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DHB boards

DHB​ boards are the governing bodies responsible for overseeing the delivery of health and disability services in their districts.

DHB board appointment process

Each board has up to 11 members.

  • The Minister of Health appoints up to four members, and the chair and deputy chair.
  • Seven members are publicly elected every three years at the time of local government elections.

The Minister can also appoint Crown monitors to boards, in certain circumstances.

List of DHB board members

  • ‘Elected’ indicates the member was one of seven members elected to the board in October 2010.
  • ‘Appointed’ indicates that they were appointed by the Minister of Health.
  • This list is current as of  7 May 2012
Northland
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Tony Norman Appointed
Deputy Chair Sally Macauley Elected
Member Pauline Allan-Downs Elected
Member John Bain Elected
Member Craig Brown Elected
Member Greg Gent Appointed
Member Libby Jones Elected
Member Colin Kitchen Elected
Member June McCabe Appointed
Member Bill Sanderson Elected
Member Sharon Shea Appointed
Waitemata
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Lester Levy Appointed
Deputy Chair Max Abbott Elected
Member Pat Booth Elected
Member Sandra Coney Elected
Member Rob Cooper Appointed
Member Warren Flaunty Elected
Member Wendy Lai Appointed
Member James Le Fevre Elected
Member Christine Rankin Elected
Member Allison Roe Elected
Member Gwen Tepania-Palmer Appointed
Auckland
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Lester Levy Appointed
Deputy Chair Lee Mathias Elected
Member Jo Agnew Elected
Member Peter Aitken Elected
Member Judith Bassett Elected
Member Susan Buckland Elected
Member Chris Chambers Elected
Member Rob Cooper Appointed
Member Robyn Northey Elected
Member Gwen Tepania-Palmer Appointed
Member Ian Ward Appointed
Counties Manukau
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Gregor Coster Appointed
Deputy Chair Jan Dawson Appointed
Member Sandra Alofivae Appointed
Member Arthur Anae Elected
Member Don Barker Elected
Member Colleen Brown Elected
Member David Collings Elected
Member Paul Cressey Elected
Member Lyn Murphy Elected
Member Frank Solomon Appointed
Member Bob Wichman Elected
Waikato
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Graeme Milne Appointed
Deputy Chair Sally Christie Elected
Member Andrew Buckley Elected
Member Martin Gallagher Elected
Member Pippa Mahood Elected
Member Sharon Mariu Appointed
Member Harry Mikaere Appointed
Member Gay Shirley Appointed (to elected vacancy)
Member Clyde Wade Elected
Member Ewan Wilson Elected
Member [VACANCY]   Appointed
Lakes
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Deryck Shaw Appointed
Deputy Chair Lyall Thurston Elected
Member Mary Burdon Elected
Member Julie Calnan Elected
Member Ailsa Gathergood Appointed ( to elected vacancy)
Member Danny Loughlin Appointed
Member Ian McLean Appointed
Member Tupara Morrison Appointed
Member Merepeka Ruakawa-Tait Elected
Member Rob Vigor-Brown Elected
Member Maureen Waaka Elected
Bay of Plenty
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Sally Webb Appointed
Deputy Chair Jeff Williams Appointed
Member Mark Arundel Elected
Member Yvonne Boyes Elected
Member Marion Guy Elected
Member Tamarapa Lloyd Appointed
Member Gail McIntosh Appointed
Member Matua Parkinson Elected
Member Mogens Poppe Elected
Member Ron Scott Elected
Member David Stewart Elected
Tairawhiti
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair David Scott Appointed
Deputy Chair Barbara Clarke Elected
Member Craig Bauld Elected
Member Kathy McVey Elected
Member Geoff Milner Appointed
Member Atareta Poananga Elected
Member Robyn Rauna Appointed
Member Kathy Sheldrake Elected
Member Matt Todd Appointed
Member Ray Vasan Elected
Member Brian Wilson Elected
Taranaki
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Mary Bourke Appointed
Deputy Chair Peter Catt Elected
Member Alex Ballantyne Elected
Member Ella Borrows Elected
Member Kura Denness Appointed
Member Karen Eagles Elected
Member Flora Gilkison Elected
Member Brian Jeffares Elected
Member Pauline Lockett Appointed
Member Alison Rumball Elected
Member Colleen Tuuta Appointed
Hawke's Bay
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Kevin Atkinson Elected
Deputy Chair Ngahiwi Tomoana Appointed
Member Barbara Arnott Appointed
Member David Barry Elected
Member David Davidson Elected
Member Dan Druzianic Appointed
Member Peter Dunkerley Elected
Member Denise Eaglesome Appointed
Member Helen Francis Elected
Member Diana Kirton Elected
