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New Zealand businesswoman

Dame Ingrid CollinsDNZM
BornNea Ingrid King
1945 (age 79–80)
NationalityNew Zealand
Spouse John Collins ​ ​(m. 1966; died 2007)​
Children2
RelativesAaron Collins (son)

Dame Nea Ingrid Collins (née King; born 1945) is a New Zealand businesswoman based in Gisborne. She chaired the Tairawhiti District Health Board from 2001 until 2010.

Career

Since 1974, Collins has worked within the Māori land business, such as managing land incorporations. Since the 1970s, she has been trustee and chairwoman of Whangara B5 and Whangara Farms.

Collins was appointed to the Tairawhiti District Health Board in 2001, and chaired until 2010. She was appointed to the Crown Health Financing Agency in December 2010, where served from 2011 until 2012. In early 2013 Collins was appointed to the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee. As of 2013 she is a member of the AgResearch Māori Advisory Committee, co-owns and chief executive of Three Rivers Medical in Gisborne, and is a trustee of Chelsea Private Hospital also in Gisborne.

In the 2008 New Year Honours, Collins was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM), for services to Māori. In the 2025 New Year Honours (New Zealand), she was promoted to Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori, business, and health governance.

Personal life

Collins has iwi affiliations to Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngāti Oneone and Ngāti Kahu. In 1965, she became engaged to rugby union player John Collins, and they married at St Mary's Catholic Church in Gisborne the following year. The couple had two children, including Aaron Collins, also a rugby player. John Collins died in 2007.

References

  1. ^ O'Connor, Matai (31 December 2024). "Gisborne leader honoured as dame for 50 years of service to Māori and business". Gisborne Herald. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  2. ^ "New Year Honours List 2008 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 31 December 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Appointments to NAWAC". mpi.govt.nz. March 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  4. "Ngā wāhine kaipakihi: He tirohanga; Māori women in business: Insights" (PDF). women.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  5. "Tairawhiti District Health Board: Appointment of Board Chairperson – 2003-go1550 – New Zealand Gazette". gazette.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Welfare Pulse Issue 20". mpi.govt.nz. August 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  7. "Appointees to health bodies announced | Beehive.govt.nz". www.beehive.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  8. "New Year Honours 2025: the full list". The New Zealand Herald. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  9. Karaitiana, Tina (2024). Indigenous businesswomen are change agents of social reform and economic prosperity (PDF) (PhD thesis). Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. p. 175. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  10. "Engaged". Gisborne Photo News. No. 136. 6 October 1965. p. 47. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  11. "Wedding bells". Gisborne Photo News. No. 141. 23 March 1966. p. 31. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  12. "Rugby: Former All Black John Collins dies". The New Zealand Herald. 30 May 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2025.

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