Tu Te Akaaka Roa New Zealand National Committee members

NameTitle
Ron Baker Kaumātua
Moe Milne Kuia
Claire PatersonCo-Chair, Te Kaunihera
Wayne BlissettCo-Chair, Te Kaunihera
Hiran Thabrew Chair, Child and Academic Psychiatrist
Alison MastersAdult Psychiatrist and Affiliate Member
Carolyn SwansonLived Experience Member and Honorary Psychiatrist
Mark LawrenceBoard Member Representative 
Arran CulverChild Psychiatrist
Suman Sinha Adult Psychiatrist/ANZPICQ
Oliver HansbyForensic Psychiatrist
Claire PatersonMāori, Adult Psychiatrist
Sarah RomansPrivate Adult Psychiatrist
David Codyre
Emma Schwarcz
Blair Leslie

Aram Kim

Christopher Ansley

Marcel Hediger

Alan Faulkner
NZ Training Committee Chair
Sue MackerseyVEAB Chair
Mischa Tosswill
Trainee Representative


Tu Te Akaaka Roa - New Zealand National Committee Regulations [PDF; 121 KB]

There are currently ten Committees and 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 Jeremy McMinn)
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Chair John Gregson) 
  • Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (Chair Dr Adam Sims)
  • Forensic Psychiatry (Chair Dr Shailesh Kumar)
  • Psychiatry of Old Age (Chair Duncan Neilson)

Section subcommittees

Each report to the respective Bi-national Section committee.

  • Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry (Chair Dr James Gardiner)
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy and Neurostimulation (Chair Dr Chris Gale)
  • Psychiatry of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Chair Dr David Bathgate)

Education committees

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