Mihi Blair (Ngāti Whātua)
Ko Mahuhu-ki-te-rangi tōku waka
Ko Maungakiekie tōku maunga
Ko Waitemāta tōku moana
Ko Tuperiri tōku tangata
Ko Ngā Oho, ko Te Taoū ko Te Uringutu ngā hapū
Ko Ngāti Whātua te iwi
Mihi has over 15 years career experience in community, government and advocacy providing an excellent platform to lead positive health and wellbeing aspirations for Māori at ProCare.
Mihi has held several advisory roles which includes Oceania Conference, Sydney Organising Committee, Indigenous Rep, HPA Vape to Quit Smoking Campaign Advisory Board
Mihi’s experience in providing support, expertise and advocacy for Smokefree Environments and regulations regarding the sale of Products (Vaping) Amendments Act 2020 gives ProCare support in advocating for better health outcomes.
Mihi is a strong advocate for doing better now for the next generation and is passionate about whānau and community led transformation. Mihi’s leadership to support ProCare's strategy to align to Te Tiriti principles will ensure that positive health outcomes for Māori are a priority.
Dr Reza Jarral
Dr. Jarral provides clinical oversight and support across our equity-focused health targets and initiatives as the Clinical Director for Equity. He works as a GP at an inner-city practice serving high needs populations with very low-cost access, which informs his work around whānau-centred innovation and responsible technology. Dr. Jarral is also the Clinical Director of the national telehealth service CareHQ and is a guest lecturer at Tech Futures Lab. Collaborating with teams at the World Health Organisation, The Impact Collective and IEEE, Dr. Jarral hopes to shape a better and brighter collective future, using technology.
Vivien Pole
Viv Pole is the Head of Pacific Health for ProCare. She has been in the health sector for nearly 15 years now, having completed over 20 years in the finance sector in a range of management positions. Prior to moving to ProCare, Viv was the Operations Manager and later as Service Development Manager for Alliance Health Plus PHO.
She is passionate about influencing contracts and program delivery to be more responsive for Pacific. As a member of the Equity Team, she advocates for the 100,000 Pacific within the ProCare practices while supporting the Pacific team in her various level of influence.
Viv holds a master’s degree in Health Leadership and an MBA both from the University of Auckland. She was raised in the Friendly Island of Tonga before moving to Auckland nearly 40 years ago. She maintains good connections with the Pacific health providers and Tongan communities. Viv is very family oriented with a strong Christian faith.
Tui Makoare-Iefata
Ko Tutamoe, Maungakiekie oku maunga
Ko Tama te Uaua, Ōrākei oku marae
Ko Kaihu te awa, Waitemata te moana
Ko Mahuhu ki te rangi te waka
Ko Tom and Grace Makoare oku matua
Ko Johnny Iefata toku hoa rangatira
Ko Tui Makoare-Iefata ahau
Kei roto au i te Equity team
He Project Lead ahau o Ara Hauora Mobile Outreach service
I am the eldest of six children – three sisters and two brothers, a mama of five tamariki – four very beautiful daughters and one tall, dark and handsome son and nannie of 12 ataahua mokopuna – eight kotiro and four tama toa.
My star sign is Leo the lion – proud, strong, passionate, leader. I love the beach, netball, softball, rugby league, touch, travelling, spending time with whānau, riding motorbikes, eating kaimoana and dessert.
Starting my journey with ProCare in January 2022, I bring my experience as a mental health, tamariki ora, whānau ora, community and practice nurse to the role. I have always had a passion to improve health outcomes for Māori, namely hauora wāhine me tamariki hoki. I love making connections with whānau and watching them taking the driver’s seat of their journey, achieving their goals, and observing the light bulb moments, the excitement, the change when they experience their hauora. It is an amazing feeling for me to see the transformation and mixture of emotions.