Wellington

My key roles are managing Care NZ (NGO addiction treatment provider), chairing DAPAANZ and the New Zealand Drug Foundation and sitting on a variety of advisory groups including the National Mental Health and Addiction Workforce Development Project which gives me the opportunity and privilege to further the cause of the addiction treatment sector, the people who work in the sector and most importantly those they serve, our clients.

Auckland

Wolfgang arrived in NZ in 1989 and has since then worked in the AOD field in a number of roles and organisations like ADDS (Presbyterian Support Services) and CADS from 1990 to 1997. He was a senior lecturer and manager with CIT and WelTec’s AOD programmes from 1997 until 2004 and is since 2005 the manager of the Auckland CADS Counselling Service, the CADS Pregnancy and Parental Service and the CADS Training Team. Wolfgang is the current chairman of the National Training Providers Network under the Matua Raki AOD Workforce Development Project, a member of the National Committee for Addiction Treatment (NCAT) and has been a member of the DAPAANZ Executive since 2004.

Auckland

Currently a member on the Executive and Chair of the National Pacific Treatment Forum. Also associated with the NZ Accreditation Board of AOD Service. I am currently with Tupu, Pacific Mental Health AOD and Gambling Services, Waitemata DHB.

River has worked within the NZ AOD sector for approximately 20 years in a variety of roles and settings, both clinical and managerial. When she is not working in the office she is out on the farm with her partner riding horses and running dogs.

Christchurch

I work clinically with adolescents suffering mental health and substance related problems at Youth Specialty Services, Christchurch, and as a Senior Lecturer with the National Addiction Centre. I have been involved with the Alcohol & Drug competencies from their inception, and also been a member of the Executive of DAPAANZ since it began.

Auckland

Having worked with young people in various roles for the last 10 years. I am specialised in working with youth who have alcohol and drug issues and in youth health. My experience is in a variety of different clinical and non-clinical settings. I have demonstrated the ability to engage and effectively work with marginalized youth who are out of mainstream alcohol and drug settings – such as Alternative Education and also young people living on the streets.

Dunedin

I have been the Programme Director of Moana house since it began in 1987 and also a Director of the Moana House Training Institute. Moana House is a therapeutic community that deal primarily with clients who have long-term AOD related criminal offending histories. My overall responsibility is with the therapeutic programme; the staff; the residents, and the Training Institute. I also do some teaching for the Training Institute.

Wellington

Tuari has been a member of the DAPAANZ since 1995. He brings a Recovery Perspective, and has also completed formal qualifications, is a strong advocate for Maori in general and Kai Tahu in particular, and is from the south. He also has a national perspective.

Born in Lower Hutt I grew up in a community where I have seen many changes.

In 2005 I joined the team in the Planning and Funding division at the Hutt Valley District Health Board, with 20 years experience in the Alcohol and Drug Treatment and Health Promotion fields.

My current role is a new position that came from an intensive Alcohol and Other Drug Service review that was undertaken in 2003. This role is being developed and the Hutt Valley DHB is the lead provider in the Central Region of the North Island.

I have undertaken and completed a Bachelors Degree and two Diplomas in the last 4 years at Te Wananga o Raukawa an indigenous tertiary university in New Zealand. I also completed two post graduate papers in 2005 at Massey University and I am currently doing another paper in 2006 and also hope to complete my post graduate diploma in 2007.