Operating since 2002 with a membership over 120, Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa – The Māori Pharmacists’ Association (MPA) is a national Māori health organisation with the specific aim and overarching vision “To lead Māori responsiveness in the pharmacy sector in the development and delivery of services aimed to increase medicines optimisation in Māori whānau.“
Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa – The Māori Pharmacists’ Association (MPA) has established a multidisciplinary team with broad expertise to deliver services. MPA comprises a membership with extensive knowledge of the health system and the enablers / barriers to negotiation of it for consumers. MPA has hospital pharmacists, community pharmacists, clinical pharmacists as well as pharmacists with a special interest in health literacy.
MPA has formalised relationships with whānau, key government and health organisations, participates in key health forums and committees, sponsors and mentors students, provides Māori clinical advice and leadership across the broader Aotearoa New Zealand health sector.
Our structure is as follows:
Mariana Hudson – Tumuaki | President
Lisa Kremer – Tumuaki Tuarua | Vice President
Andy Davis – Kaitiaki Moni | Treasurer
Loren Vincent – Hēkeretari | Secretary
Tayla Cadigan – Mema | Executive Member
Tayla Tuhikarama – Mema | Executive Member
Pauline Te Karu
Tumuaki | President
Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Porou
Pharmacist and Māori Research Fellow living in Ōpōtiki.
Tumuaki Tuarua | Vice President
Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha
Academic Pharmacist living in Ōtepoti (Dunedin).
Kaitiaki moni | Treasurer
Ngā Rauru
Clinical Pharmacist living in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland).
Hēkeretari | Secretary
Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha
Community, General Practice and Education pharmacist living in Ōtautahi (Christchurch).
Mema | Member
Waikato
Community Pharmacist living in Ōtautahi (Christchurch).
Mema | Member
Kāi Tahu (Makaawhio)
Hospital Pharmacist living in Hokitika
Administrator
Tangata Tiriti
Operations Administrator living in Taupō.
