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Kim Monteiro is the Clinical Lead for Medical Devices, Expert Advisory at Pharmac and provides clinical leadership to key strategic programmes, projects and initiatives towards best outcomes for all healthcare partners. He has completed a Masters in Nursing, and is a PRINCE2 Project Management Practitioner.
Kim’s nursing background includes
Kim’s research interests include
Grace Wang is a nursing lecturer, registered nurse, and researcher based in Dunedin, working across both academic and clinical settings. Her dual roles enable her to bridge theory into practice, ensuring nursing education is relevant, evidence-based, and responsive to the needs of the contemporary health workforce.
Grace’s clinical experience spans acute, perioperative, and community healthcare settings in both public and private sectors. She is committed to culturally safe and inclusive practice, guided by Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi), the New Zealand Health Strategy, and Whakamaua: Māori Health Action Plan. Her teaching and professional practice emphasise equity, partnership, and supporting nurses to thrive in complex and evolving health systems.
Grace holds a Master of Health Science (Nursing). Her research focuses on nursing informatics, digital literacy, and nurses’ experiences transitioning to electronic health records, particularly across public and private healthcare settings. She is an active member of Health Informatics New Zealand (HiNZ) and the Nursing and Midwifery eHealth Forum, and supports tauira and emerging researchers through research approaches grounded in whanaungatanga, manaakitanga, and ako, emphasising connection, respect, and shared growth.
Jon Gullidge is the Chief Nurse at Te Whatu Ora Taranaki, where he is responsible for ensuring patient safety and quality remain at the heart of the district agenda. He ensures the balance of safe patient care, financial stewardship, and high-performance standards.
Before his current role, Jon gained extensive experience in clinical leadership, education, and clinical practice in New Zealand and several of the UK’s largest NHS trusts. He is passionate about advancing Nurse-led care, initiatives, and services, and is committed to ensuring nurses can provide effective and exceptional patient-centred care.
Jon is currently pursuing a PhD at Auckland University of Technology, focusing on how acuity is operationalised and applied in practice within community mental health services. His research interests include using health methodologies to highlight systemic and social injustices while amplifying the voices of marginalised groups.
Ko wai au?
Hōkai tū tapuwae Ki runga o Nga Taumata te maunga Whakahirahira o aku tīpuna Kua ngaro i te ao nei! Tauheke atu ki Ohinemataroa Te wai kaukau o ngā mātua tīpuna! Kia tū tangata whenua ahau ki tōku marae ko Tauarau! Tu mai e kui Rongokarae, te mana tawhito o tua whakarere! Te tari o te ora Rangimahana tena koe! Ngati Rongo taku mana, taku ihi! Ko Tuhoe he pou whenua, he pou tangata! Mataatua te waka! Ko Toroa te tangata o runga! Ka tauha kai te whare! Tau ana!
“Tuhoe moumou kai, moumou taonga, moumou tangata I te po!”
Nga mihi maioha kia tatou. Ko Maria Tutahi toku ingoa no te Tiamana o Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa - Te Manawataki o Waikato. He mahi au ki a Tapuhi Māori I roto I the Whareheke Toto ki Te Wahatu Ora o Waikato.
My name is Maria Tutahi and I am the Te Runanga Chair for Te Manawataki o Waikato Region and I work as a Dialysis Nurse at Te Whatu Ora o Waikato
I am one of 10 Māori nurses employed in this area. My mahi allows me to practice holistically with my patients, which incorporates and recognises the uniqueness of my culture. The care that I give is based on those essential principles I learned as a student and are inclusive in my practice. These are the same principles that I as a Registered Nurse teach to my Netp and Tauira from Te Pukenga o Waikato and Wintec
I graduated with a Bachelor of Health Sciences Māori (Nursing) from Te Ōhanga Mataora Paetahi o Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi in Whakatane. I completed a Dual Competency Nursing Program, its foundation set firmly on the teachings of Tikanga, Te Reo and Te Ao Māori. It is a one of a kind Nursing degree set and taught according to Wananga principles and I am both proud and honoured to be a foundation graduate of that program.
I am also Te Manawataki o Waikato Te Poari representative, a member of NZNO Regional Council - Midlands, a committee member for the Maranga Mai Scholarship and a member of this committeee
No reira, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena tatou katoa
Dr Patricia McClunie-Trust is a Principal Lecturer at Wintec in the
She is a professional supervisor interested in capability development for advanced nursing practice. For the past fifteen years, she has supervised postgraduate research students undertaking projects and dissertations in
Patricia’s research focuses on professionalism and professional practice in nursing. She is a member of the GENNZAC international collaborative research team that aims to establish a core set of guiding principles related to graduate entry education and the nursing workforce.
Patricia's recent research explores how graduate-entry nursing students develop a professional sense of self as nurses.
Her governance roles include membership in the HRC-approved Wintec Human Ethics Research Group, Editor-in-Chief for the Kaitiaki Nursing Research journal, and she is also a lay member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors Ethics Committee.
Dr Isaac Amankwaa is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Auckland University of Technology and Adjunct Academic at the University of Canberra. He has over 20 years of clinical and academic experience across Ghana and Aotearoa New Zealand. He holds a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington, where he applied implementation science to rights-based healthcare. He also completed an MSc in Advanced Nursing at the University of Nottingham.
His background includes:
His research focuses on:
He has published over 15 peer-reviewed papers and engages in community health through the Wintec Tauira-Assisted Clinic and leadership in the Ghanaian Community of New Zealand. His teaching applies Mātauranga Māori and equity principles to prepare nurses for diverse healthcare settings.
Isaac seeks opportunities to offer mentorship and collaborate on research aligned with health equity, nursing education, and implementation science.
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