Lynette Stewart

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Lynette Merle Stewart CNZM (née Peters, born 1943 or 1944) is a New Zealand executive specialising in governance of health organisations.[1][2]

Biography[edit]

Stewart was born in Whangārei and grew up in Whananaki. Her siblings include politician Winston Peters, Northland Regional Councillor Jim Peters and Northland Rugby Union chairman Wayne Peters.[3] She is Māori, of Ngātiwai, Patuharakeke, and Tainui iwi.[2] She earned a master's degree from the University of Auckland with a thesis examining the significance of Māori health providers within the New Zealand health system.[4]

She was chair of the Northland District Health Board from 2001 to 2009.[5] She then went on to serve as head of Kia Ora Ngati Wai Health Trust.[6] Stewart has also served as a member of the National Health Committee, the Public Health Advisory Committee and the Health Workforce Advisory Committee. She was a member of the ACC Review Committee, the Treaty of Waitangi Public Information Advisory Programme Board, the Maori Rural Training Consortium and is a past president of the New Zealand Association of Social Workers.[3]

Honours and awards[edit]

In 2003, Stewart received the Dame Mira Szazy Maori Business Leadership Award from the University of Auckland Business School. In the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to health administration.[7] In 2008 she received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Auckland.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jayne, Vicki (1 April 2008). "Lynette Stewart – it's the people". New Zealand management, Apr 2008; v.55 n.3:p.44-47; issn:1174-53390. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Our Board". mahitahihauora.co.nz. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b Powley, Kathryn (5 June 2006). "Queen's Birthday honours". Northern Advocate. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. ^ Stewart, Lynette (2021). The Significance of Maori Health Providers to the New Zealand Primary Health System (Masters thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/57850.
  5. ^ "Lynette Stewart CNZM". I Have A Dream Charitable Trust | New Zealand. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Martin Lawes' sentence too light – Lynette Stewart". RNZ. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2006". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 25 October 2020.