Our Governance - The National Committee

The NZCOM is governed by a board (the ‘National Committee’) comprising a total of 21 nominated and elected representatives from throughout New Zealand. Representatives include rural midwives, urban midwives, educators, students, consumers, Maori midwives and birthing women.

The NZCOM’s governance structure allows for extensive networking at regional and national levels, thus ensuring that the NZCOM is responsive to maternity service issues.

The National Committee meets approximately four times per annum. Between meetings, consultation and decision making occurs via formal and informal communication with management. In addition, a separate governance subcommittee (which also includes non National Committee elected representation) provides readily available advice and guidance to management.

The National Committee representatives are as follows:

Kaumatua	Mina Timutimu
President	Rose Barker
Chief Executive Officer	Karen Guilliland

Organisation Represented	Representative's Name
NZCOM Northland Region	Tina Sherman
NZCOM Auckland Region	Judith McAra-Couper Debbie MacGregor
NZCOM Bay of Plenty Region	Maureen O'Reilly
NZCOM Waikato Region	Debbie Fawcett Renee Miller
NZCOM Taranaki Region	Mary Garlick
NZCOM Central Region	Linda Shannon
NZCOM Wellington Region	Christine Jackson
NZCOM Nelson Marlborough Region	Andrea Vincent
NZCOM Canterbury Westland Region	Michelle Prier
NZCOM Otago Region	Kerry Adams
NZCOM Southland Region	Bernadette Archer
Nga Maia o Aotearoa me te Waipounamu	Estelle Mulligan Ruth Chisholm
La Leche League	Trudy Hart
Parents Centres New Zealand Limited	Kathy Harvey
Schools of Midwifery Student Representatives	Sue Duncan Sharon Williams

The Immediate Past President is Sue Bree.

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