"Ko te whakaora, he hīkoi whakamārama. Māna anō tōna ake ara whakaora e whakarau"
"A journey of discovery where an individual leads their own unique process of moving forwards"
Ko Ngati Rānana toku iwi
Ko Hastings ōku whānau
E noho ana ahau ki Te Hapua, Otautahi.
He tangata Tiriti ahau.
Ko Anthony toku tane
Ko Thomas taku tama
Ko Lindsey Webber ahau
I am a registered nurse with a background in women’s health with a MSC from the University of Wales. I came to New Zealand in 1998 and taught undergraduate nursing students for six years before taking up a quality facilitator role at Midlands Health Network. Here I developed a strong passion for primary health and community development, quality improvement and patient safety.
I broadened my quality management experience with a couple of years at St John as the national quality manager before returning to Midlands Health Network as Director of Nursing in 2010. The move to a senior management role at Hauraki PHO in 2015 centred my focus on leading for better health and wellbeing outcomes for whānau.
In my most recent role as Chief Executive for Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation (PHO), I led a team providing strategic and operational support to a network of general practices and suite of Iwi led services across the Bay of Plenty.
I firmly believe that compassion, tolerance and acceptance are fundamental requisites to responding to the impact of poor health, poverty and isolation. As such, these are intrinsically connected to health and healing. I am particularly interested in strategies aimed at strengthening the multi-agency partnership approach to supporting people impacted by these factors.
On a personal note, I am excited to be here in Christchurch with my husband, Tony along with our four-legged family member, Willow.
As People and Capability Manager, Kerrie is passionate about providing comprehensive HR support and advice for Comcare staff who are doing valuable work in our community. Kerrie was drawn to Comcare, seeing it as a values based organisation focussed on enabling positive outcomes for staff, clients and for the wider community.
Kerrie brings her background in Human Resources and a Masters in Industrial and Organisational Psychology to her role as People and Capability Manager for Comcare.
Prior to joining Comcare in 2018, Kerrie also held extensive people and production management roles in the FMCG sector.
Kerrie is Ngāi Tahu descent, married and a proud Mum of a teenage daughter.
Nigel Turner joined Comcare in 2021 as the Property and Tenancy Team Leader, Nigel had worked in Australia for 14 years in the building industry managing a large team. Then decided for a change in career and moved back to NZ to study and started working at Comcare. Nigel is passionate about helping people and with his own lived experience moved into the Peer Support and Jobconnect Service Manager role.
With an extensive background in education, community work, benefit and tenancy advocacy, Annette has been the manager of Comcare Housing Support Services since 2005. She has had a leading role in developing a range of innovative housing interventions, designed to meet the needs of homeless people who experience mental illness and addiction. Annette has been involved in external consultancy to Government on many aspects of the social housing reform process.
Ben has come from a background in hospitality, grassroot community activation and social entrepreneurship. He has worked in creating community events focused on men’s mental health, coaching in the youth development space and also founding a social enterprise that donated over 60,000 lunches to kiwi kids in need. Ben began with Comcare in 2019 as a Housing Facilitator and has also worked as a Team Leader for the Housing Facilitation team before moving into the management position in 2022.
Ben has a keen interest in politics, basketball, and food. He spends his time outside of Comcare as a semi-professional musician and with his young family.
