Māori Advisory Board
The Māori Advisory Board provides guidance on Māori engagement and development, and the funding of neuroscience research that will have a positive impact on Māori health outcomes.
Co-Chair
The Venerable Lloyd Nau Popata
Ngāti Kahu. Priest in Charge of the pastorate of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Grafton
Co-Chair
Dr Waiora Port, BA, MA, PhD
Te Aupouri (Ngāti Pinaki), Te Rarawa (Ngāti Maroki). A respected Kuia with long-standing community knowledge of Māori health issues
Professor Papaarangi Reid, DipComH, BSc, MBChB, DipObst, FNZCPHM
Te Rarawa. Tumuaki and Head of Department of Māori Health at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland
Dr Louise Parr-Brownlie, BSc, PhD
Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Pikiao. Neurophysiologist and Kaiārahi at the Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago
Te Kaanga Skipper, Certificate in Ahu Hauora Tamariki, Diploma in Arataki Manu Korero Level 5
Tainui. Te Roopu Taurima o Manukau within the Kaupapa Māori Disability Support Service (Korowai Aroha)
Dr Emma Wyeth, BSc (Hons), PhD
Director of Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora Māori o Ngāi Tahu (Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit) and a Lecturer in Māori Health, both in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine at the University of Otago
Dr Cameron Lacey, MB, ChB, PhD, FRANZCP
Te Atiawa. Senior Lecturer at the Māori Indigenous Health Institute at the University of Otago, psychiatrist, and medical director for Westcoast DHB
Piripi Daniels
Te Rarawa and Tainui. A Kaumātua, formerly with Whitiki Maurea Mental Health and Addictions and Kaunihera Kaumatua WDHB