Alan is a Lawyer with over 40 years experience in public law and litigation, the last 35 years of which have been in Taupō.

During that time, he has been extensively involved in community and public organisations including appointments:

• By the Taupō District Council between 1993 and 1995 as a director of Taupō Electricity Limited, ending only when Taupō Electricity Limited was sold by the Council;
• By the Minister of Tourism between 1993 and 1998 as a member of the Wairakei Tourist Park Advisory Board;
• By the Minister of Health, first as a director of Lakeland Health Limited between 1995 and 1998, then as Deputy Chair of the Interim Lakes District Health Board between 1998 and 2000, and finally as Chair of the Interim Lakes DHB in 2001;
• By his legal colleagues spread across New Zealand who are members of legal firms which are members of NZ Law Limited, as a director of NZ Law Limited between 2008 and 2015 – NZ Law is an association of 62 law firms around New Zealand involving some 160 partners and over 700 employed solicitors;
• By the Taupō Community as a trustee of the Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge Trust during the period 2010-2015;
• By the Taupō Community as a trustee of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Taupō Inc, during the period 2010-2017;
• By the cycling fraternity in Taupō, as Chairman of the Project Committee of Bike Taupō to build the Great Lake Trail, a Nga Haeranga National Cycleways project, which role has continued from 2011 to today;
• By the Taupō Community as Chairman of the Lake Taupō Hospice Trust, which role has continued from 2014 through to today.

He brings to the Board extensive knowledge and experience of governance of community and public organisations.

Kathy Guy has been involved in the Tourism & Hospitality Industry since the mid 70’s and is currently Group General Manager of both Chateau Tongariro and Wairakei Resort.   Kathy was recognized in the 2016 New Year’s Honours List and received a NZ Order of Merit for her contribution to Tourism and Hospitality.

Kathy is a Director of Mountain Air and has held two terms on the national Board of Tourism New Zealand.

She also previously held Central North Island Chair for NZ Hotel Council and was previously Chair of Visit Ruapehu and Chair of the Government’s Central North island Major Regional Initiative which encompassed Ruapehu, Rangitikei and Wanganui regions.

Kathy currently sits  on the Board of Destination Great Lake Taupō, Taupō Economic Development Board and The Lake Taupō Airport Authority.

Kathy brings to the Board of Lake Taupō Hospice her business and governance knowledge.

Kamiria Gosman, also known as Kim is of NgāPuhi, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa and Ngāti Tautahi descent and has lived in the Central North Island Plateau for 42 years, residing in Turangi for the past 27 years. A registered nurse and midwife, Kim has extensive experience and expertise in a range of disciplines and in particular women, child and family health, Maori health that includes the introduction of culturally safe clinical practices, organisational strategy, leadership, management, quality (cert.) and accreditation.
A Trustee of Lake Taupō Hospice Trust since August 2014, Kim, is committed to supporting and retaining services for the health and well-being of people living and working in the rural areas of Turangi and Mangakino and the town of Taupō.

Murray has been resident of Taupō since 2001.

Now retired, he worked for more than 40 years in the electric power generation industry in New Zealand, Australia and the UK.  He has qualifications in engineering and business management and has held several roles in the industry – with his last assignment as Generation Manager of Contact Energy’s geothermal power operations based at Wairakei.

Murray brings his wide ranging management, business and strategic skills to the Lake Taupō Hospice Trust board.

Jenny Chalmers is an Anglican Priest and is the vicar of St Andrew’s, Taupō. She is a member of the order of St John and is secretary to the Taupō St John Area Committee. She formerly chaired the St John Wairarapa District Committee, and the Carterton Area committee.

Jenny has extensive experience in rest home governance having sat on the executive board of the Carter Society, proprietors of Carter Court Rest Home a not for profit, community based rest home, for nine years. In this capacity she was also a member of the Audit and Finance committee. During her time the Society developed from a forty-bed rest home to a rest home and hospital, with six license-to-occupy units, and forty social housing units.

Jenny is particularly interested in community development and has initiated and participated in, a number of small and large community development projects.

Her academic interest is Christian Jewish Muslim relationships. She has been a member of the Council of Christians and Jews for twenty-five years, is a founder co-chair of the Wellington Abrahamic Council and sits on the executive of the Australian Council of Christians and Jews.

Jenny is married to John Reid, a retired IT analyst and has two daughters and two granddaughters.

Lake Taupō Hospice board is pleased to be able to have access to Jenny’s diverse community, aged care and faith based experience.

Angela Clark is a Director of DPA Chartered Accountants here in Taupō. Her knowledge and professionalism is so respected that she was the first non-Chartered Accountant to receive a Certificate of Public Practice from Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand and she is now a Fellow of the Institute.

Angela brings to the board her extensive financial, commercial and trust expertise, along with a personable approach that has made her famous among her clients at DPA.

Outside of business, catch her exploring NZ with her family or knitting for all the babies that seem to keep popping up at DPA.

Dr René Lenoir hails from the Netherlands but has made New Zealand his home since 2007. As a General Practitioner René works in Turangi and is a passionate advocate of rural community health and actively participates in training the next generation of General Practitioners and junior doctors on the National teaching programs. René joined the Hospice board as clinical advisor but also as he has a special interest in quality palliative care.

René is a keen mountain biker, loves traveling and is skillful Hello Fresh chef.

I am very proudly a Registered Nurse, qualifying in 1994.  Since then I have worked in early a variety of  areas of the health system clinically and then,  moving into Health Management,  have been lucky enough to work in all sectors of Health – from Primary Health to Community to District Health Board, Education and Allied Health.

