Family Planning Association

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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

Christchurch branch

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

  1. AMAC website: An historical perspective on abortion in New Zealand (accessed on 29 April, 2010)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 FPA 2007 - 2008 Annual Report
  3. FPA: Organization Structure (accessed on 15 Aug. 2011)
  4. ALRANZ Newsletter, May 2011
  5. NZ Charities Commission: New Zealand Family Planning Association Incorporated (accessed on 30 June, 2011)
  6. Right to Life website: Abortion Supervisory Committee and Dr Rosemary Fenwicke – Significant Conflict of Interest, 13 June, 2010 (accessed on 11 July, 2010)
  7. ALRANZ website: SPECIAL BULLETIN JULY 2010 ON STEVE CHADWICK'S BILL (accessed on 9 July, 2010)
  8. Labour Party Press Release: Collins' relationship with medicos "terminal", 10 Nov, 2004] (accessed on 16 July, 2010)
  9. ALRANZ Newsletter, May 2008
  10. Paula Polkinghorne's LinkedIn profile (accessed on March 5, 2012)
  11. Kathy Wolfe's LinkedIn profile (accessed on March 5, 2012)
  12. Janet Knox's LinkedIn profile (accessed on March 5, 2012)
  13. Alice Tang's LinkedIn profile (accessed on March 5, 2012)
  14. Amanda Scothern's LinkedIn profile (accessed on March 5, 2012)
  15. Alice Te Hira's LinkedIn profile (accessed on March 5, 2012)
  16. Helen Markham's LinkedIn profile (accessed on March 5, 2012)
  17. Belinda Narayanan's LinkedIn profile (accessed on March 5, 2012)
  18. ALRANZ Press Release: RU486: Response to Christchurch "SPUC", 11 Sept., 2000 (accessed on 25 July, 2010)
  19. 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
  20. FPA: Family Planning Pioneers
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