Our Experts
Raising Children is very much a team effort so a big shout-out to our fantastic crew of experts who generously shared their knowledge and expertise. All of them are highly-respected within the fields of child development, medicine and education and all are dedicated to giving Kiwi kids the best possible start in life.
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- PARENTING
- MEDICAL
- HEALTH & WELLBEING
- GET MOVING
- EARLY LEARNING MATTERS
- CHILDBIRTH & AFTER
- CHILD DEVELOPMENT & EDUCATION
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Dr Scott Duncan
Dr Scott Duncan is the Head of Research of the School of Sport and Recreation and the Associate Director of the Human Potential Centre at AUT University.
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Robin Taylor
Robin Taylor is the lead teacher at BestStart’s ABC Centre in Mt Eden and has been leading Children's Centres, lecturing, training, presenting, publishing and researching both here and in the UK for the past 15 years.
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Pam Perger
Pam Perger is a Lecturer in Mathematics Education at the Faculty of Education at Auckland University.
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Nola Harvey
Nola Harvey is an Early Literacies and Language Researcher at the University of Auckland.
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Keryn O’Neill
Keryn O’Neill is a Senior Researcher and Educator at Brainwave Trust Aotearoa.
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Karen Laurie
Karen Laurie is Sport NZ’s Early Years and Primary School Consultant, and has been a teacher and a Brainwave presenter.
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Jackie Sanders
Associate Professor Jackie Sanders is the Director of the Children, Youth and Families Research Project at Massey University.
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Heather Muriwai
Heather is a midwife specialising in home births and traditional Maori birthing practices.
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Ngaranoa Kimura
Ngaranoa is a lactation consultant and the Clinical Leader at B4Baby.
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Megan Hurst
Megan is a Plunket nurse and childbirth educator with over 20 years’ experience.
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Susan Goldstiver
Susan is a psychotherapist with the Postnatal Distress Centre.
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Linda Burke
Linda is an experienced midwife and lactation consultant based in South Auckland.
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Jill Proudfoot
As Shine’s Services Director, Jill works with victims of domestic violence helping them to live safely in their own homes.
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Kodi Hapi
Kodi is Kaihautu, General Manager of National SIDS Prevention for Maori.
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Paul Flanagan
Having worked for many years in family and child counselling, Paul now teaches counselling at the University of Waikato.
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Dr Janet Fanslow
Janet is an Associate Professor in mental health promotion at the School of Population Health.
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Stephanie Cowan
Stephanie is the founding director of Change for our Children which educates caregivers about Sudden Infant Death.
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Frances Bird
As the Director of Health Promotion for Family Planning, Frances works to promote a positive attitude to sexuality.
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Dr Simon Rowley
Simon is a neonatal paediatrician at National Women’s Hospital and a trustee and spokesperson of the Brainwave Trust.
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Maureen Perry
A family consultant, Maureen is a strong advocate of Magda Gerber’s early childhood educaring approach.
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Professor Sir Peter Gluckman
Professor Gluckman is the Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister and the Founding Director of the Liggins Institute.
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Dr Teuila Percival
A consultant paediatrician, Teuila is highly regarded in the Pacific health sector and academia.
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Dr Nathan Joseph
Nathan is a GP and Clinical Director at Turuki Healthcare in South Auckland.
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Dr Colin Barber
A paediatric ear, nose and throat specialist, Colin works at Starship and privately.
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Jo Richards
Jo is a family counsellor.
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Lauren Porter
Lauren is co-director of The Centre for Attachment.
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Nathan Mikaere-Wallis
Nathan is a presenter with the Brainwave Trust and a lecturer at the Christchurch College of Education.
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Vicky Ellison
Vicky is a senior advisor for SKIP.