Mary Anne Gill

Biography

 Mary Anne has worked as a communications professional in health since 2007, firstly at Waikato DHB and now with Hamilton-based charitable health trust Life Unlimited. She was elected to the Waikato DHB board in October 2016. Putaruru-born Mary Anne lived and worked for 30 years in Taumarunui, Hamilton, Rotorua and Cambridge taking voluntary and elected roles on boards of trustees, superannuation and charitable trusts, sporting organisations and was the Health Minister’s appointment to the Northern B Health and Disability Ethics Committee until December 2013 and a trustee for the Waikato Health Trust until June 2015. She has three children and four grandchildren and won several awards for her writing while at the Ruapehu Press in Taumarunui and the Waikato Times. Highlights of her career include winning three Qantas (now Canon) journalism awards, covering the Sydney Olympic Games and breaking significant stories which exposed wrong-doing in our communities. Mary Anne is passionate about health and wellness and actively participates in sports such as golf, cycling and walking. She has a particular interest in public health issues which support good health in our communities.

Research Interest

 Mary Anne has worked as a communications professional in health since 2007, firstly at Waikato DHB and now with Hamilton-based charitable health trust Life Unlimited. She was elected to the Waikato DHB board in October 2016. Putaruru-born Mary Anne lived and worked for 30 years in Taumarunui, Hamilton, Rotorua and Cambridge taking voluntary and elected roles on boards of trustees, superannuation and charitable trusts, sporting organisations and was the Health Minister’s appointment to the Northern B Health and Disability Ethics Committee until December 2013 and a trustee for the Waikato Health Trust until June 2015. She has three children and four grandchildren and won several awards for her writing while at the Ruapehu Press in Taumarunui and the Waikato Times. Highlights of her career include winning three Qantas (now Canon) journalism awards, covering the Sydney Olympic Games and breaking significant stories which exposed wrong-doing in our communities. Mary Anne is passionate about health and wellness and actively participates in sports such as golf, cycling and walking. She has a particular interest in public health issues which support good health in our communities.