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1 April
Audrey Sonerson
Transport boss takes on health's top job
A new director-general of health has been announced; she comes from the Ministry of Transport top job...read more
28 March
Corina Grey
Corina Grey lands director of public health role
Dr Corina Grey has been appointed as the new director of public health...read more
25 March
Luke Bradford
New RNZCGP president revealed: Luke Bradford takes top job
Luke Bradford will be the new president of the RNZCGP when Samantha Murton steps down in July and says he has “big shoes to fill”...read more
24 March
Debbie Hughes
New chief executive brings leadership prowess to disability support network
Debbie Hughes is the new chief executive of the New Zealand Disability Support Network...read more
Mark Shepherd
Northern Te Whatu Ora leader resigns
The national health agency’s deputy chief executive northern, Mark Shepherd, has resigned after seven months in the post....read more
21 March
Bev Lawton (Ngāti Porou)
New Zealander of the Year: Women’s health researcher Bev Lawton
Women’s health advocate and former Newtown Medical Centre GP Bev Lawton has won the Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Award for her pioneering work in her field...read more.
Mikaela Bohnenn
Lorraine Brooking (Ngāti Porou, Ngāriki ki Mangatū)
Irihāpeti Mahuika
Justin Butcher
Kiri Peita
Michaela Kamo
Aaron Kitto
Kate Jorgensen
Mele Wendt
Claire Isham
Teresa Wall (Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri)
Martin Quinn
Hiria Nielsen (Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Porou, Ngai Tāmanuhiri)
Selah Hart (Ngāti Kuia, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Apa Ki Te Ra To, Ngāti Kahungungu ki Wairarapa)
Bryan Betty
Margareth Broodkoorn
Gary Hopgood
Andrew Connolly
Nina Bevin (Waikato-Tainui)
Sir Ashley Bloomfield
Peter Lennox
Lucy Gibberd
Roger Cronin
Debbie Sorensen
Helen Leahy
Sir Brian Roche
Rawiri McKree Jansen
Simon Royal
Debbie Holdsworth
Jason Power
Lisa Williams
Kylie Clegg
Michael Wright
Sean Hanna
Helen Wilson
Suzi Hamilton
Meika Foster
Lisa Houghton
Mataroria Lyndon
Jacqui Lunday
Jane Herschell
Angela Keung-Hobson
Stephen Rainbow
Christine McIntosh
Cherie Seamark
Sarah Jackson
Scott Pickering
Nadine Gray
Liz Manning
Bob Hancox
Anae Neru Leavasa
Fuimaono Satualafaalagilagi Leinani Aiono-Le-Tagaloa
David Morgan
Troy Elliott
John Tait
Peter Gudsell
Megan Gibbons
Richard Sullivan
Julie Karam
Tracey Martin
Emmanuel (Manu) Pelayo
Claire Pennington
Hanne Janes
Peter Didsbury
Simon Royal
Lupe Taumoepeau
Xaviour Walker
Kiki Maoate
Rachelle Love
Sarah Verran
Tim Edmonds
Rachel Pearce
Jonathan Duncan
Marama Royal
Ayesha Verrall
Hūhana Lyndon
Karl Cole
Jodie O’Sullivan
Harley Aish
Amarjit Maxwell
Peter Ellison
Rawiri McKree Jansen
Bindi Norwell
Charmaine Pene
Toby Regan
Matt Hannant
Alana Ewe-Snow
Becky Jenkins
Saia Ma’u Piukala
Mojo Mathers
John Macaskill-Smith
Mabli Jones
Dame Teuila Percival
Caroline Christie
Simon Wynn Thomas
Dame Margaret Brimble
Taimi Allan
Irihāpeti Mahuika
Darran Lowes
Chrissie Hape
Ana Apatu
Adri Isbister
Richard Sullivan
Rami Rahal
Kim Sinclair-Morris
Prudence Walker
Caroline Christie
Tania Pritchard (Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa, Ngāpuhi)
Letava Tafuna’i
James Allison (Ngāpuhi, Karetu)
Rachel Haggerty
Glynis Sandland (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine)
Jo-Ann Henson (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Aitanga a Mahaki)
Carlton Irving (Te Whakatōhea)
Sahra Ahmed
Karen Blake (Ngāi Tahu)
Abs Saadi
Fiona Bolden
Selah Hart (Ngāti Kuia, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Apa Ki Te Ra To, Ngāti Kahungungu ki Wairarapa)
Frances Hughes CNZM
Greg Clarke
Karyn Cardno
Vicktoria Blake
Robin Gauld
