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Lorraine is a Nurse Consultant at Te Whatu Ora Southern, focusing on policy, projects and professional issues. She has been involved in nursing for over 30 years, and currently holds a role as a Professional Practice Fellow at the University of Otago Centre for Postgraduate Nursing Studies where she teaches and supervises Master’s students.
Lorraine's nursing background includes
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Lorraine's primary research interest and experience is in qualitative methodologies, particularly narrative approaches. She published in national and international journals, and edited “Listening with my Heart” (2017), the inaugural book of poetry written by NZ nurses.
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Jon Gullidge is the Chief Nurse at Te Whatu Ora Taranaki, where he is responsible for ensuring patient safety and quality remain at the heart of the district agenda. He ensures the balance of safe patient care, financial stewardship, and high-performance standards.
Before his current role, Jon gained extensive experience in clinical leadership, education, and clinical practice in New Zealand and several of the UK’s largest NHS trusts. He is passionate about advancing Nurse-led care, initiatives, and services, and is committed to ensuring nurses can provide effective and exceptional patient-centred care.
Jon is currently pursuing a PhD at Auckland University of Technology, focusing on how acuity is operationalised and applied in practice within community mental health services. His research interests include using health methodologies to highlight systemic and social injustices while amplifying the voices of marginalised groups.
Kim Monteiro is the Clinical Lead for Medical Devices, Expert Advisory at Pharmac and provides clinical leadership to key strategic programmes, projects and initiatives towards best outcomes for all healthcare partners. He has completed a Masters in Nursing, and is a PRINCE2 Project Management Practitioner.
Kim’s nursing background includes
Kim’s research interests include
Ko Tararua te Maunga Ko Manawatu te Awa Ko Kurahaupō te Waka Ko Whatonga te Tangata Ko Rangitāne me Te Arawa ngā Iwi Ko Ngāti Hineaute me Te Rangitepaia ngā Hapū Ko Rangiotu te Rohe Ko Te Rangimarie te Marae Ko Nerissa Warbrick tōku ingoa Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa
With 25 years of clinical and academic experience, I have dedicated my career to advancing mental health and addiction services (MHAS) through both practice and education. My clinical expertise spans secondary care in acute settings including crisis response, general adult and Māori mental health, inpatient services, and community forensic mental health for both adult and youth populations. I am passionate about evidence-based practice, life-long learning, and professional development. I am committed to strengthening research in nursing, ensuring that knowledge translates into meaningful improvements in care.
Nerissa
Ko wai au?
Hōkai tū tapuwae Ki runga o Nga Taumata te maunga Whakahirahira o aku tīpuna Kua ngaro i te ao nei! Tauheke atu ki Ohinemataroa Te wai kaukau o ngā mātua tīpuna! Kia tū tangata whenua ahau ki tōku marae ko Tauarau! Tu mai e kui Rongokarae, te mana tawhito o tua whakarere! Te tari o te ora Rangimahana tena koe! Ngati Rongo taku mana, taku ihi! Ko Tuhoe he pou whenua, he pou tangata! Mataatua te waka! Ko Toroa te tangata o runga! Ka tauha kai te whare! Tau ana!
“Tuhoe moumou kai, moumou taonga, moumou tangata I te po!”
Nga mihi maioha kia tatou. Ko Maria Tutahi toku ingoa no te Tiamana o Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa - Te Manawataki o Waikato. He mahi au ki a Tapuhi Māori I roto I the Whareheke Toto ki Te Wahatu Ora o Waikato.
My name is Maria Tutahi and I am the Te Runanga Chair for Te Manawataki o Waikato Region and I work as a Dialysis Nurse at Te Whatu Ora o Waikato
I am one of 10 Māori nurses employed in this area. My mahi allows me to practice holistically with my patients, which incorporates and recognises the uniqueness of my culture. The care that I give is based on those essential principles I learned as a student and are inclusive in my practice. These are the same principles that I as a Registered Nurse teach to my Netp and Tauira from Te Pukenga o Waikato and Wintec
I graduated with a Bachelor of Health Sciences Māori (Nursing) from Te Ōhanga Mataora Paetahi o Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi in Whakatane. I completed a Dual Competency Nursing Program, its foundation set firmly on the teachings of Tikanga, Te Reo and Te Ao Māori. It is a one of a kind Nursing degree set and taught according to Wananga principles and I am both proud and honoured to be a foundation graduate of that program.
I am also Te Manawataki o Waikato Te Poari representative, a member of NZNO Regional Council - Midlands, a committee member for the Maranga Mai Scholarship and a member of this committeee
No reira, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena tatou katoa
Dr Patricia McClunie-Trust is a Principal Lecturer at Wintec in the
She is a professional supervisor interested in capability development for advanced nursing practice. For the past fifteen years, she has supervised postgraduate research students undertaking projects and dissertations in
Patricia’s research focuses on professionalism and professional practice in nursing. She is a member of the GENNZAC international collaborative research team that aims to establish a core set of guiding principles related to graduate entry education and the nursing workforce.
Patricia's recent research explores how graduate-entry nursing students develop a professional sense of self as nurses.
Her governance roles include membership in the HRC-approved Wintec Human Ethics Research Group, Editor-in-Chief for the Kaitiaki Nursing Research journal, and she is also a lay member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors Ethics Committee.
Dr Isaac Amankwaa is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Auckland University of Technology and Adjunct Academic at the University of Canberra. He has over 20 years of clinical and academic experience across Ghana and Aotearoa New Zealand. He holds a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington, where he applied implementation science to rights-based healthcare. He also completed an MSc in Advanced Nursing at the University of Nottingham.
His background includes:
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He has published over 15 peer-reviewed papers and engages in community health through the Wintec Tauira-Assisted Clinic and leadership in the Ghanaian Community of New Zealand. His teaching applies Mātauranga Māori and equity principles to prepare nurses for diverse healthcare settings.
Isaac seeks opportunities to offer mentorship and collaborate on research aligned with health equity, nursing education, and implementation science.