Pat Cook

Chief Executive Officer – Ngāi Te Rangi & Ngāti Ranginui

Educated at Katikati Primary and Katikati College and finishing at Tokoroa High School.

Pat has a professional background as a Registered Nurse and a Bachelor of Nursing Degree. Pat has held Clinical Nurse Manager and Nurse Leader positions at Tauranga Hospital while employed with Te Puna Hauora Māori Health Services and later with Regional Māori Health.

She gained a Post Graduate Certificate in Advanced Māori Health, Post Graduate Diploma in Health Science and a Masters of Health Practice in Māori Health. In 2011 Pat was seconded to the General Manager role at Te Manu Toroa and formally secured the role in April 2012.

Pat is a Board Member on another Māori trust and a member of the NMOPHO Clinical Governance group.