Sandy Bhawan
Maria Baker (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa)
Tim Tenbensel
Peter Jansen (Ngāti Hinerangi, Ngāti Raukawa)
Vanessa Eparaima MNZM (Raukawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Waikato, Te Arawa)
Monica Goldwater
Craig Watson
Craig King
Jade Sewell (Ngāti Maru, Te Arawa, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Porou)
Mike Grant
Andrew Slater
Peter Alsop
Garry Nixon
Chrystal Jaye
Danny Wu
Nicola Ehau (Ngāti Porou)
Tricia Keelan (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Aupouri, Rongomaiwahine)
Valery Feigin
Aroha Keremeta-Metcalf (Raukawa ki Wharepūhunga, Ngāti Maniapoto)
Keri Milne-Ihimaera
Nicky Burwood
Jo Hathaway
Carey Campbell
Denise Kingi
Heemi Kapa-Kingi
Keriana Brooking
Nikki Canter-Burgoyne
Fionnagh Dougan
Juanita Te Kani (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga)
Jeremy Holman
Michael Howard
Roderick Mulgan
Vanessa Weenink
Jane Parker-Bishop
Tofilau Bernadette Pereira
Ngatamaine Mareko-Johnson
Erolia Rooney
Delphina Soti
Dale Bramley (Ngā Puhi)
Rachel Haggerty
Jason Power
Emma Foster
Kylie Ormrod
Sarah Eyre
Ben Hudson
Ranche Johnson (Ngāpuhi)
Merewaakana Kingi (Ngāti Awa, Ngāitai)
Stephan Lombard
Rosalie Percival
Nikki Turner
Patricia Priest
Matire Harwood
Paula Tesoriero
Abbe Anderson
Allan Moffitt
Markerita (Meg) Poutasi
Brad Porter
Tevita Funaki
Samuel Wong
Steve Flynn
Joe Rich
Nick Chamberlain
Tevita Funaki
Sally Dalhousie
Matthew Tukaki (Ngāi Te Rangi)
Glynis Sandland
Julie Curphey
Michael Webster
Jan Adams
Terryann Clark (Ngā uri o Ngāpuhi)
Chris Kerr
Ron Jones
Paula King and Jane Parker-Bishop
Cheyne Chalmers
Emma Rawson-Te Patu (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Raukawa, Ngāti Hauā)
Ikimoke Tamaki-Takarei (Waikato, Tainui)
Craig Watson
Brett Butler
Skyler Anderson, Ayush Singh, Depali Lamba and Leila Belt
Teresea Olsen
Debbie Chin
Richard Medlicott
Ashley Hulme
Liz Craig
Tangi Utikere
Shelley Campbell
Kieran Davis
Sarah (Hera) Kinred (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei)
Gordon Armstrong
Benedict Hefford
Jude Keys
Jason Tuhoe (Hauraki, Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Pikiao)
Regi Nair
Trevor McGlinchey QSM (Ngāi Tāhu)
Melanie Tavendale
Kathy Grant
Chris Fleming
Kirti Desai
Chris White
Ngaire Kerse; Jenny Carryer; Jane Casey; Emily Preston; Carol McCullum; Peter Zink
Peter Meintjes
David Darling
Rachel Brown
Appearing in Role Call 16 March 2022
Tuari Potiki (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha)
Hayden Wano (Te Atiawa, Taranaki, Ngāti Awa)
Kevin Hague
Taimi Allen
Sunny Collings
Alexander El Amanni
Jemaima Tiatia-Seath
Angela Francis
Mark Liddle
Mihi Blair (Ngāti Whātua)
Don Matheson
Joanne Baxter (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe, Waitaha, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō)
Carolyn Cooper
Gerri Pomeroy
Felicity Goodyear-Smith
Tim Stokes
Sue Dovey
Karen Blake (Kāi Tahu)
Scott Arrol
Philip Grady
Lesley Clarke
Esther Munro
Chris Black
David Bridgeman
Dwayne Crombie
Sanjay Jeganathan
Suzanne Pitama (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Whare)
Chris Fawcett
Louise Lewis
Siaosi Anamani
Felicity Goodyear-Smith
Jo Scott-Jones
Heather Came
William Rainger
Api Talemaitoga
Teresea Olsen
Karen Flegg
Anna Stavdal
Paul Goulter
Philippa Howden-Chapman
Amy Chan
Mariana Hudson
Natalia Nu'u
Craig King
Donovan Clarke (Ngāti Te Ata, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Hine),
Wiki Gillespie (Ngati Kahungunu)
Jodie O’Sullivan
Bev Lawton (Ngāti Porou)
Angela Lim
Debbie Sorensen
Tia Potae
Fiona Michel
Richard Tankersley
Shayne Hunter
Michael Dreyer
Alistair Vickers
Nicholas Fourie
Alexis Stewart
Shayne Tong
Paul Natac
Roxanne Salton
Marten Vos
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