Members

Note: If you want to contact the NGO Working Group please contact the Secretariat in the first instance.

Jo Fitzpatrick (Chair)
Sector:
Public Health

Contact details:
Womens Health Action Trust
PO Box 9947, Newmarket, Auckland

Ph: 09 5205295
Fax: 09 5205731
Mobile :0272520529
Email: jo@womens-health.org.nz

Biography:
Jo Fitzpatrick is Director of Women's Health Action Trust, an organisation she joined as Women's Health Advocate and Policy Analyst early in 2002. Jo has skills in advocacy, policy analysis, research and writing. Since joining Women's Health Action she has focused on key public health issues from a consumer viewpoint.

Women's Health Action has long had an interest in consumer and health Issues, particularly as they pertain to rights in health and disability services and issues of informed consent. We produce evidence based independent information on a range of women’s health issues. We are active participants in the processes and consultations around consumer and public health issues. A particular focus for the organization is breastfeeding protection, promotion, and support and we organize the ‘Big Latch On’ every year during World Breastfeeding Week.

Current representations
Womens Health Action Trust - Director
NGO Working Group - Chair
Health Information Strategy Action Committee - Member
HIV Screening in Pregnancy Implementation group - Member
Auckland Women's Health Council - Trustee
Organ Donation NZ

Jo originally trained as a dental nurse, has an MSC in Psychology and has worked as a researcher and evaluator in the Department of Psychiatry at Auckland University. For some of that time she worked with Dr John Raeburn, at the Community Health Centre, evaluating health promotion programmes. At this time, she did voluntary work as a sexuality educator for the Family Planning Association.

Jane Poa - Chief Executive Officer CIFICAP Trust - Hawke's Bay Pacific Health Services
Sector:
Pacific Health

Contact details:
CIFICAP Trust

33 Bristol Crescent
Flaxmere
Hastings

Ph: 06 879 6655
Email: pacific.health@xtra.co.nz

Biography:
Jane Poa, BA, PGDipBusAdmin, JP, CEO – CIFICAP Trust – Hawkes Bay Pacific Health and Social Services - Cook Islands Maori/Rarotongan who has worked in the Health and Social Services Sector since the early 1980’s. Currently in National roles as a Board Member of Volunteering NZ, Deputy Chair of HealthCare Aotearoa, a member of the Pacific Reference Group of Health Promotion Forum, a PIC Synod Executive Member of PCANZ, National Executive Member of the Cook Islands Uapou Fellowship of NZ and as an Executive Member of the Cook Islands Health Network Association (CIHNA).

Locally in Hawkes Bay Jane is continuing with contributing to the health and social services sector through collaborative partnerships with government agencies, NGO’s, Pacific Communities, Maori and with the Hawkes Bay District Health Board. Jane is mother to three wonderful children Richard, Matangaro and Marthalina.

Rachael Le Mesurier - Executive Director New Zealand AIDS Foundation
Sector:
Public Health

Contact details:
NZ Aids Foundation
31 Hargreaves Street, College Hill,
Auckland 1011

PO Box 6663, Wellesley Street,
Auckland 1141

Ph: 09 3006959
Fax: 09 309 3149
Mobile: 021 741605
Email: Rachael.l@nzaf.org.nz

Biography:
Rachael has over 27 years of voluntary work and 18 years of paid employment in the not for profit community based organisation sector, covering sexual and reproductive health, social welfare, human rights and disability issues. She started her voluntary work in women’s groups in the early 1980s prior to qualifying as a lawyer in the UK. She then moved into volunteer and paid employment with community groups and became involved in community activism on human rights, racism, disability concerns, feminism and discrimination against sexual minorities.

Working back home in New Zealand since 1995 she has been in senior executive positions in the disability sector, community and volunteer sector, sexual and reproductive health, personal and public health sector, and is now the Executive Director of the NZ AIDS Foundation. She has extensive experience of working with grass roots community groups as well as many years of being both on governance bodies and servicing/reporting to Boards.

She chaired the organizing committee of the successful Pan Pacific conference on HIV and AIDS in Auckland New Zealand in 2005 where 520 delegates enjoyed the first Pacific focused conference of this size. She chairs the National HIV and AIDS Forum, has attended two UNGASS meetings on HIV as a civil society member of the government delegation and recently attended the UNAIDS Programme Co-ordinating Board as an invited guest of NZAID. She has been nominated onto the Executive Committee of AIDS Societies of Asia Pacific.

