As a midwife, Kaniwa Kupenga-Tamarama is passionate about supporting women in their most vulnerable, intimate, and sacred moments.
Fiona Wiremu
Fiona Wiremu
Her focus is to help collective efforts aimed at addressing the inequities Māori and vulnerable persons experience within the existing health system.
Terry Huriwai
Terry Huriwai
Terry would like to describe himself as quiet, shy and retiring. Many of those who know him may agree. The humble, compassionate gentleman who sits
Rāwiri Pene
Rāwiri Pene
Nau te rourou nāku te rourou ka ora ai te iwi
With your basket and my basket together we will flourish
Carole Koha
Carole Koha
Carole is passionate about reducing inequalities and improving outcomes for tāngata motuhake and their whānau. She is seen as a taonga to her community and has made a measurable difference to people who have often been marginalised.
Dr Leanne Te Karu
Dr Leanne Te Karu
Leanne works tirelessly across many domains to improve Hauora in its fullest definition.
Ruatau Perez
Ruatau Perez
Ruatau Perez is passionate about sharing his knowledge of Whare Wānanga, guided by his own Tūpuna to share an indigenous worldview of health and well-being for modern-day living.
Dr Sylvia Van Altvorst
Dr Sylvia Van Altvorst
I am grateful for the opportunity to write about this extraordinary wahine toa. I am lucky to have done my psychiatry training in Sylvia’s wake.
Dr Dale Bramley
Dr Dale Bramley
Dale is equally comfortable in many different environments whether it be on the Marae or in the Boardroom, in clinical settings or with government ministers and business partner.
Jonathan Koea
Jonathan Koea
Professor Jonathan Koea is an Auckland-based general surgeon who specialises in the health of the liver, gallbladder, stomach, pancreas, and gastrointestinal tract.
Patrick Le Geyt
Patrick Le Geyt
Patrick Le Geyt has over 25 years of experience working in health and disability in the commercial, public, and not-for-profit sectors.
Fay Selby Law
Fay Selby Law
Throughout her career in health, she has also focused on uplifting the smokefree sector in Manawatu by supporting whānau, particularly wahine and māmā, in becoming smokefree.
