Auckland District Health Board

Richard Waddel was the initial chairperson, appointed by Health Minister Annette King.[9] In December 2001, Waddel was succeeded by Wayne Brown, who had since January 2001 been chairing Northland DHB and was now taking on Auckland and Tairāwhiti DHBs, i.e. chairing two boards in parallel.[10] During the 2001–2004 local government term, Brown was forced to resign from Tairāwhiti DHB, where he had been elected, due to an administrative error by the Ministry of Health. The underlying legislation, the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000, did not allow a person elected to a district health board to also be a member of a second board, but this had been overlooked. Brown remained the appointed chair of the Auckland DHB.[11] Brown was reappointed by King for another term in October 2004,[12] but the new Health Minister, David Cunliffe, chose a new chair for Auckland from December 2007 when he appointed Pat Snedden.[13] The next Health Minister, Tony Ryall, replaced Brown in December 2010 with Lester Levy, and Levy was also put in charge of Waitemata DHB.[14] Levy was reappointed in December 2013 by Ryall[15] and in December 2016, the then Health Minister Jonathan Coleman appointed Levy to the third board in the Auckland region – Counties Manukau DHB.[16] Levy had first been appointed to the Waitemata DHB as a member in June 2009 was to have reached the statutory limit of nine years in June 2018 and as it was his understanding that there should be one chairperson for all three DHBs in the Auckland region, he intended to resign his roles at that point. However, he had been appointed onto a Ministerial Advisory Group by Health Minister David Clark and to avoid the perception of a conflict of interest, he foreshadowed his resignation in December 2017 with effect in January 2018.[17] Clarke reappointed Snedden as Auckland DHB chairperson from 1 June 2018[18] and confirmed him in the December 2019 reappointment round.[19]

The following table gives a list of chairpersons of Auckland District Health Board:

Name	Portrait	Start	End	Source
Richard Waddel		January 2001	December 2001	[9]
Wayne Brown		December 2001	December 2007	[10]
Pat Snedden		December 2007	December 2010	[13]
Lester Levy		December 2010	January 2018	[14]
Pat Snedden		June 2018	present	[18]

Seven board members were elected in the October 2001 local elections. The elections were held at a ward-level and the first-past-the-post voting system (FPP) was used. Five of the successful seven elected members had an affiliation to a ticket.[20][21] The Health Minister announced the appointment of the chairperson in mid-November 2001.[22] It took until late December before the remaining three appointments were announced; the minister's appointment for deputy chair was given to one of the elected members.[23]

The following members serve on the current board:[1]