Dr Hinemoa Elder MNZM 'is mother to two adult children. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist in inpatient, youth forensic and neuropsychiatry. SHe is on the Board of The Helen Clark Foundation and is patron of Share My Super a charity aimed at ending child poverty in Aotearoa. Hinemoa is a staunch advocate for fostering efforts that bring forward Te reo Māori me ōna tikanga, Māori language and cultural practices, in understanding the links between climate emergency, and mental distress an to effect meaningful changes.
She has a PhD (2012) Post-Doctoral fellowhip (2014-18) developing Māori specific approaches for whānau (extended families) affected by brain injuries, these resources are now used in rehabilitation and other health services. Dr Elder is a deputy psychiatrist member of the NZ Mental Health Review Tribunal. Hinemoa received the NZ Order of Merit for services to Māori and Psychiatry in 2019. [She] has written two best-selling books Aroha. Māori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our plane, and Wawata, Daily Māori wisdom guided by Hina, the Māori moon.'
Biographical sources
- Ngā Kupu Wero. Ed. Witi Ihimaera. New Zealand: Penguin Books, 2023. 350.
Non-fiction
- Wawata, Daily Māori wisdom guided by Hina, the Māori moon. New Zealand: Penguin Books, 2022.
Other
- Aroha. Māori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our plane. New Zealand: Penguin, 2020. An extract rpt. as Pitopito Kōrero. in Ngā Kupu Wero. Ed. Witi Ihimaera. New Zealand: Penguin Books, 2023. 87.