Appointment Of Markerita Poutasi As National Director, Pacific Health

Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand has today announced
the appointment of Markerita (Meg) Poutasi as National
Director, Pacific Health.

Announcing this permanent
appointment, Te Whatu Ora Chief Executive Fepulea’i Margie
Apa said Markerita Poutasi brought with her an outstanding
background in both Pacific health, and strategic
planning.

“Markerita joins Te Whatu Ora from Te Toka
Tumai (Auckland) where she most recently held the role of
Chief of Strategy. She has a very strong focus on
transformation of health structures to reflect Te Tiriti in
both action and equity. As lead for Performance Improvement,
she was instrumental in delivering new equity approaches
within planned care delivery in Auckland,” Margie Apa
said.

Markerita Poutasi has also worked as the
Director of Pacific Health for the Northern Region Health
Coordination Centre where she led the regional (from
Northland to Counties Manukau) approach to the Pacific
health response to COVID-19 and partnered with the Pacific
Provider Collective to develop a regional commissioning
framework to deliver adaptive models of care. She is a
partnerships specialist and has a background in law and
Pacific development.

She is experienced in change
leadership, Pacific health equity and designing new models
of care with communities.

“I am delighted to have
Markerita joining us from 1 August,” Margie Apa
said.

Margie Apa also acknowledged the work of
Gerardine Clifford-Lidstone for her service as interim
National Director, Pacific Health and the significant role
she has played in reinforcing Te Whatu Ora’s
responsibilities around Pacific health.

“Gerardine
took on a significant workload at a time of great system
transformation. She has helped set a pathway
forward.”

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