Barb Long - Otago and Southland Operations Manager for the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society (Inc)
Sector:
Personal Health

Contact details:
Plunket
PO Box 1275
Dunedin

Ph: 03 4740490
Fax: 03 4779535
Mobile: 0274793113
Email: barb.long@plunket.org.nz

Biography:
Barb is the Otago and Southland Operations Manager for the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society (Inc) and has been in an Operations Manager’s role for 7 years. During this time there have been restructures that have increased the geographical area and responsibilities of the role. She is piloting a model of having one manager being responsible for both volunteer and clinical services. Prior to this position Barb spent 11 years working as a nurse in community mental health for the Otago DHB, predominantly as a psychiatric district nurse.

Barb has an excellent understanding of governance as well as service delivery and she is an appointed community member on the Otago DHB Community Public Health and Advisory Committee (CPHAC). As a Nurse, CPHAC member and consumer Barb has excellent knowledge of the NGO sector as well as government departments and at a local level she is well known and has established relationships with managers in the NGO sector. Barb is passionate about facilitating change and empowering individuals to achieve their full potential and believes this can occur in the context of functional relationships between all parties.

Jackie Edmond
Sector:
Personal Health

Contact details:
Family Planning Association
Southmark House
PO Box 11515 Wellington

Ph: 04 3824030
Mobile: 021 729372
Email: jackie.edmond@fpanz.org.nz

Biography:
Jackie has been working at Family Planning for 7 years, 2 years as the Chief Executive. Her background is in Psychiatric Nursing, working across all areas of mental health. Over the last 12 years she has held management roles in DHB Mental Health Services in Hutt Valley and Christchurch and more recently moved to Family Planning 7 years ago originally as the National Clinic Director and became Chief Executive in September 2006.

Karen Covell
Sector:
Mental Health

Contact details:
Progress to Health
PO Box 19082
Hamilton 3244

Ph:07 8380302
Fax: 07 8380507
Mobile: 0274827844
Email: Karen@progresstohealth.org.nz

Biography:
In December 2006, Karen was elected to the Ministry of Health’s NGO working group, as one of the mental health representatives.

Karen has worked in the health sector for just about all her working life. She has a wide knowledge and understanding of health and disability issues both at a local and national level, and specifically has spent the last 12 years working in the non-government, not-for-profit sector. She has been employed by Progress to Health as their General Manager since September 2004, and in August 2007 had her title changed to Chief Executive.

Previously Karen worked as chief executive for Epilepsy New Zealand, a specialist support and information agency for people living with epilepsy. During this time she was an active member of the Disability CEO’s group, a collaborative meeting of national NGOs discussing mutual issues and seeking solutions in partnership with relevant government agencies and each other.

Karen is a member of the Fundraising Institute of New Zealand, as well as Associate member of the New Zealand Institute of Management, and has also served as a trustee on a school board.

Kath Fox - Chief Executive of Richmond New Zealand
Sector:
Mental Health

Contact details:
Richmond New Zealand
PO Box 2322
L1/17 William Pickering Drive
Russley
Christchurch

Ph: 03 372 1214
Fax: 03 365131
Mobile:027 5284369
Email: ceo@richmond.org.nz

Biography:
Kath Fox is the Chief Executive of Richmond New Zealand - a national NGO providing community mental health and disability support services. Kath has held a range of senior executive and governance positions in the public, non-government and voluntary sectors.

Kath has been involved in the health, education and wider social service sector in a wide range of areas including strategy, organisational development, workforce development, clinical training, special education, Maori development, health service management, policy, funding, and research. Kath brings a range of governance, strategic and operational experience, particularly in the mental health and addiction sector. She is involved in various advisory groups, and is a Health Research Council Board member. Kath is strongly committed to collaborative approaches to service delivery, and to the key role of NGOs in health and community development.

Lorraine Bailey
Sector:
Disability Support

Contact details:
Te Roopu Taurima O Manukau Trust
519 Great South Road
Auckland
P.O.Box 22346
Auckland

Ph: 09 259 0133
Fax: 09 276 6522
Mobile: 0272761996
Email: lorraineb@terooputaurima.org.nz

Biography:
Tribal Affiliation: Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Maniapoto, Tainui Waka
B Soc Sci, Ad Dip H. S, Dip Te Arataki Manu Korero Level V, Cert H.S, Cert Te Reo Level II
Lorraine is currently studying for a Bachelor of Applied Management and has worked over 30 years in Psychiatric and Psychopaedic Services in hospital settings. She was involved in the development of community services for people with intellectual disabilities following deinstitutionalisation in Auckland and Waikato.

