public Health Leadership Wānanga, 2002), 'Someone has got to step up the front, rather than looking around for a leader, stop looking...you're it!'

Materoa Mar

Ka kohi te toi, ka whai te maramatanga

When knowledge is gathered, enlightenment will follow.

Atawhai Tibble

Atawhai's advice to young people is to do as many different things as possible to find your voice. "I started off doing law and kapa haka. I ended up in policy and economic measurement. I tried many things. I have landed where I was meant to be. Kia kaha tatou!"

Horiana Williams

Horiana Williams has worked in the health sector for over ten years, supporting various businesses and organisations in quality and compliance, foundation assessments, contract reporting, strategic planning, and governance.

Maria Ngawati

Maria Ngawati has always been dedicated to increasing opportunities within her community in several ways. She believes you can achieve change by using many tools and cross-sector relationships.

Pania Tahau-Hodges

Pania Tahau-Hodges is a dedicated advocate for Māori storytelling and language revitalisation.