Please join us for kōrero & breakfast with Sir Ashley Bloomfield and iwi member and PHD student Helena Abolins-Thompson!
When: Tuesday 27th May
Time: 7:15am - 9am
Where: Ūpane, 3 Wi Neera Drive Porirua
Sir Ashley Bloomfield
Sir Ashley Bloomfield trained in medicine at the University of Auckland and specialised in public health medicine. He has 25 years’ experience in public policy and health leadership, including at the World Health Organization in Geneva. His professional areas of interest are non-communicable disease prevention and control and addressing health inequities. He was New Zealand’s Director-General of Health from June 2018 to July 2022 and led the country’s health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was appointed a Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to public and is now a Professor at the University of Auckland’s School of Population Health and Interim Chief Executive at ESR.
Helena Abolins-Thompson
Helena Abolins-Thompson (Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāi Tahu, Rangitāne o tamaki nui a rua) is a 3rd year PhD student at the University of Otago Wellington, in the department of surgery and anaesthesia. Her research focuses on the use of new models of breast and ovarian cancer for wāhine Māori, to better understand the response to chemotherapy. Her work aims to integrate tikanga Māori and Māori world views into modern scientific research, to ensure equitable representation of Māori in modern scientific data.
For catering purposes, RSVP by emailing communications@ngatitoa.iwi.nz