Chris Harris
Sector:
Disability Support

Contact details:
Spectrum Care
PO Box 91147
Victoria Street West
Auckland

Ph: 09 6343790
Email: Chris.Harris@spectrumcare.org.nz

Biography:
Chris has an extensive background in the NGO and DHB sectors in New Zealand with former roles as the Executive Director of Framework Trust and more recently the General Manager of Mental Health and Addictions Services for Waikato DHB.

Chris has a strong track record and personal interest in the 3 areas of working together identified by the NGO-MOH Forum namely: Communication, Consultation and Capacity/Capability Building. He is a strong advocate for the disability sector and is keenly involved in the development of a disability peak body. Chris is also a key influencer in the current moves to establish a regular tripartite forum between the Ministry of Health, the disability sector and unions as a means to influence greater attention to improved sector pay rates. He is actively involved in the national work to establish a transparent pricing model for residential disability services. These activities are developed from his position as deputy Chair of NRID (National Residential Intellectual Disability Providers Group). Chris has also been recently appointed to the executive committee of the Auckland Disability Providers Network.

Sharlene Tapa-Mosen
Sector:
Māori Health

Contact details:
Te Oranganui Iwi Health Authority
Ph: (06) 3490007
Email: stapa-mosen@teoranganui.co.nz

Biography:
Sharlene is the Quality Improvement Manager for Te Oranganui Iwi Health Authority within the Whanganui city and region and manages quality and contracts for the organisation. She has previously worked within the organisation as Manager Mental Health Services. Sharlene is a Registered Nurse with a B.N and Postgrad cert Clinical Mangement and currently undertaking LAMP training for Management Action Programme.

With over 20 years experience within the health field Sharlene has spent time working as a nurse, clinical nurse specialist, through to Senior Management.

Sharlene has previously worked for the Whanganui District Health Board at Senior Management Level as Co-ordinator Maori Health and is continuing mahi within that field with Te Oranganui.

While working with the DHB Sharlene has represented Whanganui on the National DHBs Māori Managers forum, Te Tumu Whakarae, the regional Māori Mental Health forum, Te Arawhata Oranga. and regionally Mental Health and addictions Health Advisory Group, repeat presenters forum.

Joanne Hayes, Atihaunui A Paparangi, Ngati Porou, Rangitane ki Wairarapa - CEO Taumata Hauora Trust MDPHO, Whanganui
Sector:
Māori Health

Contact details:
Nga Tai O Te Awa Trust
PO Box 566
8a Bell Street
Whanganui

Ph: 06 3489902
Mobile: 0275369611
Email: Joanne@ntota.co.nz

Biography:
Joanne Hayes, Atihaunui A Paparangi, Ngati Porou, Rangitane ki Wairarapa, CEO Taumata Hauora Trust MDPHO, Whanganui
Jo is the Chief Executive Officer of Taumata Hauora Trust and has been working in the health sector for 9 years. Her health experience includes working within Mental health, Maori health and Primary care at both senior and executive levels at service provider level and Funding and Planning within the Whanganui and MidCentral District Health Board’s.

Jo is a member of a number of national health groups including Te Matarau (the national group for Maori Development Organisation’s) and the NGO Working Group. She is also a member of Workstream 3 of the Primary Health Implementation Group (PHIG) programme with the Ministry of Health.

Jo is experienced in strategic, business and financial management, governance, organisational development, planning, services auditing and purchasing of services. She works very closely with nga Iwi me nga hapu o te rohe of Whanganui, a number of organisations including the Whanganui Regional Primary Health Organisations, Whanganui District Health Board, Te Puni Kokiri, NZ Trade and Enterprise, the Ministry of Health and others.

Carole Maraku
Sector:
Māori Health

Contact details:
Te Upoko
PO Box 54
Marton

Ph: 06 3277061
Mobile: 021 673651
Email: carole.te upoko@xtra.co.nz

Biography:
Carole is the CEO of Te Upoko O Nga Oranga O Te Rae providing technical assistance to 17 Iwi Māori Mental Health & Addiction organisations within the Central Region. She is active in advocating on issues of disparities that impact on service delivery for Māori.

Harvey Steffens
Sector:
Ministry of Health

Contact details:
Ministry of Health
133 Molesworth Street
Wellington

Ph: 04 496 2593
Email: Harvey_Steffens@moh.govt.nz

Caroline Speight
Sector:
NGO Relationship Manager

Contact details:
Ministry of Health
133 Molesworth Street
Wellington

Ph: 04 496 2062
Email: Caroline_Speight@moh.govt.nz

Muno Richards
Sector:
Secretariat

Contact details:
NGO Working Group
83 Frobisher Street
Island Bay
Wellington

Ph/Fax: 04 3835415
Mobile: 021 263 1389
Email: secretariat@ngo.govt.nz

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