Ms Ngatepaeru Marsters, of Auckland, MNZM for services to midwifery and Pacific communities
Ngatepaeru Marsters helped to grow a South Auckland-based collaboration into a national initiative that has doubled New Zealand’s Pasifika midwifery workforce. She played a key role in a grassroots Pasifika midwives’ group known as the ‘Aunties’ that provides a mentoring model programme. She is a foundation member and a co-representative of Pasifika Midwives Aotearoa. She is a member of the New Zealand College of Midwives’ National Board, and their representative on the International Confederation of Midwives Western Pacific Region’s Professional Committee. Ms Marsters is a member of the Tagata Moana Maternity Trust, which provides maternity care and an integrated community-led wraparound service to ensure whānau voices are heard.