16. Excellence in CARE • SEPTEMBER 2018 Michael Woodhouse Michael was first elected to Parliament in 2008 as a National List MP based in Dunedin. During his first term in Parliament, he was a member of the Transport and Industrial Select Committee, the Health Select Committee and the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee. Following the 2011 General Election, Michael was made the Senior Government Whip – a position he held until his appointment as Minister of Immigration, Minister of Veterans’ Affairs and Associate Minister of Transport in January 2013. In May 2014, Michael was also appointed Minister for Land Information. After the 2014 General Election, Michael was reappointed Minister of Immigration and appointed Minister of Police and Workplace Relations and Safety. In December 2015, he gained the Revenue portfolio in place of Police. In December 2016, Minister Woodhouse gained the ACC portfolio in place of Revenue. After the 2017 General Election, Michael was appointed National’s spokesperson for Housing and Social Housing. Following the reshuffle in March 2018, Michael became the spokesperson for Health and Immigration and the Shadow Leader of the House. He serves on the Health Select Committee. Before being elected to Parliament in 2008, Michael was the Chief Executive Officer of Mercy Hospital Dunedin, a position he held for 7.5 years. Prior to that, Michael held senior management positions with ACC, where he was instrumental in implementing ACC’s Elective Services Contracting framework, and at Dunedin Hospital in change management, revenue and planning roles. Michael was educated at St Paul’s High School (now Kavanagh College) in Dunedin and graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor of Commerce. He is a Chartered Accountant and also has a Masters of Health Administration from the University of New South Wales. Michael is a former President of the NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association and has also been the Vice President of the NZ Private Hospitals Association, a larger organisation which included the private aged care sector. He is also a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management. Michael has been a Rotarian since 2001 and is active in community and voluntary work in the Otago region. He is an avid rugby fan, having played age group representative rugby for Otago and South Island teams and functioned as a premier grade referee, as well as a ‘fair weather’ runner. Michael is married and has three daughters. Peter Boshier Peter Boshier is Chief Ombudsman for New Zealand. He was appointed in December 2015, following a distinguished career as a judge. Peter graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours in 1975. He was appointed as a District Court Judge with a specialist Family Court warrant in 1988. Peter Boshier was Principal Family Court Judge from 2004 to 2012, when he was appointed a Law Commissioner. He held that position until his appointment as Chief Ombudsman. He has served on the government’s Family Violence Taskforce and is Patron of the White Ribbon Trust and of the Dwell Community Housing Trust in Wellington. In 2009, he was made a distinguished alumnus of the Victoria University of Wellington for his contribution to the law. Peter has a long association with Pacific judicial issues and has travelled regularly to Pacific Island countries to undertake workshops on the subjects of family violence and youth justice. He holds the Samoan Matai title of Misa, which was bestowed in 2000. As Chief Ombudsman, Peter’s focus has been on a faster and more effective resolution of Official Information Act and other complaints, working with government agencies to improve their practices and strengthening his team’s inspection and monitoring functions under the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT).