Meet David Hughes National Manager New Zealand
HG is delighted to announce the appointment of David Hughes, our inaugural National Manager for New Zealand. David is a senior leader who has worked extensively across the public, private and non-profit sectors in New Zealand and the UK. HG’s Chief Executive Paul Ingle said…
I’ve Been Thinking
I was talking with Paul Ingle on the phone this week and our conversation free-ranged across a lot of things that have, of late, been on my mind. I really feel for those of you who are there, keeping health services running despite all that…
TIPS & TRICKS: Video Interviews
At HG, video conference has become an essential way of communicating with all our candidates, clients and internally. Conducting business, be it by Zoom, Microsoft Teams, WebEx Skype, although not new, has become as endemic as the Covid-19 response. With restrictions in place, video conference…
In Conversation With Sarah Brown AM, Chief Executive Officer of Purple House
Purple House is an innovative Indigenous-owned and run health service operating from its base in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Purple House is entirely Indigenous-run and owned with an all-Indigenous Board of Directors. Listen to Sarah Brown AM, Chief Executive Officer at Purple House…
In Conversation With Haylene Grogan
Haylene is a very proud Yalanji and Tagalaka woman with Italian heritage. Haylene has extensive public sector experience (over 37 years) in both health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs, having held executive positions in the Queensland, New South Wales (NSW) and Commonwealth Governments….
Matariki
Just as NAIDOC is the celebration and recognition of culture, history and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia; and a great time for Australians of all different ethnic backgrounds to learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture; Matariki in…
PHARMAC – Safeguarding Health and Wellbeing for New Zealanders
We tend to take medicines, vaccines and medical devices for granted until a crisis strikes, and now COVID vaccines, devices such as oxygen concentrators, and COVID medications are now very much the topic of conversation. But every day of the year medicines and medical devices…
Royal Recognition of Global and Local Leadership
This month the United Kingdom hosted the G7 Summit in Cornwall as part of its G7 Presidency. The world’s largest democracies were brought together to reach new agreements to help the world fight and build back better from the coronavirus and create a greener more…
South Australia Appoints New Health Performance Council
The Health Performance Council in SA is a statutory Ministerial advisory body established under the Health Care Act 2008 to provide independent advice to the Minister for Health & Wellbeing on the operation of the health system and health outcomes for South Australians. With the…
Toitū te marae a Tāne, Toitū te marae a Tangaroa, Toitū te tangata. If the land is well and the sea is well, the people will thrive.
Te Tumu Whakarae mō Te Papa Atawhai Director-General Conservation and Chief Executive Department of Conservation Aotearoa New Zealand In Māori culture and history, Papatūānuku is profoundly important. She is the land and the earth mother who imparts many blessings to her children. She is seen…