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About the keynote Speakers
Reverend Dr Feleterika Nokise
Samoan born, Reverend Dr Nokise migrated to New Zealand in 1960. The
Reverend Dr was ordained as a Minister of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa in
1977. Reverend Dr Nokise was educated at Rongotai College (Wellington),Victoria
University (BA), Otago University (BD MTth) and gained a PHD qualification from the
Australian National University. The Reverend Dr has worked as a University Lecturer
and Chaplain, a parish minister and a family therapist. Reverend Dr Nokise is
currently the Principal of the Pacific Theological College in Suva. The Reverend Dr
is married to Deaconess Reverend Roalyn Coventry (Anglican) and they have four
children.
Hon Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Tufuga Efi
Hon Tuiatua Tupua Tamsese Tupuola Tufuga Efi is the former Prime Minister of the
then Western Samoa and one of the paramount matai of Samoa. He is also widely
regarded as an articulator of fa’a samoa and is also the author of a number of
books on Samoan culture and custom. His latest work “Talanoaga na Loma ma
Ga’opo’a” or “Intended Conversations with Ga’opo’a” posits conversation as a
methodological tool of analysis.
Dr Joan Reede MD, MPH, MS
Dr. Reede is the Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical
School and Director of the Minority Faculty Development Program. Dr. Reede
holds the appointment of Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical
School, Associate Professor of Society, Human Development and Health at the
Harvard School of Public Health, and Assistant in Health Policy at Massachusetts
General Hospital. She is a graduate of Brown University and Mount Sinai School of
Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and
a child psychiatry fellowship at Children’s Hospital in Boston. She currently serves
on the Secretary’s Advisory Committee to the Director of the National Institutes of
Health and on the Sullivan Alliance to Transform America’s Health Professions.
Mr Stephen McKernan
Stephen McKernan is the recently appointed Director-General of Health for the
Ministry of Health in New Zealand. Stephen has eight years of experience as a
District Health Board Chief Executive, holding positions in Counties Manukau
District Health Board, Hutt Valley District Health Board and Hutt Valley Health.
During the 1990s Stephen held a variety of general management roles in the
health sector, including General Manager, Primary, Community and Commercial
Services at Northland Health, and also participated in an exchange programme
with England’s National Health Service. He has a Bachelor of Business Studies from
Massey University and a Diploma in Public Health from the Royal Society of Health.
Associate Professor Colin Tukuitonga
Associate Professor Colin Tukuitonga is currently the Head of Pacific & International
Health, School of Population Health at the University of Auckland. Colin is a
registered medical practitioner and public health physician with extensive
experience in public health and public policy in the Pacific, New Zealand and
internationally. He had provided strategic and operational advice to the NZ
Ministries of Health, Pacific Island Affairs and NZAID, and the Accident
Compensation Corporation, regional and international organizations including
SPC, WHO and other UN organizations. He is particularly interested in promoting
public health as an essential component of the international development agenda. The new
International health programme in the University of Auckland is an exciting opportunity for further
developing this interest. The Pacific Health is planning to work collaboratively with key stakeholders and
especially the Pacific communities in South Auckland.
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