Appendix 1: Biosketches

Allison Chappell Allison Chappell is a Registered General Obstetric Nurse and a registered midwife, who trained in the 1960’s. Christianity has been an important part of Allison’s life and she has maintained an interest in a range of areas including psychology, sociology, anthropology and religious studies.

Colleen Singleton After completing her nursing training at the Mater Hospital in Auckland in 1965, Colleen worked as a theatre nurse in private hospitals both here and overseas. She has also worked as a court reporter in New York and as a Hansard reporter with the New Zealand Parliament. Colleen has one son, Matthew.

Elaine Papps Following her job as a tutor at Nelson Polytechnic, Elaine worked at the Otago Area Health Board as the Chief Nursing Officer and she has completed a Masters Degree in Education. She returned to nursing education as a lecturer at Otago Polytechnic in 1993.

Janet Davidson Janet completed a Diploma of Nursing at the Advanced School of Nursing Studies and in 1971 became a tutor at the Hawke’s Bay School of Nursing. Ten years later, she took up the position of Education Officer (Nursing) with the Department of Education. Latterly she has been working in the palliative care area at Mary Potter Hospice.

Moana Jackson Moana is of Ngati Porou and Ngati Kahungunu descent. He has been involved in numerous roles as an expert lawyer and has contributed extensively in the area of legal work on Maori rights. He was a member of the United Nations Working Group on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples from 1991 – 1996.

Atareta Poananga Atareta is of Ngati Porou, Rangitane, Ngati Kauwhata and Te Whanau Apanui affiliation. She currently works for the Community Law Centre in Gisborne and is a Gisborne City Councillor. From 2000 Atareta has been a member of the Health Research Council of New Zealand Ethics committee.

Alison Dixon Alison has had a long nursing career and has played an important role in nursing education and has been a member of the Nursing Council of New Zealand. She lives in Dunedin. Alison was Professor, Department of Nursing and Midwifery at Victoria University from 1998-2000.

Gillian Grew Gillian trained as a nurse in the United Kingdom. She came to New Zealand and worked in the former Department of Health setting up the National Cervical Screening Programme. She took up the position as Chief Nurse in the Ministry of Health in 1993.

Keri de Carlo Ahuarangi Keri grew up in Rotorua and Auckland. He is of the Werikaitawa hapu. Keri trained initially as a teacher in the '70’s and then went on to do his nursing training at Auckland Public Hospital, later specialising in mental health. He began tutoring in 1985 and then moved to Waikato Polytechnic and teaches in the mainstream and Tihei Mauriora undergraduate nursing programmes.

Kathryn Wilson Kathryn completed her nursing training during the 1960s. She attended the Hui Waimanawa in her position as the Head of Department of Waiariki Polytechnic. After leaving that job, Kathryn took up the Nursing Advisor position at Rotorua Hospital and went on to complete a Masters degree in 1993.

Fuimaono Karl Puloto-Endemann Karl was born in A’taufusi, in Western Samoa in 1950 and came to New Zealand in 1959. He identifies as Samoan and fafafine. He is one of 11 children and completed both his Psychiatric and General and Obstetric nursing training in Auckland. He currently works as an independent consultant focussed in the areas of Pacific Island health, sexuality and HIV Aids.

Kere Pomare Kere is of Ngati Toa, Te Atiawa, Rongomai-wahine and Rongowhakaata descent. She is the mother of three children. Since completing her midwifery training in 1992 she has worked as a midwife and independent practitioner in both hospital and community settings.

Margaret Austin Margaret was educated at the University of Canterbury graduating in science and biology and taught for thirty years before entering politics. She was a member of and later chaired the Education and Science Select Committee during the time of the Cultural Safety Inquiry.

Robin Kearns Robin was born in England and came to New Zealand as a 4 year old. He completed a PhD at McMaster University in Canada looking at community experiences of former psychiatric patients. He lives in Auckland with his wife and two children.

