ALAC | Council

ALAC is governed by an eight member Council appointed by the Minister responsible for ALAC. Members are appointed for a three year term and may be reappointed. The Council meets every six weeks to ensure we are meeting our strategic and business objectives.

Rea Wikaira (Chair)
Appointed as Chair – 1 January 2010

Rea is a Business Consultant, Advisor and Project Manager . He is the Chair of the Air Rescue/Air Ambulance Division of the Aviation Industry Association, Nga Mauri Papa Pounamu Ora Trust, and on the Board of Spectrum Healthcare. Rea has a background in Health and Disability Services, Aviation, Maori development and Executive Recruitment.

Trevor Shailer (Deputy Chair)
Appointed to the Council – 1 April 2005
Reappointed – 5 May 2008
Appointed Deputy Chair – 1 April 2008

Trevor is a Partner in GSL Network, a New Zealand owned and operated advertising agency that specialises in public information campaigns. He is on the board of Jigsaw Board (National advocate for child abuse prevention) and the New Zealand Mäori Rugby League. Trevor has a background in public health, communications and is actively involved in Maori development. He also has a sporting background having competed in boxing at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games and the 1994 Commonwealth games - Trevor is also an adviser to the NZ Olympic Committee.

Anne Hobby
Appointed to Council – 26 November 2007

Anne is the Manager of Te Rapuora O Te Waiharakeke Health Services, the first Maori Health provider to be set up in the South Island. Te Rapuora delivers contracted services to MSD, MOH, NMDHB and other organisations across a range of youth, disability, addiction and mental health areas using both current and traditional methods. She has a nursing and public health background and is an active board member for Kimi Hauora Wairau, Marlborough PHO, and is also a member of the Nelson Marlborough DHB Mäori Health Reference Group. Anne has extensive knowledge of the not-for-profit sector and a passion for ensuring Tangata Whenua have full access to the services they require to participate fully in our community.

Papa’ali’i Dr Kim Ma’ia’i
Appointed to Council – 25 July 2008

Dr Kim Maiai is a registered medical practitioner & a Fellow of the Royal NZ College of General Practitioners. He is the Director of Student Health Services at the University of Otago, a large multidisciplinary primary health organisation with a focus on key areas of youth health, including education & harm mitigation in the use of drugs and alcohol. He is chair of the Dunedin Urgent Doctors & Accident Centre and has had a leadership role in the development of afterhours primary care services to metropolitan Dunedin.

Dr Helen Moriarty
Appointed to Council – 26 November 2007

Helen Moriarty is a registered medical practitioner and both a fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of GPs and fellow of the Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine of the Royal Australian College of Physicians (RACP). Dr Moriarty is a member of the Multi-region Ethics Committee, the Expert Advisory Committee on Drugs for the Ministry of Health, Expert Advisory Committee –Action Plan on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder for the Ministry of Health, and E-Health Committee of the RACP. Dr Moriarty is an occasional Medical Advisor to the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, the NZ College of Midwives, the NZ College of Pharmacists and the office of HDC. She is a New Zealand representative on the Chapter Addiction Medicine Education Committee of the RACP, and of the National Services Framework Technical Group in Mental Health & Addictions Sector for the Ministry of Health. She is also employed by the University of Otago and the Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, teaching and researching addictions medicine.

Dr Ian Miller
Appointed to Council – 1 January 2010

Dr Ian Miller is a registered psychologist. He has previously worked in Corrections and as Manager: NZ Police Psychological Services. Since 2002 he has lead a consultancy dealing with risk mitigation, trauma and crisis management, strategic organisational development, and forensic behavioural issues. He has most recently undertaken extensive research into human behaviour contributing to fire ignition and spread, and has presented internationally on this topic. Ian is also a member of the NZ Psychologists Board, and an Executive Member of the Independent Forensic Practitioner Institute.

Barbara Docherty
Appointed to Council – 1 January 2010

Barbara Docherty is a registered nurse, Clinical Lecturer at the University of Auckland and Director of the TADS (Training and Development Services) Brief Opportunistic Interventions training programme. TADS delivers national training in behavioural change interventions to health workers in primary health care and community, Maori, Pacific and youth. Barbara’s background includes 23 years as a nurse in general practice and extensive research experience in prevention interventions based on early identification and intervention relating to alcohol and other harmful behaviours. She was a founding member of the NZNO Accreditation Board, is a member of the College of Nurses (Aotearoa) and has led the formation of a number of nursing initiatives relating to harmful and risky behaviours.

There is currently one vacancy on the ALAC council.