Tū Te Akaaka Roa New Zealand National Committee members

NameTitle
Ron Baker Kaumātua
Moe Milne Kuia
Matira TaikatoCo-Chair, Te Kaunihera
Hiran Thabrew Chair, Child and Academic Psychiatrist
Alison MastersAdult Psychiatrist and Affiliate Member
Mark LawrenceBoard Member Representative 
Suman Sinha Adult Psychiatrist/ANZPICQ
Oliver HansbyForensic Psychiatrist
David CodyrePrimary Care Psychiatrist
Emma SchwarczAddictions Psychiatris
Blair Leslie
 Forensic Psychiatrist
Aram Kim
Adult Psychiatrist
Christopher Ansley
 Child Psychiatrist
Marcel Hediger
Adult Psychiatrist
Alan Faulkner
NZ Training Committee Chair
Irene Braithwaite
Trainee Representative
Melissa Roberts
Lived Experience Member


There are currently ten Committees and Subcommittees operating alongside Tū Te Akaaka Roa - NZ National Committee in New Zealand.

Faculty subcommittees

Each report to the respective Bi-national Faculty committee.

  • Addiction Psychiatry (Chair Jeremy McMinn)
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Chair John Gregson) 
  • Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (Chair Adam Sims)
  • Forensic Psychiatry (Chair James Cavney)
  • Psychiatry of Old Age (Chair Duncan Neilson)

Section subcommittees

Each report to the respective Bi-national Section committee.

  • Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry (Chair James Gardiner)
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy and Neurostimulation (Chair vacant)
  • Psychiatry of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Chair Gail Fleming)

Education committees

  • New Zealand Training Committee - reports to the Committee for Training (Chair Alan Faulkner)
  • Vocational Education Advisory Body (VEAB) Committee (vacant)