Appendix 2: Members of the Advisory Groups
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National Advisory Council
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The following are members of the National Advisory Council:
Glenys Baldick, Chief Executive Officer, Nelson Marlborough District Health Board,
Nelson
Linda Beck, Member of the Board of Trustees of RNZF of the Blind, Christchurch
Kitty Bennett, National President, Maori Women’s Welfare League, Wellington
Malcolm Birdling, head tutor Public Law, VUW; Trustee – Hutt Valley Youth
Health; Youth Advisory Forum Member, Wellington
Dr Alison Blaiklock, Chair of Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa; public
health physician, Auckland
Dr Petra Butler, Law Lecturer, VUW, Wellington
Weng-Kei Chen, President NZ Federation of Ethnic Councils; Asset Management Team
Leader and Policy Engineer, Christchurch City Council, Christchurch
Ava Colenso Fa’amoe, Chairperson, Pacific Information Advocacy Support;
Trustee Representative on Taikura Trust; Auckland
Darien Fenton, Secretary, Service & Food Workers Union; Vice President, Council
of Trade Unions, Auckland
Dr Manuka Henare, Senior Lecturer, Maori Business Development; Director Mira
Szászy Research Centre for Maori & Pacific Economic Development, University
of Auckland Business School., Auckland;
Tony Henderson, Coordinator, Ashburton Safer Community Council, Timaru
Tiahuia Kawe-Small, Resource Teacher, O Maori Te Wharekura o Arowhenua Area School,
Invercargill
Fanaura Kingstone, Freelance Consultant (last assignment UNDP: East Timor), Tokoroa
Dr Doug Northey, Retired Director Human Resources, University of Auckland; Member
Employers & Manufacturers Assn (Northern), Auckland
Thakor Parbhu, Consultant, Penney Patel Law; President Auckland Regional Ethnic
Council, Auckland
Ced Simpson, Executive Director, Amnesty International NZ, Wellington; Convenor,
Human Rights Network of Aotearoa NZ (HRN)
Leah Whiu, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Waikato, Hamilton
Alan Wilcox, Managing Director of Executive Management Consultancy; Chairman,
Nat Spiritual Assembly of Baha’i of NZ, Wellington
Barry Wilson, Barrister; Former President, Spokesperson, Auckland Council for
Civil Liberties; co-founder NZ Privacy Foundation (now merged with ACCL), Auckland
The following agencies are represented through special advisors to the NAC:
The Office of the Commissioner for Children, the Maori Language Commission, Te
Taura Whiri I te Reo Maori, and the Mental Health Commission.
Children’s Rights Sector Advisory Group
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The members of the Office of the Commissioner for Children’s Young People’s
Reference Group are the nine children and young people who are members of this
Sector Advisory Group. They are Briar Thompson, Edward Knowles, Gayatri Wood,
Helen Ulu, Luke Hanna, Michael Bendall, Phoebe Shaw, Te Atahaia Bartlett, Theo
Aiken.
They are all students, ranging in age from 12-16 years and come from around
the country, including Whangarei, Auckland, Gisborne, Petone, Wellington, Nelson,
Christchurch and Te Anau.
The adult members of the group are as follows:
Vivian Cheung – Researcher, Public Health & Psychosocial Studies,
AUT; Trustee, Auckland Regional Migrant Services Trust, Chair of The Asian
Network Incorporated, Auckland
Lois Dawson-Mikaere – Public Health Nurse, Hawkes Bay District Health
Board; parent representative for C.C.S. Hawkes Bay, and a member of the Lottery
Youth Wellington Sub-Committee
Robert Ludbrook, LLB, Dip Soc; Legal and policy consultant and human rights
and child activist/advocate, and international expert in children’s rights,
based in Wellington
Maree Macdonald, Chairperson of the Southland Regional Support Group; member
Southland Elder Abuse Advisory Panel; Case/community worker with the Southland
Community Law Centre, Invercargill
Mike O’Brien, PhD; Associate Professor, Head of School of Social & Cultural
Studies, Massey University. Auckland City Mission board member; Chairperson,
Public Questions Committee; based in Auckland
Ben Taufua – Group Manager Pacific Health, South Auckland Health; Member
Executive Council Safer Manukau; Youth Resource Service executive member and
other national, community and youth related committee memberships. Auckland
Jacqui Te Kani – immediate past president of Maori Women’s Welfare
League (MWWL), current General Manager for MWWL, Director of Maori Women’s
Development, Inc, based in Wellington
Tali Williams – Member of the Youth Union movement, representative of
the CTU.; Vice-Chair Asia-Pacific Trade Unionist Committee, based in Wellington
The Ministry for Child, Youth & Family and the Ministry of Youth Affairs
are also represented on this group.
Disability Sector Advisory Group
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Members of the group are as follows:
Denise Bennett – a nominee from ‘People First’, New Plymouth.
Paul Gibson – Part-time CCS Policy Manager, part-time independent Disability
Consultant, Wellington.
Huhana Hickey – Consultant with Maxeq Consulting; Casual Lecturer and
law tutor, Waikato University; President of Workbridge. Hamilton East.
Heather Menzies, Training and Personal Development Manager, Framework Trust,
Auckland.
Nigel Ngahiwi – Executive member of the Board of Ngati Kapo.
Kim Robinson, Dip Teach; People with Disabilities; Councillor/Executive Board
Member Deaf Assn of NZ. Auckland.
Roberta Soper – Student at Canterbury University.
Lorna Sullivan – Chief Executive, Access Ability Ltd; National Executive
Committee member of DPA; NZ Rep to DPI; People First Steering Group. Tauranga.
Linda Telfer – Coordinator and Education Officer, DPA; Tu Tikanga Trainer.
Christchurch.
Wendi Wicks – Policy Researcher, DPA (NZ) Inc.; Trustee and past Chair,
Human Rights Network Trust. Wellington.
Also on the Disability Sector Advisory Group is a representative of the Office
of Disability Issues, and a representative of the Special Education service
of the Ministry of Education.
Race Relations Sector Advisory Group
The members of this group are as follows:
Ian Barker – Chairperson, Nelson Multi Ethnic Council; Nelson City Councillor;
Manager, Top of the South Television Channel; Nelson
N. Tala Cleverley – Founder member of PACIFICA; Wellington
Canon Hone Kaa – Lecturer in Maori Perspectives, St Johns Anglican Theological
College; General Synod Representative for the Anglican Church, Auckland
Donna C. Matahaere-Atariki – Executive Officer, Te Runanga o Ngaiu Tahu;
Member of National Strategy Group for Early Childhood Education (MED); Christchurch
Reverend John Murray – Coordinator, Kapiti Group of Amnesty International;
Kapiti Coast
Dr N Rasalingam – General Practitioner; Medical Director Auckland Refugee
Health Centre; Chairman of Medical Subcommittee of the NZ Fed of Ethnic Councils;
Auckland
Farida Sultana – National Project Manager of Ethnic Women's Development
Responsibilities; Patron of DISHA Ethnic Women’s Support Group; Auckland
Manying Ip – Associate Professor, School of Asian Studies, Auckland University
Debbie Teale – Executive Director, Social Investors Ltd, Auckland
Dr Love Chile – Programme Leader, Bachelor of Social Practice, Coordinator
Community Development Major; Auckland
A representative of the Office of Ethnic Affairs is also on this group.
