Appointment of Directors of Area Mental Health Services
Pursuant to section 92 of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, I, Dr Diana Sarfati, Director-General of Health:
Area of Responsibility |
Person Appointed |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Te Tai Tokerau Northland |
Dr Margaret Aimer, psychiatrist, of Auckland |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waitematā |
Michelle Dawson, registered nurse, of Auckland |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland |
Dr John Jacques, consultant psychiatrist, of Auckland |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau |
Dr Eric Pushparajah, consultant psychiatrist, of Manukau |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato |
Dr Rees Tapsell, psychiatrist, of Auckland |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Hauora a Toi Bay of Plenty |
Dr Andrew Wilkinson, consultant psychiatrist, of Tauranga |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Lakes |
Joanna Price, registered nurse, of Rotorua |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti |
Dr Inez Awatere-Walker, clinical psychologist, of Hawke’s Bay |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Taranaki |
Ross Ekdahl, nurse practitioner, of Waitara |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Te Matau a Māui Hawke’s Bay |
Dr Inez Awatere-Walker, clinical psychologist, of Hawke’s Bay |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Te Pae Hauora o Ruahine o Tararua MidCentral |
Dr Alison Masters, psychiatrist, of Palmerston North |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley |
Jeff Hammond, registered nurse, of Whanganui |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Nelson Marlborough |
Dr Neil Yorke, consultant psychiatrist, of Nelson |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Te Tai o Poutini West Coast |
Dr Heather McPherson, consultant psychiatrist, of Runanga |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury |
Dr Sigi Schmidt, Chief of Psychiatry, of Christchurch |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Whanganui |
Jeff Hammond, registered nurse, of Wellington |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Wairarapa |
Jeff Hammond, registered nurse, of Wellington |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora South Canterbury |
Dr Cecilia Smith-Hamel, medical practitioner, of Timaru |
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Southern |
Ruth Manning, psychiatric nurse, of Dunedin |
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of February 2025.
Dr DIANA SARFATI, Director-General of Health, Te Tumu Whakarae mō te Hauora.