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Dame Rangimarie Naida Glavish DNZM. JP

Chief Advisor Tikanga, Waitematā and Te Toka Tumai Districts

​From the early 1980s Ms Glavish (Ngāti Whātua Iwi) has been involved in the affairs of Māori in education and health. In May 1984 as a humble toll operator Naida challenged the might of the then Post Office which is a Government Agency and even under the threat of dismissal Naida won the right to use ‘Kia ora’ across Aotearoa NZ and she continues to campaign for the rights of her people and te reo Māori language.
 
As the Chief Advisor Tikanga, He Kāmaka Waiora, Māori Health across Te Toka Tumai Auckland and Waitematā Districts, Ms Glavish leads the organisation in managing relationships with Mana Whenua and Iwi Māori from a tikanga perspective and provides assistance in managing Te Tiriti o Waitangi risks.

​Being in this role for over 35 years Ms Glavish has championed appropriate cultural support for Māori patients and their whānau, leading the writing, development and implementation of the bicultural policies and the tikanga best practice policy which is used nationally across many of the District Health Boards/Districts and some organisations in the private sector.
 
Ms Glavish is involved with a range of Iwi, government and community organisations and is the Cultural Advisor to Chief Coroner.    She is also an advisor to the Ombudsman Office and the Chief Ombudsman Advisory Panel - Pūhara Mana Tangata and appointed to the board for the Oranga Tamariki Ministerial Advisory Board.
 
Ms Glavish is a Justice of the Peace and was awarded the NZ Order of Merit (ONZM), 2011.
 
In 2018 Ms Glavish was the recipient of the Queen's Service Medal for services to Māori and the community and was awarded with the title of Dame Companion of NZ Order of Merit (DNZM).
Title:  Dame Rangimarie Naida Glavish DNZM. JP
 
March 2024 Dame Glavish was awarded the Blake Medal for her outstanding achievements in implementing cultural support for Māori patients in the health system.