Kim Dougall

Ngāti Kahungunu

Kim Dougall is of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa and Scottish descent. 

From a young age, Kim aspired to be a nurse and graduated in 1993 as a Registered Nurse.  She has spent the last 30 years working in the health and disability sector, specialising in mental health, addiction, and public health, covering clinical and leadership roles.  Her passion has always been working to improve the health and well-being of Māori, with a particular interest in working with rangatahi and whānau.

In 2019, Kim decided that she wanted to contribute strategically at a systems level to affect the required changes to achieve equity and improve Māori health.  So, she transitioned into a national office role as a Quality Improvement Advisor for the Health Quality and Safety Commission.  In that role, she worked on quality improvement projects in primary care and in the Māori health outcomes team.  Kim was a co-author of the paper Whakakotahi: Co-creating Quality Improvement Capability with Primary. The mahi found that expertise exists within the primary health care system, and partnerships and relationships are key for change.

She then became a Principal Advisor for Te Hiringa Hauora, the Health Promotion Agency.  During this time, she worked in the Te Tiriti team in a role that supported the organisation in building the capability to embed Te Tiriti into health promotion approaches. Her role included partner relationship management, organisational leadership, marketing and change management.

Kim is the General Manager of Public and Population Health for Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority. This role involves providing strategic and operational leadership for the public and population health team that focuses on health promotion, illness prevention, and protection from harm for populations.  This work includes influencing operating models in the health system by prioritising whānau voice and capability to drive the design and delivery of health services in Aotearoa, better meeting the needs of Māori.

Kim is a strong advocate of whānau ora and believes in the highest potential of her people to achieve oranga and believes that this begins with how we value and treat each other working within health, “our biggest resources are our people, and we must strive to be the change that we want to see”.

Links:

Whakakotahi: Co-creating quality improvement capability with primary

Whakakotahi 2019

He Rangatira Our Leaders

Mapihi Raharuhi

Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Mākino, Ngāti Kea, Ngāti Tuara, Ngāti Waiora

Her whānau describes her as a pillar of strength, especially for emerging leaders within her whānau. It is my pleasure that I have the opportunity to write about Mapihi as a Māori leader.

Shelley Campbell, MNZM

Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāpuhi

Shelley Campbell is dedicated to reducing health inequities and creating an effective health system through the development of community and primary healthcare services.

Jeremy Murray

Tauranga Moana, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Maniapoto

He is passionate about using traditional Māori forms of exercise and healing in his mentoring and training roles.

Dr Hinemoa Elder FRANZCP, PhD, MNZM

Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāi Tākoto, Ngāpuhi nui tonu

She attributes her success to ‘hard work, determination, and being able to draw from her Māori heritage, synthesising meaning from an indigenous perspective’.