The Family Planning Association of New Zealand was originally known as the Sex Hygiene and Birth Regulation Society which was founded by Elsie Freeman in 1936 in Wellington.[1] The FPA is a pro-abortion organization and an affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation.
Personnel
Council Members
The following have served on the Family Planning Council:[2]
- Dr. Tammy Steeves, Deputy President from May 2008, current president
- Wendy Ritchie, Deputy-President
- Lyn Harrison, Maori Representative
- Stacey Morrison, Maori Representative
- Dr. Simon Snook, Istar
- Dr. Marie Bismark
- Alison McKenzie
- Catherine Tamaseu-Russell, Youth Representative
- Linda Penno (past president)
- Hon Katherine O’Regan QSO (Deputy President from May 2007 until May 2008)
- Professor Sir John Scott (until November 2007)
- Helen Eskett (Past President prior to 2008)
- Cathrine Holland
- Tegan Ahuriri
- Janis McArdle
- Toni Walker (until November 2007)
- Nick Toonen (until November 2007
- Sonny Thomas (until March 2008)
Senior Management Team
The following have served on the Family Planning Senior Management Team:[2][3]
- Jackie Edmond (Chief Executive)
- Carol Fox (Director Clinic Services and Deputy Chief Executive)
- Frances Bird (Director Health Promotion)
- Doris Kaua (Director Maori Development until 20 June 2008)
- Helen Markham (Director Corporate Services)
- Joanna Spratt (Manager, Family Planning International)
- Rose Stewart - National Nursing Advisor for the Association[4]
- Rawhia TeHau-Grant, Director Maori Development
- Sumi Subramaniam, Director International Development
- Christine Roke, National Medical Advisor
Officers
The following have served as officers for the Association:[5]
- Janice Fredric, as at 20/05/2011
- Christopher Nichol, as at 20/05/2011
- Bianca Hewitson, as at 20/05/2011
- Nicole Rosie, as at 20/05/2011
- Hokipera Ruakere, as at 22/07/2010
- Wendy Ritchie, as at 26/06/2007
- Tammy Steeves, as at 11/08/2007
- Marie Bismark, as at 26/11/2009
- Alison Mc Kenzie, as at 26/11/2009
- Stacey Morrison, as at 26/11/2009
- Catherine Tamaseu-Russell, as at 30/05/2008
- Linda Penno, as at 26/11/2009
- Philip John Scott, as at 22/11/2007
- Cathrine Holland, as at 26/11/2009
- Katherine O'Regan, as at 26/11/2009
- Antonia Walker, as at 22/11/2007
- Tegan Ahuriri, as at 26/11/2009
- Sonny Thomas, as at 01/03/2008
- Nicholas Toonen, as at 22/11/2007
- Janis McArdle, as at 05/07/2009
- Simon Snook, as at 02/12/2010
- Linette Harrison, as at 17/01/2011
Other Personnel
The following have been affiliated with the Association:[2]
- Dame Silvia Cartwright PCNZM, DBE, FPA Patron, FP International Patron
- Sir Edmund Hillary KG, ONZ, KBE, FP International Patron (deceased 11 January 2008)
Other Employees
- Dr. Rosemary Fenwicke, medical director of the central region from 1987 to 1990[6]
- Steve Chadwick, Rotorua[7][8]
- Jan Gilby, FPA nurse from Hamilton[9]
- Paula Polkinghorne, Northern Regional Director (1993 - 1999)[10]
- Kathy Wolfe, Director Corporate Services (2006 - 2007)[11]
- Janet Knox, Human Resources Advisor (2007 - 2010)[12]
- Alice Tang, Peer Sexual Health Promotion Educator (2008 - 2009)[13]
- Amanda Scothern, Programme Assistant, International Development (June 2006 – July 2006)[14]
- Alice Te Hira, Sexuality Educator (2000 – 2001)[15]
- Helen Markham, Director of Corporate Services; Business Analyst (2006 - 2011)[16]
