Lynette Stewart

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

Biography

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]

Stewart has a master's degree from the University of Auckland 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

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

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. "Our Board". www.mahitahihauora.co.nz. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
3. 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.