Karen Poutasi
Taumata Arowai (Water services regulator)
Chair
- Commissioner of Waikato DHB, and chair of the Covid-19 Vaccination and Immunisation Governance Group.
- Dame Karen has previously served as the director general of health and chief executive of NZQA.
- She was a member of the Havelock North Drinking Water Inquiry panel. She is also chair of Wellington Uni-Professional and deputy chair of N4L.
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