Author and international leadership speaker Ngahihi-o-te-ra Bidois has been elected as the only new member on the Lakes District Health Board.
Dr Johan Morreau has been re-elected alongside Merepeka Raukawa-Tait, Christine Rankin, Janine Horton, Rob Vigor-Brown and Lyall Thurston.
Bidois replaces Dr Des Epp, who did not stand. Seventeen candidates stood for seats on the board.
Lakes District Health Board serves a population of just over 100,000 and covers 9570 square kilometres.
It stretches from Rotorua across to Kāingaroa and Mangakino, and past Taupō down to Tūrangi.
