Movers & Shakers

Maeria Koligi has been appointed branch manager/tumuaki of Focus on Jobs Auckland. Matagisila John Hellesoe has joined Focus on Jobs as branch manager Hamilton. Both were previously at Career Services Manukau as career consultants.

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Jason Ritchie is the new national sales and marketing manager for Roadfreighters. He was last with TOLL Holdings in Australia.

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Liz Brackstone has joined Dun & Bradstreet's Auckland office as a business development executive.

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The National Advisory Council to assist the development of the New Zealand Action Plan for Human Rights by the Human Rights Commission has been announced. Members are Glenys Baldick, CEO, Nelson Marlborough District Health Board, Nelson; Linda Beck, member of the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind's board of trustees, Christchurch; Kitty Bennett, national president, Maori Women's Welfare League, Wellington; Malcolm Birdling, head tutor public law, Victoria University, Wellington; Alison Blaiklock, chair of Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa, Auckland; Petra Butler, law lecturer, VUW, Wellington; Weng-Kei Chen, president NZ Federation of Ethnic Councils; Christchurch; Ava Colenso Fa'amoe, chairperson, Pacific Information Advocacy Support, Auckland; Darien Fenton, secretary, Service and Food Workers Union, Auckland; Manuka Henare, director Mira Szszy Research Centre for Maori & Pacific Economic Development, University of Auckland Business School., Auckland; Tony Henderson, coordinator, Ashburton Safer Community Council, Timaru; Tiahuia Kawe-Small, resource teacher, Invercargill; Fanaura Kingstone, consultant, Tokoroa; Doug Northey, director human resources, University of Auckland; Thakor Parbhu, consultant, Penney Patel Law; Leonie Pihama, senior lecturer, School of Education, University of Auckland; Ced Simpson, executive director, Amnesty International NZ, Wellington; Leah Whiu, senior lecturer, school of law, University of Waikato, Hamilton; Alan Wilcox, managing director of Executive Management Consultancy; Barry Wilson, barrister, Auckland.

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Special advisers to the NAC are Trish Grant, senior child advocate, Office of the Commissioner for Children, Wellington; Pat Hohepa, commissioner, Maori Language Commission; Hilary Lapsley, senior analyst, Mental Health Commission, Wellington.

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Joel Frost is one of three new account service appointments at advertising agency WHYBIN/TBWA. He was last with Whybin Lawrence/TBWA Sydney. The others are Jo Harwood, last with a Christchurch agency, and Mark Cochrane, who has just returned from the United Kingdom where he was involved with a mobile network launch.

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