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Chair Dr Hiran Thabrew nzoffice@ranzcp.org
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Tu Te Akaaka Roa New Zealand National Committee members

Name
Title
Ron Baker
 Kaumātua
Moe Milne
 Kuia
Claire Paterson
Co-Chair, Te Kaunihera
Wayne Blissett
Co-Chair, Te Kaunihera
Hiran Thabrew 
Chair, Child and Academic Psychiatrist
Alison Masters
Adult Psychiatrist and Affiliate Member
Carolyn Swanson
Lived Experience Member and Honorary Psychiatrist
Mark Lawrence
Board Member Representative 
Arran Culver
Child Psychiatrist
Suman Sinha 
Adult Psychiatrist/ANZPICQ
Oliver Hansby
Forensic Psychiatrist
Claire Paterson
Māori, Adult Psychiatrist
Sarah Romans
Private Adult Psychiatrist
David Codyre

Emma Schwarcz

Blair Leslie

Aram Kim

Christopher Ansley

Marcel Hediger

Alan Faulkner
NZ Training Committee Chair
Sue Mackersey
VEAB 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)