Join us for the fifth session in our Tax on Tuesdays series Funding a Better Aotearoa - Why we need more revenue.

In this session Kerri Nuku, Tim Tenbensel, and Harriet Wild will discuss the topic: 'What makes for a healthy health system?', in conversation with Lisa Te Morenga.

Date: Tues, 4 November

Time: 12:30-1:30 pm

Venue: Online - register here.

Kerri Nuku (Ngāti Kahungunu, Tainui) is the Kaiwhakahaere for the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO). Kerri has been a nurse and midwife, clinical nurse specialist and team leader, and New Zealand Director for an international research organisation and with another college establishing an independent nursing service before becoming the Kaiwhakahaere.

Tim Tenbensel is Professor of health policy at the School of Population Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand, My research and teaching covers health and public policy, health systems financing and governance, comparative health policy, public management, and health policy implementation and evaluation.  I trained as a political scientist, with a PhD from the Australian National University in the 1990s. Past work has included researching the implementation of national health targets, and the System Level Measures Framework. Together with Professor Paula Lorgelly I reported on how New Zealand’s health financing and expenditure since 2000 compares with 16 OECD countries.

Harriet Wild is the Director of Policy and Research for Toi Mata Hauora, the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists. She is based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. 

Lisa Te Morenga (Ngati Whātua Orakei, Ngāpuhi, Te Uri o Hau, Te Rarawa) is a nutrition and Māori health researcher with the Centre for Public Health Research at Massey University Wellington and co-chair of Health Coalition Aotearoa. She is a strong advocate for policy, regulation and  public health interventions that enable all people in Aotearoa to live well and live in health-promoting environments. Lisa believes that Te Tiriti o Waitangi provides an excellent framework for delivering public services that meet the needs not just of Māori, but all people of Aotearoa, and achieve equitable outcomes.

Register for the session here.