Member Kirsten Wise Elected
Whanganui
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Kate Joblin Elected
Deputy Chair Phil Sunderland Appointed
Member Allan Anderson Elected
Member Philippa Baker-Hogan Elected
Member Michael Laws Elected
Member Judith Macdonald Elected
Member Richard Orzecki Appointed
Member Clive Solomon Elected
Member Ray Stevens Elected
Member Nancy Tuaine Appointed
Member David Warburton Appointed
MidCentral
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Phil Sunderland Appointed
Deputy Chair Kate Joblin Appointed
Member Diane Anderson Elected
Member Lindsay Burnell Elected
Member Ann Chapman Elected
Member Jack Drummond Elected
Member Pat Kelly Elected
Member Karen Naylor Elected
Member Richard Orzecki Appointed
Member Barbara Robson Elected
Member [VACANCY}   Appointed
Hutt Valley
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Virginia Hope Appointed
Deputy Chair Wayne Guppy Elected
Member Katy Austin Elected
Member David Bassett Elected
Member Peter Douglas Appointed
Member Peter Glensor Elected
Member Keith Hindle Appointed
Member Ken Laban Elected
Member David Ogden Elected
Member Iris Pauhau Appointed
Member John Terris Elected
Crown Monitor Debbie Chin Appointed
Capital and Coast
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Virginia Hope Elected
Member Peter Glensor Appointed
Member Judith Aitken Elected
Member David Choat Elected
Member Barbara Donaldson Elected
Member Peter Douglas Appointed
Member Margaret Faulkner Elected
Member Keith Hindle Appointed
Member Helene Ritchie Elected
Member Darrin Sykes Appointed
Member [VACANCY]   Elected
Crown Monitor Debbie Chin Appointed
Wairarapa
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Bob Francis Appointed
Deputy Chair Leanne Southey Appointed
Member Liz Falkner Elected
Member Charles Grant Appointed
Member Rob Irwin Elected
Member Helen Kjestrup Elected
Member Rick Long Elected
Member Viv Napier Elected
Member Fiona Samuel Elected
Member Janine Vollebregt Elected
Member Janice Wenn Appointed
Nelson Marlborough
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Jenny Black Elected
Deputy Chair Ian MacLennan Appointed
Member Judy Crowe Elected
Member Gordon Currie Elected
Member Fleur Hansby Elected
Member Roma Hippolite Appointed
Member Gerald Hope Elected
Member John Inder Elected
Member John Moore Elected
Member Patrick Smith Appointed
Member Russell Wilson Appointed
West Coast
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Paul McCormack Appointed
Deputy Chair Peter Ballantyne Appointed
Member Kevin Brown Elected
Member Warren Gilbertson Appointed
Member Helen Gillespie Elected
Member Mary Molloy Elected
Member Sharon Pugh Elected
Member Elinor Stratford Elected
Member Douglas Truman Elected
Member John Vaile Elected
Member Susan Wallace Appointed
Canterbury
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Bruce Matheson Appointed
Deputy Chair Peter Ballantyne Appointed
Member Anna Crighton Elected
Member Elizabeth Cunningham Appointed
Member Andrew Dickerson Elected
Member Wendy Gilchrist Elected
Member Aaron Keown Elected
Member Chris Mene Elected
Member David Morrell Elected
Member Susan Wallace Appointed
Member Olive Webb Elected
South Canterbury
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Murray Cleverley Elected
Deputy Chair Ron Luxton Elected
Member Paul Annear Elected
Member Peter Binns Elected
Member Rene Crawford Elected
Member Nicola Hornsey Appointed
Member Warwick Isaacs Appointed
Member Terry Kennedy Elected
Member Peter Lyman Appointed
Member Ngaire Whytock Elected
Member [VACANCY]   Appointed
Southern
Position First name Last name Elected/appointed
Chair Joe Butterfield Appointed
Deputy Chair Paul Menzies Elected
Member Sandra Cook Appointed
Member Neville Cook Elected
Member Kaye Crowther Elected
Member Mary Flannery Elected
Member Malcolm Macpherson Elected
Member Tahu Potiki Appointed
Member Branko Sijnja Elected
Member Richard Thomson Elected
Member Tim Ward Appointed
Crown Monitor Stuart McLauchlan Appointed

How much do DHB board members get paid?

This varies, depending on the size and assessed complexity of the DHB.

In recognition of the additional work required of them, DHB chairpersons receive twice as much as members; while deputy chairpersons are paid 1.25 times as much as members.

The Minister of Health determines fee levels for DHB board members, in accordance with the Fees framework (Cabinet Office website). Board members are also reimbursed for reasonably incurred expenses, such as costs for travelling to meetings. Current fee levels can be seen in the files below

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