Working for Hospice and in Palliative Care is a privilege, working within a space of a true community health care organisation is a truly fulfilling space to be.  Hospice is truly a consumer-focussed approach in every meaning of the term – so for me, it’s a real honour to be a part of this amazing team, caring for the Lake Taupo Community.

Outside of work, I have a wonderful family I love spending time with, and enjoy learning anything new – currently that’s watercolour painting and hand lettering.  I love walking in the woods with my dog Theo and ‘smelling the roses’ wherever possible.

I have a passion for Hospice and the quality service that we offer. It’s an absolute pleasure to be a part of the Lake Taupo Hospice family. When work isn’t my focus, I enjoy spending my time outdoors with family or painting with acrylics or watercolours.

My grandmother passed away under Lake Taupo Hospice’s wonderful care.  I often say it is she who brought me to Hospice.  I love working here and supporting the great work that the nurses do, using my accounting and legal background.  My favourite part is meeting the patients, everyone has great stories to tell. There is a lot of fun and laughter here at hospice house on Tuesdays.

When I’m not at work I enjoy singing in a local choir group, volunteering at Civil Defence, doing half marathons (walking of course) spending time with my extended family and my four-legged companion, Shadow.

I have been working for Lake Taupo Hospice since August of 2016 as Retail Manager, in charge of both our Taupo and Turangi retail stores, and overseeing our online sales offering via Trade Me, Online Shop, and Facebook.

The income we are generating from these ventures, helps to fund the critical Palliative Care services our Hospice Clinical Team is providing to the wider Lake Taupo community.

Our retail team of staff and volunteers are doing an amazing job, and we are all happy to do our bit for such a worthwhile and caring organisation, knowing that all the funds raised, are used locally for the benefit of our people.

Outside of Hospice life, I like to participate in a wide variety of sporting and outdoor activities, as well as spending lots of time with my wife, and our son and daughter whenever they are back in town.

My family and I experienced the care and support of hospice when Mum was sick. After learning the concept of hospice, I wanted to help in practical way, so I signed up as a volunteer.

Now I love being able to connect the skills, dedication and kindness of the volunteers with the needs of the patients.

I am Taupo born and breed, I love living here and enjoy the Taupo community. When I’m not working, I can be found in my sewing room indulging in my other great love of patch work and quilting.

I have been a palliative care nurse for over thirty years, working at hospices both here in NZ and the UK, both in In Patient Units and in the community.  The philosophy of Hospice sits firmly in my heart. I feel privileged to be alongside people at important times of their lives when quality of life is so valued.

I have recently become a grand-mum for the first time. My home life revolves around spending time with my husband and three grown up children, enjoying our two Labradors, angora goat and four crazy alpacas.

My name is Annabel and I have been a registered New Zealand nurse, qualifying at the end of 1993. I was born in Auckland and went on to study nursing at Manukau Polytechnic.

I spent one year working as a staff nurse on an acute medical ward at Middlemore hospital before heading over to the UK for my big OE. ?   There I worked for 7 and a half years in London in several private hospitals, mainly based at the Harley Street Clinic and Wellington hospital on the Cardiothoracics and Coronary care units.

We decided to spend our first New Year’s up at Edinburgh’s 1996 Hogmanay which we thoroughly enjoyed so I went back and lived there 6 months  working at the Royal Infirmary hospital in the acute poisons , renal and liver transplant units.

I had 8 fantastic years traveling around the world, each year working long 12 hr shifts for 8-9 months in London then off traveling for 3-4 months ?

Returning home in January 2003, I met my lovely partner Dean and we decided to move down to Taupo.  I began work for a short time in the IPU at Taupo hospital then moved into the Emergency department and remained there for 14 years part time.   During this time, I trained as an Advanced Cardiac life support instructor and taught part time for 9 years both at Rotorua and Taupo hospitals.

I was finding having young children and shift work rather tiring so was looking for a job that would provide more social hours.

Suzie Kuper approached me several years ago asking if I’d be interested in joining their team at Hospice.

I have been at Lake Taupo Hospice now for just over 7 years and it has so far been an absolute privilege to nurse alongside my patients on their palliative journeys.    I found my role challenging at times given the nature of our work but most importantly, I found it very rewarding and would like to remain in my community palliative hospice role many years to come. ?

I’m a Registered Nurse who joined the clinical team as a Community Palliative Care nurse in 2014.

Originally from the United Kingdom, I have worked locally at the Taupo Hospital and for the Needs Assessment Team in the community.

In my spare time, I enjoy traveling, a good New Zealand chardonnay and supporting the All Blacks!!

Hi, my name is Josie

I immigrated to New Zealand in 1974. I come from a nursing background in the United Kingdom.

I have lived in Taupo for the last 30 odd years. Working in several NGO’s services in this time.

My experience and skills are around social work and counselling, which fit nicely within my role of Family and Whanau Support Team Leader here at Lake Taupo Hospice. I have held this position for the last seven years.

Hospice is not just a word to me but a way of life, adding quality of life to the “whole” family, whanau and carers.

It is a privilege to be a part of a team that share the same ideas, passions and love of people.

My life’s work has revolved around supporting young families. I feel privileged to now be part of the Hospice Family Support Team.

I am Emily Tamepo Kaiawhina for Lake Taupo Hospice. I have lived in Turangi for 54 years and have been associated with Turangi Bereavement Group. I am a retired Minister and enjoy mountain biking, skiing and reading.