Meet the team

Our team make things happen, we are passionate, compassionate and like to laminate

Our team is here to support you and your whānau

Board of Trustees

Greg Fordyce
Chairman
Neville Cook
Terry King
Bruce Pagan

Management

Tracey Wright-Tawha
Chief Executive
Melanie Reed
General Manager
Wendy Ellis
Invercargill Manager/Practitioner - Mahana
Blondie Ngamoki
Dunedin Manager/Practitioner - Mahana
Joanne White
Finance & Social Enterprises Manager
Maria Colligan-Haggart
He Puna Waiora Wellness Centre Practice Manager
Kerstin Kummerer
Tūmanako Oranga Wellness Centre Site Manager
Moira Gerken
Community Services Manager
Karina Davis-Marsden
Korari Maori Public Health Team Manager
Nicci Fowler
Communications, Media & Marketing Manager
Amy de Vries
Tui Ora Manager
Social Worker
Teina Wilmshurst
Stop Smoking Service Manager
Jessica McDermott
Specialist Facilitation Service Manager
Sarah Wilson
Te Waka Tuhono Manager
Rhoda Hei Hei
Hiwa-i-te-rangi Manager

Administration

Katy Fryer
Administration Level 2
Savanya Tagomoa
Administration Level 2
Trish Young
Client Relationship Manager
Bayleigh Haggart
Quality Assurance Administrator
​Sandra Stiles
Administrator - Rongoa, Restorative Justice, Te Pae Oranga, Mahana Southern Maori Mental Health and Addiction

Supported Accommodation

Amy de Vries
Tui Ora Manager
Social Worker
Diane Jerry
Te Whare Mahana Team Leader
Transition Kaimahi
Roderick MacKenzie
Te Whare Mahana Night Supervisor
Rachel Tangiwai
Te Whare Mahana Day/Night Supervisor
Christine Maxwell
Te Whare Mahana Weekend Supervisor
Erica Baker
Te Whare Mahana Supervisor

Tūmanako Oranga Wellness Centre

Kerstin Kummerer
Tūmanako Oranga Wellness Centre Site Manager
Rhoda Hei Hei
Hiwa-i-te-rangi Manager
Kasey Hope
Manawa Ora Nurse
Annaleah Ah Kuoi
Tūmanako Oranga Crisis Advocacy Kaimahi
Joanne Te Tai
Tūmanako Oranga Crisis Advocacy Kaimahi
Jody Vermeulen
Hiwa-i-te-rangi Advocate
Jason Hodge
Wellbeing and Therapy Facilitator
Joan Browning
Administration
Nathan White
Night Staff
Craig Clark
Night Staff

Tōku Oranga: Health & Wellbeing Navigators

Maria Tipuna-Shore
Health Improvement Practitioner
Stacy Poutasi
Tōku Oranga Health Coach
Nama Sekone-Fraser
Tōku Oranga Community Support Worker

Addiction Services: Hiwa-i-te-rangi

Rhoda Hei Hei
Hiwa-i-te-rangi Manager
Jody Vermeulen
Hiwa-i-te-rangi Advocate
Jason Hodge
Wellbeing and Therapy Facilitator

Mauri Ora Community Nursing

Maria Colligan-Haggart
He Puna Waiora Wellness Centre Practice Manager
Amanda Dodd
Mauri Ora Mobile Nurse

Rongoa - Natural Therapies

Peter Baker
Rongoa
Bobi-Rose Leatherby
Rongoa

Manawa Ora: Community Withdrawal Service

Maria Colligan-Haggart
He Puna Waiora Wellness Centre Practice Manager
Kasey Hope
Manawa Ora Nurse

Addiction Services: Mahana Southern Māori Mental Health & Addiction

Wendy Ellis
Invercargill Manager/Practitioner - Mahana
Blondie Ngamoki
Dunedin Manager/Practitioner - Mahana
Stacey Gaskell
Addictions Counsellor
Tira Ririnui
Addictions Counsellor
Phoebe Crosbie
Addictions Counsellor
Pete Ashworth
Addictions Counsellor
Sam Glen
Addictions Counsellor
Diane Mowat
Psychotherapist
Ricky Ngamoki
Manukura
Ngawhira Kennedy
Administration
Manu Rangitāmiro
Elizabeth Murphy
Addictions Counsellor
Richard McDonald
Addictions Counsellor
Korrey Cook
Addictions Counsellor
Tuihana Ngamoki
ELA Kaiawhina
Susan-June Gillatt
Administration

