Goal Setters 2016 Awards
Jayne Tawhi-Amopiu
Jayne has completed her undergraduate nursing and is one paper from completing her Masters of Health Care at Victoria University.
She also works at Te Whare Marie Maori Health with CCDHB in the Child Adolescent and Family team as a case manager and clinical coordinator. For the last 6 years it has highlighted the needs for those suffering from mental health.
The past five years have tested Jayne’s strengths and relationships, but she says she has learned much about herself and life through her experiences. Jayne’s career leads her to be a role model and she continues to encourage other nurses to continue on-going professional development. Jayne supports nursing students as a preceptor, mentor and academic mentor and is a member of a number of advisory groups.
Her goal is to head towards higher management roles whether it is within or out of the District Health Board. She wants to be a person who can make a difference to the health of New Zealanders.
Sarah Henderson
In 2004 Sarah’s goal was to stop working in promotions and re-educate herself through tertiary education. Her journey began in nursing training which progressed through to science and psychology. She firstly enrolled at Victoria University in 2004 but had to withdraw. She re-enrolled in 2010 and completed her goal of getting a tertiary education.
Sarah has faced the challenges of incomplete secondary school education and being a sole parent caregiver. She is the first person in her family to get a bachelor’s degree. Sarah is an active community volunteer coaching both football and reading and helping at the New town City Mission.
Her career goal is to become registered as a health psychologist by 2016. This will enable her to help those most vulnerable in society to get better health outcomes.
Our Sponsors
Goal Setters would not be a success without our award sponsors. Many thanks to The Wellington Company, Sir Neville Jordan, and Waterford Security.
We celebrated our awards over a fine meal put on by the InterContinental with wine from Brookfields Wines and finished with RJ's Licorice. Eleanor Stefanidis took the photos and Julian Bateson produced the programme.