Meeting The Curve Crusher
September 27, 2021
Some of our Irish Mammies recently caught up with Dr Ashley Bloomfield, the Director-General of Health and Chief Executive of the Ministry of Health.
Dr Bloomfield qualified in medicine at the University of Auckland in 1990 and after several years of clinical work specialised in public health medicine. His particular area of professional interest is non-communicable disease prevention and control, and he spent 2011 at the World Health Organization in Geneva working on this topic at a global level.
Dr Bloomfield was Chief Executive at Hutt Valley District Health Board from 2015 to 2018. Prior to that, he held a number of senior leadership roles within the Ministry of Health.
Stuff interviewed our Trustees on St Patrick's day to learn more about the group.
The mystery becomes clear as the mammies upload their Christmas video
An Insight into Expat Parenthood: A Family's Tale from New Zealand
Irish Mammies in NZ were spotted in Wellington wearing Christmas gear, in October! They were also spotted around the motu in Auckland, Tauranga, South Canterbury, Christchurch, Hawkes Bay and Dunedin.
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Jane Buckley sat down for a chat with us
Belfast mother-of-two Paula Gibson and her family will celebrate the New Year in the great outdoors on the Bay of Islands, New Zealand.
Jane Buckley will meet the Irish Mammies in NZ for an on the couch session.
Ami talks of her delight to get home, the things our Mammies have been missing and some info on the Mammies group. Click here to read the full story.
"I am one of the lucky ones that feels like I am ‘home’ in two different places in the world."
