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…
An Equitable Wellbeing Future for All
I feel deeply honoured to even be able to write this let alone get my head around the fact my team and I have the privilege of working in partnership with exceptional people, who I have admired for a very long time, to bring it…
Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future
Earlier this month we, along with many others, celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD). Adopted by the United Nations in 1975 as a formal day of recognition, it is a now global event used to reflect on the progress of women and act as a focal…
Silver Linings
The current environment has certainly brought into very sharp focus, again, the things that have been front of mind for governments, their central agencies and those who lead front line services for years; irrespective of whether that is aged care, healthcare, in all its shades…
Maintaining Balance
Globally we have seen a broad range of leadership styles on display at a political level throughout COVID-19 and the analysis is now coming in thick and fast as to which style appears to correlate to better or worse outcomes for the population they serve….
Investing Further in Queensland
Despite the turbulence of 2020 we have managed to largely stay true to our strategic aims and my Board and I could not be happier to have Sarah Buckler joining us, as our inaugural State Manager for Queensland. Investing in times of uncertainty is not…
612.
612 That’s a hotel room number I won’t forget, having just spent 14 days quarantined in it. On the plane from Sydney to Auckland, I felt quite relaxed about it, to be honest, aside from the eeriness of being one of only twelve passengers on…
Whakauru – Whakamōhio – Whakaawe – Whakapai Ake (Involve – Inform – Influence – Improve)
Health and disability services in Aotearoa New Zealand are delivered by a complex network of organisations and people. The extent to which they each do the right thing and do it right the first time has a profound impact on the health and wellbeing of…
A Proven Remedy
I have no idea who said it’s lonely at the top but they may well have said it can feel a little lonely along the way getting there too.
New Shoes
My team and I feel extremely honoured to partner with Naomi Cowan (Chair) and the Board of Platform/Atamira Trust to recruit their next Chief Executive to follow on from Marion Blake MNZM who has led the organisation with distinction for twenty years.