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Relationships & Governance

Smokefree Nurses Aotearoa/New Zealand is conscious that it must work within a specific remit and be measured and governed on that remit.


We have a Steering Committee that has responsibility for governance and this consists of:


NAME

AFFILIATION

Andrea Ryan

Nursing Leader – Career Development Primary Health Care, WDHB

Anita Bamford-Wade

Joint Head of Nursing, AUT University

Carleine Receveur

Hawkes Bay DHB – North Island Smokefree Co-ordinator representative

Evelyn Hikuroa

Nursing Lecturer, Manukau Institute of Technology

Kaaren Beverley

Smokefree Acute Mental Health Services, ADHB

Linda Tasi-Mulitalo

Nurse Lecturer, Whitireia Community College. Member of SPAN

Sue Stevenson

Canterbury DHB Hospital Smokefree Coordinator

Tio Sewell

Te Ao Maramatanga


Smokefree Nurses also has a panel of advisors to whom they can address issues which require specific advice or support and these are:

  • Faith Roberts, Mental Health Commission

  • Mark Wallace-Bell, Health Sciences Centre, University of Canterbury

  • Sharon Clair, Maori Hui Taumata Trust

  • Stewart Eadie, National Heart Foundation


An Advisory and Leadership Group comprised of all the National Nursing Associations meets as required to discuss progress and debate issues.  This Group has representatives from:


NZ Nurses Organisation

New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO)

Representative:

  • Diana Hart (Respiratory Nurse, Middlemore Hospital).
Te Runanga

Te Runanga

Representative:

  • Kerri Nuku (Kaiwhakahaere)
Pacific Nursing

Pacific Nursing Section

Representative:

  • 'Eseta Finau (Treasurer)

NZ Occupational Health Nurses

New Zealand Occupational Health Nurses’ Association

Representatives:

  • Judith Vercoe (National President)

  • Marlene Thomson (Professional Development Coordinator)

Nurse Educators in the Tertiary Sector

Nurse Education in the Tertiary Sector (NETS)

Representative:

  • Jeff Gage (Lecturer, University of Canterbury)
Nurses Executive of NZ

Nurse Executives of New Zealand

Representatives:

  • Diana Gunn (DON, Christchurch Hospital)

  • Eldred Gilbert (Associate DON, primary Health Care, HBDHB)
Te Ao Maramatanga

Te Ao Māramatanga (NZ College of Mental Health Nurses)

Representatives:

  • Tio Sewell (acting Chairperson)

  • Michael Connolly (HBDHB)

Nurse Practitioners Advisory Committee

Nurse Practitioners of New Zealand

Representatives:

  • Louise Roebuck (Chairperson)

  • Lee Carpenter (neonatology)
College of Nurses

College of Nurses

Representatives:

  • Nancy Allan (Smoking Cessation Coordinator Respiratory Medicine, CCDHB)

  • Carol Ford (Turanganui PHO)

Te Kaunihera

Te Kaunihera O Nga Neehi Māori O Aotearoa (National Council of Māori Nurses)

Representatives:

  • Hineroa Hakiaha (Kaiwhakahaere)
 

Wharangi Ruamano (Māori Nurse Educators Network)

Representatives:

  • Gene Lewis-Clark (Lecturer, UCOL)

  • Cherene Neilson-Hornblow (Primary Mental Health Coordinator)

  • Carmen Timu Parata (Lecturer, Whitireia Community Polytechnic)

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