HealthWEST Board

Graduate of Guys Hospital London. Spent five years in General Practice in England, but for the last thirty years have been in general practice in Titirangi with a strong emphasis towards obstetrics and women’s’ health. Inaugural Chair of the General Practitioner Council of the New Zealand Medical Association from 1997 then served on its board for several years until 2006. Inaugural Chair of the General Practitioner Committee of HealthWEST from 2006.

Appointed Chair of HealthWEST in June 2007. West Auckland has the largest ‘high needs’ population of any area within the Waitemata district health board catchment, with the lowest number of general practitioners per population to serve them. I am committed to improving the health of west Auckland peoples through supporting high quality general practice teams and encouraging enrolment of our population to these teams. Recognition and funding of our primary care needs by the DHB will be an area of focused endeavour during my term as chair.

Maureen Wood brings a particular community focus to the HealthWEST Board. Maureen is the Chair of Waitakere Health Link (a community liaison group) and is involved in many other groups promoting health and safety for the community of Waitakere. She has worked extensively in the disability area, has a daughter with intellectual disability. Maureen is Branch President of West/Central Auckland IHC and a member of IHC’s NZ Council and has been Chair of the National Advocacy Advisory Committee for IHC as well as other sub-committees over the years. She is a member of disAbility Information Waitakere Network. She chaired HealthWEST’s Community Health sub-committee and is a Trustee of the WOW Trust. (Wellness Out West). Maureen is also an auditor with EQS, auditing residential services for people with intellectual disability and some physical and mental health services for the Ministry of Health. She is very passionate about the rights and equality of all people in the community and that information should be available for all. She has been the recipient of four community awards. Maureen is the mother of five, grandmother of nine and great-grandmother of five.

Sue is a New Zealand trained family doctor. She has worked in west Auckland for many years initally at Lynnmall Medical Centre and for the last 11 years at Hobsonville Medical Centre. Sue is on the board as a representative and chair of the HealthWEST General Practitioner Committee and has a keen interest in improving the health of West Auckland residents by supporting quality in general practice.

Tevita Funaki has recently taken up the role of Pacific Health Manager with Procare Health Ltd. Born in New Zealand but raised up in Tonga. Tevita attended the Otago University and graduated with a BCom in 2000 and a Post Graduate Diploma in Project Management from Unitec in 2007. Prior to joining Procare Health Ltd, Tevita was the National Pasifika Liaison Adviser for Massey University. He has also managed an Employment Consultancy and Project Management Services firm and worked in health services - currently the Treasurer for West Fono Health Trust and a Director for Health West PHO. Tevita is an active member of the Pasifika community and part of the Avondale Tongan Catholic community

Galumalemana graduated from Auckland University of Technology with a BA in Health Science in 2002. Starting out in 1974 as a Registered Obstetric Nurse with Middlemore Hospital Galumalemana has since held a number of positions in the health sector including Pacific Island Liaison Nurse for Waitemata Health, Manager Child Health and Health Promotion Services at Health Star and Co-ordinator of Community Health services with Pasifika Healthcare. Active in the Pacific Island community Galumalemana has held the position of hairman for Pasifika Healthcare and is very active in New Lynn Congregational Christian Church of Samoa.

David has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Canterbury University. His career in Health and Mental Health spans more than 14 years in a variety of roles from Community Support Worker to Management. He now works as a Pacific Health Consultant. David has a background in Marketing and is well travelled throughout the pacific and other parts of the world. David has been a Keynote speaker and presenter at many conferences nationally and internationally, has written many papers on Pacific Mental Health and is an experienced trainer and coach to the Mental Health and Addictions sector. His recent work includes development of Pacific Cultural Assessment Tool, Pacific Cultural Competencies, Pacific Outcome Measures and Samoan Suicide Prevention Resource. He is also board member for Mental Health Foundation and the Waitakere Pacific Board of the Waitakere City Council where his portfolio is Health.

Peter has been a GP in New Lynn for over 17 years. He is passionate about providing an excellent health service with the people of New Lynn. He has a special interest in palliative care and is closely involved in the NZ Royal College of GPs as one of their chief examiners for the College's Primex examination. He has a partner and three children, and tries to fit in some fishing from time to time.

Dr Craig King MbChB, Dip Obstetrics, DCH (Otago), Dip Sports Medicine, FRNZCGP. In General Practice for the last 20 yrs, 17 years in Titirangi. Strong interest in obstetrics initially and paediatrics, now with a more "general" general practice although enjoying male and adolescent health issues, musculo skeletal medicine and minor surgery. Practice management is also an area of interest and to this end our practice was an early adopter of cornerstone accreditation. I have developed with my business partner a small practice into a busy medium sized practice. This development included building a modern medical centre. Married, with 3 teenage daughters and a dog.