Pursuant to section 92 of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, I, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health, issue the following notice, effective from the date on this appointment;

1. This notice shall be read together with Appointment of Directors of Area Mental Health Services (“notice”) (New Zealand Gazette, 15 January 2020, Notice No. 2020-go168).

2. The notice is amended in respect of “Taranaki District Health Board”

1. by omitting the name and title
   “Dr Ryan Bell, consultant psychiatrist, of New Plymouth”,
2. and substituting the name and title
   “Ross Ekdahl, nurse practitioner, of Waitara”.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of October 2021.

Dr ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD, Te Tumu Whakarae mō te Hauora, Director-General of Health.