- Belinda Narayanan, Health Promoter (June 2010 – Present)[17]
Christchurch branch
- Dr. Diana Edwards[18]
- Sue Bagshaw (Susan N. Bagshaw)[19]
- Alison K. Tucker[19]
Honorary
The following is a list of honorary members/vice presidents of the Family Planning Association:[20][2]
Honorary Life Members:
- Mrs April Armstrong
- Mrs Joyce Armstrong, MNZM
- Mrs Daphne Bell MNZM
- Dr. Katherine Bowden
- Mrs Gillian Burrell
- Hon Steve Chadwick MP
- Ms Candis Craven
- Ms Margaret Dagg
- Mrs Heather Davy
- Dr. Diana Edwards
- Ms Helen Eskett
- Mrs Sue Farrant
- Dame Jenny Gibbs DNZM
- Dr. Maxine Gray
- Dr. Gill Greer
- Mrs Naomi Haynes
- Mrs Dina Hutton
- Ms Peggy Kelly
- Dr. Win Kennedy
- Dr. Elspeth Kjestrup
- Mrs Jean Lawrie
- Mrs Joy Martin
- Ms Linda Penno
- Mr Dean Reynolds
- Lady Scott Beverley
- Professor Sir John Scott, KBE, MD, BMedSc, FRCP, FRACP, FRSNZ
- Mrs Moya Shaw
- Dame Margaret Sparrow DNZM
- Mrs Christine Taylor
- Mrs Dawn Wardle
- Mrs Valda Woods
- Mrs Mary Dobbie QSM
- Mrs Bette Stanley
Honorary Vice Presidents:
- Dr. Ruth Black
- Dr. Katherine Bowden
- Dame Silvia Cartwright PCNZM, DBE, QSO
- Ms Margaret Catley-Carlson
- Rt Hon Helen Clark
- Ms Margaret Dagg
- Hon Lianne Dalziel MP
- Hon Christine Fletcher
- Hon George Gair
- Dame Jenny Gibbs
- Dame Barbara Goodman
- Professor John Hutton
- Dr. Douglas Kirby
- Mrs Areta Koopu
- Halfdan Mahler
- Professor John Morton
- Hon Katherine O’Regan
- Dr. Malcolm Potts
- Mr Dean Reynolds
- Dame Margaret Shields, DNZM, QSO
- Rt Hon Dame Jenny Shipley
- Dame Margaret Sparrow DNZM
- Hon Judith Tizard MP
- Dame Catherine Tizard
- Dr. Marilyn Waring
- Hon Fran Wilde
- Mrs Mary Dobbie QSM
- Dr Win Kennedy
- Mrs Joyce Megget
Events
External Links
References
- ↑ AMAC website: An historical perspective on abortion in New Zealand (accessed on 29 April, 2010)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 FPA 2007 - 2008 Annual Report
- ↑ FPA: Organization Structure (accessed on 15 Aug. 2011)
- ↑ ALRANZ Newsletter, May 2011
- ↑ NZ Charities Commission: New Zealand Family Planning Association Incorporated (accessed on 30 June, 2011)
- ↑ Right to Life website: Abortion Supervisory Committee and Dr Rosemary Fenwicke – Significant Conflict of Interest, 13 June, 2010 (accessed on 11 July, 2010)
- ↑ ALRANZ website: SPECIAL BULLETIN JULY 2010 ON STEVE CHADWICK'S BILL (accessed on 9 July, 2010)
- ↑ Labour Party Press Release: Collins' relationship with medicos "terminal", 10 Nov, 2004] (accessed on 16 July, 2010)
- ↑ Paula Polkinghorne's LinkedIn profile (accessed on March 5, 2012)
- ↑ Kathy Wolfe's LinkedIn profile (accessed on March 5, 2012)
- ↑ Janet Knox's LinkedIn profile (accessed on March 5, 2012)
- ↑ Alice Tang's LinkedIn profile (accessed on March 5, 2012)
- ↑ Amanda Scothern's LinkedIn profile (accessed on March 5, 2012)
- ↑ Alice Te Hira's LinkedIn profile (accessed on March 5, 2012)
- ↑ Helen Markham's LinkedIn profile (accessed on March 5, 2012)
- ↑ Belinda Narayanan's LinkedIn profile (accessed on March 5, 2012)
- ↑ ALRANZ Press Release: RU486: Response to Christchurch "SPUC", 11 Sept., 2000 (accessed on 25 July, 2010)
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, "Ethinyl Oestradiol and D-Norgestrel is an Effective Emergency Postcoital Contraceptive: A Report of its Use in 1,200 Patients in a Family Planning Clinic", Volume 28, Issue 2, pages 137–140, May 1988
- ↑ FPA: Family Planning Pioneers