Hinemoa Elder

Hinemoa Elder is a youth forensic psychiatrist from New Zealand; she is a Fellow of the Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, and on the Māori Advisory Committee of the Centre for Brain Research - Rangahau Roro Aotearoa.[1] She is a professor in indigenous research at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, and she is New Zealand Māori of Ngāti Kurī, Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri and Ngāpuhi iwi.[2][3] Before training in medicine she was a television presenter on 3.45 LIVE!, a children's television programme on Television New Zealand.[4]

Life

Elder grew up in England with her Maori mother and pakeha New Zealander father, returning to New Zealand when she was 11. [5] Elder started her career in the media as an actress and television personality. After her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, Elder enrolled at the University of Auckland to study medicine. She graduated in 1999 and went on to specialise in child and adolescent psychiatry. From 2007 to 2011 she worked as a youth forensic psychiatrist the Waikato, Auckland and Northland regions and completed post-graduate studies in forensic psychology. Her doctoral thesis, completed at Massey University in 2012, focused on the development of tikanga approaches for Māori tamariki (children) who experienced traumatic brain injury.[3] In 2015 she was a participant in a neurological research think tank at the University of Deusto, Spain, which aimed to strengthen international collaborative research partnerships in the field.[2]

Elder has served on a number of reference groups for the Ministry of Health including the expert advisory group of Blueprint II, which established the framework for New Zealand mental health service funding. She is a deputy member of the New Zealand Mental Health Review Tribunal and a specialist assessor under the Intellectual Disability Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation Act 2003. Elder is also a research associate of the Person Centred Research Centre, the National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences and is a trustee and director of Emerge Aotearoa, a non-governmental organisation.[3]

Recognition

In 2014, Elder received a Health Research Council of New Zealand Eru Pomare Post Doctoral Fellowship which allowed her to extend the work of her doctorate.[2] In 2017 Elder received the Innovation and Science Award at the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards.[6]

Publications

  • Maea te Toi Ora: Māori Health Transformations, 2018 (co-contributor)[7]

Personal life

Elder is the former partner of the late broadcaster Paul Holmes and had a son, Reuben, with him. Holmes was step-father to Elder's daughter from a previous relationship, Millie Elder-Holmes.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Huia | Hinemoa Elder". www.huia.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dr Hinemoa Elder | 100 Maori Leaders". 100maorileaders.com. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  3. 1 2 3 "Professor Hinemoa Elder | Our Members | Super Diverse Women". Super Diverse Women. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  4. ↑ "3:45 LIVE! - Interview Compilation | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  5. ↑ "Working to keep te reo alive". Stuff. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  6. ↑ "My Food Bag founder Cecilia Robinson supreme winner at Women of Influence awards". Stuff. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  7. ↑ "Huia | Maea te Toi Ora: Māori Health Transformations". www.huia.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  8. ↑ Hooper, Pebbles (2014-03-08). "The growing pains of Millie Elder-Holmes". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
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