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Particular acknowledgment is made to Mrs Puti Puti O’Brien who has kindly agreed to be our patroness.
Puti Puti was a public health nurse following nursing registration in 1945. She became a district health coordinator and then manager of the Ngati Awa ki Rangitaiki initiative. Puti Puti is the patron of Te Kaunihera O Nga Neehi Māori O Aotearoa (the National Council of Māori Nurses) and the College of Nurses Aotearoa. She is a recipient of Te Runanga O Aotearoa’s Akenehi Hei award for her contribution to Māori health. In 1987, she was awarded the Queen's Service Order for her contribution to community and welfare organisations at local and national levels.
Puti Puti’s words to Smokefree Nurses Aotearoa/New Zealand are:
“Kia Tiaho, Kia Puawai te Maramatanga”, the Illumination, the Blossoming of Enlightenment, for me is the endeavour to seek professional enlightenment and advancement which reflects my passion and commitment for nurses and nursing and my desire to see nurses meet the needs of all our people of Aotearoa. This is how I see us as nurses of this group. Going forth to serve for a Smokefree Aoteaora.
Kia kaha – be strong and be brave. May our dear Lord bless you every day.
Arohanui, Puti Puti O’Brien.
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Grace Wong, Director, SNANZ
Grace’s work is devoted to tobacco control, nurses and equity. She is a senior lecturer in Nursing at AUT University and PhD STAR scholar. Grace was a public health nurse and researcher/policy analyst at Action on Smoking and Health New Zealand.
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Evelyn Hikuroa, Strategy Development for Māori Nurses
Evelyn Hikuroa (Ngati Maniapoto) RN is a senior lecturer in the Department of Nursing and Health Studies at the Manukau Institute of Technology. She teaches Māori Health and Nursing with a Community Focus to undergraduate nursing students. Evelyn holds a PGCert Clinical Teaching, PGCert in Public Health, and is a Masters candidate.
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Angilla Perawiti, Strategy Development for Māori Nurses
Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa nga mihi ki a koutou mo to kaupapa o te ra nei, tena koutou, tena ra koutou. I work for the Runanga of Ngati Whatua, Te Ha Oranga my Iwi health provider based in Te Awaroa, Kaipara as a Whanau Ora Nurse and the Team Leader. My health portfolio includes a Public Health and Population focused background with some research, plus 10 years in Tobacco Control.
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Linda Tasi-Mulitalo, Strategy Development for Pacific Nurses
Linda has worked in the Health and Disability sector for almost 20 years, and is passionate about improving Pacific people’s health outcomes. In the past decade Linda has been involved in the Quit Smoking Programme and developing the Pacific Services for The Quit Group. Linda also worked as a Quitline Advisor, Acting Quitline Manager, and Quitline Team Leader before taking up the Pacific Services Advisor role at Quit. Linda is a Nurse Lecturer for the Bachelor of Nursing Pacific Programme at Whitireia Community Polytechnic, and is involved in the Smokefree Pasifika Action Network (SPAN).
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Tio Sewell, Strategy Development for Mental Health Service
Joseph (Tio) Sewell RN, is from Tainui and lives in Hamilton City. Tio is self-employed with particular interest in Māori health, nursing workforce development, and mental health. Tio has been smokefree for twelve years, having begun smoking in his mid-teens. He supports the kaupapa of SNANZ and believes in the capacity of nurses to make a positive contribution to our communities through affirmative health messages and example. He aha te mea nui I tenei ao, he tangata, he tangata.
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Carleine Receveur, SNANZ DHB Smokefree Coordinator Liaison
Carleine’s current work includes being the Project Manager/Team Leader for the smokefree team and Project Manager for the Totally Smokefree HBDHB as well as being External Advisor for the Ministry of Health for the implementation of the ABC Smoking Cessation strategy across New Zealand. Carleine has previously been in senior nursing roles as a Duty Manager in both Auckland and Hawkes Bay based hospitals. She sees the role of nurses as pivotal in supporting smokefree interventions and believes that nurses can make a fundamental difference at the population level.
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Lynn Stevenson, Project Manager, SNANZ
Lynn’s business background has involved working both for the private sector, mainly in healthcare, and a government agency on many projects large and small. She prides herself on having been able to deliver these projects within deadline and to quality and budget expectations. Lynn says that working with SNANZ is proving to be a remarkable experience.
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Special acknowledgment is made to Pauline Allan-Downs who started this initiative.
Pauline is a registered nurse and after a career as a practitioner and educator she now provides clinical supervision and professional development for nurses and smoking cessation practitioners in the community.
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