Pippa Mahood
board
surgery
Waikato District Health Board
New Zealand
Biography
Pippa has been an elected Board Member since 2004. She always been involved with Health since graduating as a nurse in London in 1971, specialising in Care for the Dying before emigrating to NZ in 1976. She served on the Trust Board for 27years, and is now a Life Member of Hospice Waikato – having helped to establish it in the Waikato in 1981. She was an inaugural member of Hospice NZ, formed in 1985 and was an elected member of Hamilton City Council from 1986 – 2013. She was given the Freedom of the City in recognition of service to the community. She says: “I have always, and continue to be, passionate about the health and wellbeing of the Waikato community, and am focusing my attentions on the ability of the current Health Service to be available to all in a timely and appropriate way.
Research Interest
Pippa has been an elected Board Member since 2004. She always been involved with Health since graduating as a nurse in London in 1971, specialising in Care for the Dying before emigrating to NZ in 1976. She served on the Trust Board for 27years, and is now a Life Member of Hospice Waikato – having helped to establish it in the Waikato in 1981. She was an inaugural member of Hospice NZ, formed in 1985 and was an elected member of Hamilton City Council from 1986 – 2013. She was given the Freedom of the City in recognition of service to the community. She says: “I have always, and continue to be, passionate about the health and wellbeing of the Waikato community, and am focusing my attentions on the ability of the current Health Service to be available to all in a timely and appropriate way.
