Dr. Claire Craig is Professor in Design and Creative Practice in Health and Co-Director of Lab4Living, a transdisciplinary research group at Sheffield Hallam University. Her research focuses on the role of design in promoting quality of life and wellbeing, particularly in the context of people experiencing major life transitions. Claire is a qualified occupational therapist and has written a number of books in relation to her work including Meaningful Making: Journeying through Dementia, Exploring the Self through Photography and Creativity and Communication.

Professor Denise Wilson (Tainui) is Professor of Māori Health, Co-Director of Taupua Waiora Centre for Māori Health Research, and Associate Dean Māori Advancement at Auckland University of Technology. Her research includes a focus on family violence, cultural responsiveness and Māori/indigenous health. Having previously chaired the Family Violence Prevention Investment Advisory Board (Ministry of Social Development), was the Deputy Chair of the Family Violence Prevention Expert Advisory Group, and is a member of the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Roopū Māori, and chaired the Mortality Review Committee’s Māori Caucus. Denise served six years on the Family Violence Death Review Committee and has contributed to the development of the Ministry of Health’s Violence Intervention Programme. Denise was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Āparangi.

Robyn Whittaker is a public health physician and Associate Professor at the National Institute for Health Innovation at the University of Auckland. She is Clinical Director of Innovation at Te Whatu Ora – Waitematā where she leads the Leapfrog Programme of strategic projects focused on digitising hospital systems. Her research interests are in developing and evaluating mHealth interventions that use behaviour change theory and techniques to help support healthy behaviour change and self-management support for patient groups. She is a respected international mHealth expert having been an invited member of the WHO Digital Health Technical Advisory Committee, consultant for the Be Healthy Be Mobile global mHealth initiative, and the WHOCommittee on Ethics and Governance in AI for Health. She is a member of the Te Titoki Mataora health tech translation programme, National Telehealth LeadershipForum Strategic Advisory Board, and is Chair of the Northern RegionHealth Systems Design Council.

Jacqui Dillon has had a successful corporate background including general management and senior sales and marketing roles for international brands. Jacqui has worked as a specialist advisor and consultant on marketing, not‐for‐profit and business partnership formation, and creative strategies for CSR. In addition, Jacqui co-founded Robinhood Asia, a not-for-profit focused on creating social initiatives that assisted those in poverty and benefited business. Prior to joining Auckland City Mission as Services Development Manager, Jacqui was CE of SAFE Network Inc. and the driving force behind the establishment and launch of www.theharbour.org.nz a New Zealand‐based web‐portal co‐created to address the need for accessible and credible information for all community members affected by sexual abuse or offending, their families and whānau. A trained Psychotherapist, Jacqui is currently General Manager of Health and Social Services at Te Tāpui Atawhai (Auckland City Mission).

Denise Messiter is the General Manager for Te Whāriki Manawāhine O Hauraki. Denise has developed a kaupapa Māori approach for supporting whānau to recover and heal from domestic violence. She has a background in indigenous and community development and has worked with the Xhosa people from South Africa, and First Nations Australian communities in Kalumburu and Wadeye on traditional indigenous approaches to healing domestic violence. Denise has qualifications in Kaupapa Māori Counselling and Not for Profit Management. Denise was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2022 Queen's Platinum Birthday Honours

The shirt Denise is wearing features the 'My Mana Move today is...' slogan which is taken from the co-designed Te Ara Poutama toolkit – read more about that project here

Te Whāriki Manawāhine o Hauraki has been delivering Tangata Whenua focussed services for 40  years and was initially established to provide refuge and support services for wāhine and their tamariki. Over the years Te Whāriki services have evolved to include intervention, prevention and crisis support for wāhine and their whānau, including tāne. Te Whāriki is a member of the Hauraki ki Uta, Hauraki ki Tai Collective which includes Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki and the Hauraki Māori Trust Board. Te Whāriki as a collective has over the years worked on many successful collaborations to progress the overall wellbeing of Hauraki whānau, hapū and iwi. Moreover, they have enduring relationships with the 12 Iwi of Hauraki and understand and can work with the complexities and tensions within and across these relationships.