Hospice NZ exists to support member hospices in their work caring for people who are dying.
Our small but dedicated team is based in Wellington, you can read a little about the Board and our people below
Jo Seagar - Hospice Ambassador & Patron
Jo has been voluntary Hospice Ambassador since 1999 and Patron since December 2010. Jo attends many events every year and uses any opportunity to raise awareness of hospice through her many activities. You can find out more about Jo and her world famous cook school in Oxford by visiting her website.
Mary Schumacher - Chief Executive
Mary joined Hospice NZ in 2006 moving from the role of Chief Executive at Mary Potter Hospice - a role she held for 10 years. Mary holds a Masters in Social Work and previously managed community, rest home and private hospital services for older people.
Rachael Crombie - Membership Projects Coordinator
Rachael joined us in August 09 from The Royal NZ Foundation of the Blind, where she had spent several years in a role providing practical support around daily living and mobility to students and their families. Prior to this Rachael worked in education and physiotherapy roles. Rachael has a Bachelor of Physiotherapy and a Post Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation.
Anne Morgan- Practice Advisor
Anne joined the team at Hospice NZ in January 2011. Anne is an experienced palliative care nurse, with her most recent role being the Palliative Care Nurse Consultant with Christchurch Hospital Palliative Care team. Anne is also the content coordinator on the Hospice NZ Education project and her particular areas of passion are older person’s health and education.
Jo Rosenbrook – Community Relationship Advisor (part time)
Jo joined us in September 2011 after spending 4 years as a fundraiser at Mary Potter Hospice. Prior to this Jo worked for AMP in Sydney, managing the AMP Foundation’s internal communication and volunteer program. Jo has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.
Hospice New Zealand is governed by a board which implements the national body's vision and strategic plan. The are elected representatives from amongst the hospice membership.
Wilf Marley - President
Mr Marley is a trustee from North Shore Hospice with an accounting background. He recognises the need for a strong national body to support its members and achieve enough national and government profile to reinforce and enhance its leading position in hospice palliative care and related services for New Zealand's terminally ill and their families.
Professor Rod MacLeod - Clinical Advisor
Joining the Board in May 2011, Professor MacLeod manages the Palliative Care Development Team at North Shore Hospice, Takapuna, Auckland, as well as being Honorary Clinical Professor and Associate Professor in General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Auckland. He has a longstanding interest in education in palliative care; his PhD was entitled “Changing the way that doctors learn to care for people who are dying”. He teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate students and is supervising a number of PhD and Masters students’ work.
Suzanne Brocx is the Northland Palliative Care Specialist Nurse Educator Advisor, her role is to develop an education service for generalists in the Northland area. Prior to this role Suzanne was General Manager of Hospice Bay of Islands.
Biddy Harford is the chief executive at Te Omanga Hospice in Lower Hutt. She brings with her strength in management and the ability to establish relationships and an advocate of hospice palliative care.
Kevin Nielsen has been the chief executive of Hospice Taranaki in New Plymouth since joining the organisation in 2002. Prior to that Kevin spent 36 years in the newspaper industry, the last 16 of that as general manager of Taranaki Newspapers.
Peter McIntyre is a board member and chair of the audit and finance committee at Otago Community Hospice, a role he has held since 2004. Peter works as a NZX Investment Advisor for Craigs Investment Partners Dunedin branch, joining the branch in 1999.