Annie Collins Annie worked as a film editor from1976. After ten years of that she switched to working as a trainer for anti-racism workshops as part of the 'Double Take Anti-Racism Training’ team and it was during this time that she met with Irihapeti to discuss the process used by anti-racism trainers to address attitudinal change and how that might be applied in nursing education. She is now working again as a film editor.

Judy Kilpatrick Judy trained as a nursed at Christchurch Hospital. She started teaching at the Auckland School of Nursing in 1977 and then completed her diploma in Nursing before becoming charge nurse of A&E at Greenlane Hospital. She was Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Auckland Institute of Technology from 1991.

Isabelle Sherrard Isabelle did her nursing training at Christchurch Hospital. She began teaching at Auckland Institute of Technology in 1979 and in 1985 was appointed to head the Nursing Education Programme at Carrington Technical Institute which later became UNITEC. Isabelle was Head of School at UNITEC up until 1997. She was a member of the Nursing Council from 1990-1996.

Mata Forbes Mata belongs to Ngati Tama and Ngati Mutunga iwi and comes from Taranaki. She trained as a nurse at Waikato Hospital. Mata has worked in the critical care area at Auckland Hospital for over 40 years and she is now involved in delivering a Maori health service at the hospital. Mata is a long-standing member of the National Council of Maori Nurses.

Mereana Roberts Mereana is of Te Aupouri, Ngati Kuri and Pakeha descent, she lives in Dunedin and trained at Christchurch Polytechnic. She has worked in a variety of nursing settings including psychiatric, medical/surgical, cardio/thoracic, respiratory and oncology. She took a short break from nursing before returning to work in the education area as a lecturer in Cultural Safety at Otago Polytechnic.

Lou Te Hine Pouri Simmonds Lou is of Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Huri descent. She first trained as an enrolled nurse and then went to Whangarei Polytechnic and graduated in 1990 as a Registered Comprehensive Nurse. She later worked as a tutor at Northland Polytechnic.

Rebecca Fox (Becky) Rebecca is Ngati Porou and Ngati Kahungunu. She is a Registered Nurse and Midwife and has worked in Papua New Guinea and Australia as well as New Zealand. Becky has tutored at Waikato Polytechnic since 1989 and was responsible for the establishment of the parallel nursing programme, Tihei Mauri Ora, in 1993, at Waikato Polytechnic.

Janice Kuka Janice of Ngati Ranginui and Ngai Terangi iwi. She set up one of the first marae based health trusts in New Zealand, Whairanga Trust, working there for ten years before taking up a position as a Maori social worker at Tauranga Hospital.

Robyn Pope Robyn has worked extensively in the social services area. She is currently working as the Community Services Manager at the Wesley Wellington Mission. She had had minimal contact with hospital services up until the time of having her children who were four years old and ten months old at the time of her interview.

Robert Consedine Robert lives in Christchurch. He was involved in setting up Project Waitangi in the mid 1980s and now works as a consultant running treaty workshops throughout New Zealand.

Wendy Bunker After completing her nursing and midwifery training in Britain and gaining some initial practice experience over there, Wendy returned to New Zealand to work as a midwife. In 1992 she was seconded into the Nursing Advisor position at Western Bay Health in the Bay of Plenty.

Jocelyn Keith Jocelyn trained at Auckland School of Nursing and became a Public Health nurse soon after graduating. She has had a long and distinguished career in the public health area. She has also had a number of roles in a variety of other fields including primary health care and working with the Royal Commission on Social Policy.

Patricia French Patricia did her Comprehensive nursing training at Wellington Polytechnic. She has been a Nurse Advisor to the Nursing Council of New Zealand. At the time of her interview for this project, she was working as Programme Manager of the Nursing and Midwifery Programme at the Open Polytechnic.

Karen Guilliland Karen lives in Christchurch. She is a Registered General and Obstetric nurse. Karen has been very active and influential in the establishment of midwifery training programmes and the promotion of midwives and midwifery practice in New Zealand. She is also well respected internationally for her work in this area.

Ketana Saxon Ketana had been away working overseas for many years before she returned to New Zealand and decided to train as a nurse in 1993 at UNITEC. After completing her training, Ketana worked at Auckland Hospital for nineteen months before moving to Nelson.