Professor Sharon Brownie, of Kamo, MNZM for services to health and nursing education
Professor Sharon Brownie has made enduring contributions to health and nursing education. She established whānau facilities at Rotorua Hospital, and led the deinstitutionalisation of Templeton Centre, supporting 420 residents into community living, and enabled psychopaedic nurses to gain full registration. She was Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, was Wintec’s Director of Health and Social Practice, and led the establishment of Te Kotahi Oranga, a student-led primary healthcare clinic. Dr Brownie is currently Deputy Chair of the New Zealand Nursing Council, an Honorary Research Fellow at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, and an Associate Editor of ‘Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences’.