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Committee members
| Ron Baker | Kaumatua |
| Moe Milne | Kuia |
| Hiran Thabrew | Chair, Child and Academic Psychiatrist |
| Alison Masters | Deputy Chair, Adult Psychiatrist and Affiliate Member |
| Susanna Every-Palmer | Ex-Chair Forensic and Academic Psychiatrist |
| Carolyn Swanson | Lived Experience Member and Honorary Psychiatrist |
| Mark Lawrence | Māori, Ex-Chair and Adult Psychiatrist |
| Francis Agnew | Pasifika, Adult Psychiatrist |
| Sue Mackersey | Adult and Rural Psychiatris |
| Arran Culver | Child Psychiatrist |
| Matthew Jenkins | Adult and Academic Psychiaris |
| Suman Sinha | Adult Psychiatrist |
| Oliver Hansby | Forensic Psychiatrist |
| Claire Paterson | Māori, Adult Psychiatrist |
| Sam McBride | Addictions Psychiatrist |
| Leo Sauia | Child Psychiatrist and NZ representative on the Binational Overseas Trained Psychiatrists Committee |
| Sarah Romans | Private Adult Psychiatrist |
| Georgia Ramsden | Trainee Representative |
| Brittany Stanley-Wishart | Trainee Representative |
| Dr Michael John O’Rawe | Trainee Representative |
There are currently ten Committees/Subcommittees operating alongside Tu Te Akaaka Roa - NZ National Committee in New Zealand:
Faculty Subcommittees (each report to the respective Bi-national Faculty committee)
- Addiction Psychiatry (Chair is A/Prof Giles Newton-Howes)
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Chair is Dr Tanya Wright)
- Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (Chair is Dr Adam Sims)
- Forensic Psychiatry (Chair is Dr Shailesh Kumar)
- Psychiatry of Old Age (Chair is Dr Bronwyn Copeland)
Section Subcommittees (each report to the respective Bi-national Section committee)
- Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry (Chair is Dr James Gardiner)
- Electroconvulsive Therapy and Neurostimulation (Chair is Dr Chris Gale)
- Psychiatry of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Chair is Dr David Bathgate)
Education
- New Zealand Training Committee (which reports to the Committee for Training) (Chair is Dr Greg Spencer)
- Vocational Education Advisory Body (VEAB) Committee (Chair is Dr Greg Young)
Tu Te Akaaka Roa - New Zealand National Committee Regulations
The Committee typically meets face-to-face 4 times per calendar year (each meeting is up to 6 hours in duration).
A committee member may also be required to respond to emails between formal meetings.
