Branch Manager
Christine Martin
Phone 07 282 0451
Christine has a background in business, compliance, and advocacy. She is a qualified accountant and mediator with post-graduate business qualifications. Most recently she has been an advocate for health consumers at the Health and Disability Commissioner’s office. Her understanding of disability and health consumer rights compliments our value of putting our clients first. Away from work she enjoys training and trialling gundogs, photography, walking, reading, and spending time with her family.
Dementia Advisors
Samantha McGaw
Phone 07 282 0455
Samantha gained her Bachelor’s in Nursing in 2013. For the first seven years of being a Registered Nurse she worked in residential care facilities specialising in dementia and hospital level care. She also spent a short time working in the community with care providers to set up in-home supports and wound care. Sam is originally from New Plymouth but moved around New Zealand a lot as a child, until finally settling in Whitianga during her high school years. She now lives in Hamilton with her partner and two furbabies.
Janine Appleby
Phone 07 282 1372
Janine has a well-established career as an occupational therapist helping children and adults with neurological conditions, including 10 years in the United Kingdom working inpatient and community care Dementia Care Services. Her experience also covers inpatient rehabilitation, community and rural work across the USA, Saudi Arabia, and New Zealand. She lives with her son and French lop rabbit, in the Hauraki and in her spare time can be seen hiking through mountain ranges across New Zealand.
Administrator and Volunteer Co-Ordinator
Kay Wyatt
Kay has a background in office administration. She returned to the workforce a few years ago after being a full-time homemaker. Most recently she has worked in the office at a local primary school, interacting with a wide range of people from the community. Originally from Northland, she moved to Hamilton where she lives with her husband and children. Outside of work Kay enjoys time with family, holidays at the beach, photography, and baking.