Te Waka Tuhono: Rangatahi Service

Sarah Wilson
Te Waka Tuhono Manager
Kim Diack
Te Waka Tuhono Manu-Arataki
Sean Morgan
Kaimahi
Trixie McIntyre-Bull
Te Waka Tuhono Kaiawhina

Southern Stop Smoking Service

Teina Wilmshurst
Stop Smoking Service Manager
Sandra Chalmers
Invercargill/Western Southland
Andrew Marbrow
Evaline Surekha
Stop Smoking Coach
Jude Cresswell
Rural Southland
Rachel Chalmers
Invercargill
Lisa Preston
North Otago - Focus on hapu mama & new parents
Donna Watson
Stop Smoking Coach

He Puna Waiora Wellness Centre

Maria Colligan-Haggart
He Puna Waiora Wellness Centre Practice Manager
Dr Thomas Joseph
​Dr Martin Tooke
Dr Saber Elsafty
Dr Janice Sargent
Dr Radhika Manukonda
Dr Jordan Baker
Dr Pallavi Shankar
Julie Smith
Nurse Practitioner
Monica
Nurse
Isobel King
Nurse
Kim Spooner
Nurse
Hayley Patterson
Nurse
Kasey Hope
Manawa Ora Nurse
Terry Son
He Puna Waiora Wellness Pharmacy
Lee Anne Pasco
Administrative Claims Manager
Sheena Khan
Administration
Rivah Kaio
Health Care Assistant
Tonya Virtue
Administration
Jackie Irvine
Administration
Peter Baker
Rongoa
Bobi-Rose Leatherby
Rongoa
Amanda Dodd
Mauri Ora Mobile Nurse
Donald Wright
Kaumatua Transport Service Kaimahi

Kōrari Māori Public Health

Karina Davis-Marsden
Korari Maori Public Health Team Manager
Nadine Young
Kōrari Māori Public Health Kaimahi
Emma Furlonge
Preventing and Minimising Gambling Harm – Public Health

Maori Cancer Kaiarahi Service

Karina Davis-Marsden
Korari Maori Public Health Team Manager
Barbara Metzger
Maori Cancer Kaiarahi Service Co-ordinator
Jo Cullen
Maori Cancer Kaiarahi Service Assistant

Whānau Ora Services

Moira Gerken
Community Services Manager
Sagar Khemani
Whanau Ora Navigator - Te Anau
Shaun Taane
Te Whare Hāpai Tangata Kaiarahi Kaimahi / Whanau Ora Navigator
Martina Smith
Whanau Ora Navigator
Nancy Larrauri
Whanau Ora Navigator
Shahin Pera
Whanau Ora Navigator

Tui Ora: Whanau Support Service

Amy de Vries
Tui Ora Manager
Social Worker
Diane Jerry
Te Whare Mahana Team Leader
Transition Kaimahi
Jordan Nikora
Iwi Family Group Conference Co-ordinator
DelVohn Johnson
Kaiarahi Whanau Tautoko Practitioner
Helen-Marie Harwood
Whanau Facilitator/Programmes
Miringa Popham
Tui Ora Administration
Roderick MacKenzie
Te Whare Mahana Night Supervisor
Rachel Tangiwai
Te Whare Mahana Day/Night Supervisor

Disability Services: S.O.A.R.

Moira Gerken
Community Services Manager
Jack Lovett-Hurst
SOAR Co-ordinator

Building Financial Capability Plus

Moira Gerken
Community Services Manager
Rachel Robinson
Building Financial Capabilities Plus Kahukura

Te Whare Hāpai Tangata Reintegration Service

Moira Gerken
Community Services Manager
Shaun Taane
Te Whare Hāpai Tangata Kaiarahi Kaimahi / Whanau Ora Navigator

Restorative Justice

Jessica McDermott
Specialist Facilitation Service Manager
Megan Legg
Specialist Facilitation Service - Restorative Justice and Te Pae Oranga
Kelsi Henderson
Specialist Facilitation Service - Restorative Justice and Te Pae Oranga

Te Pae Oranga: Iwi Community Panels

Jessica McDermott
Specialist Facilitation Service Manager
Megan Legg
Specialist Facilitation Service - Restorative Justice and Te Pae Oranga
Kelsi Henderson
Specialist Facilitation Service - Restorative Justice and Te Pae Oranga

Toi Toi Shop

Joanne White
Finance & Social Enterprises Manager
Raeana Davis
Toi Toi Maori Art & Gift Shop Manager