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In 2018, the government initiated a review of the health and disability system. She was chairperson of the Māori Expert
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Shea initially worked as a lawyer but has worked in the health sector since the mid-1990s and describes herself as "a recovering lawyer". She is a director on a number of company boards and owns several companies herself. She was the strategy manager for the
Northern Regional Health Authority.
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working alongside it to manage Māori health policies, services, and outcomes. Government announced the governance team of these new agencies in
September 2021 and Shea was appointed to the board of Health New Zealand and co-chair of the Māori Health Authority alongside
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and belongs to the Borrell and Tangitū family, with her
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New Zealand chairperson, health administrator and lawyer
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262:(MNZM) "for services to Māori health and development".
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868:(Press release). MAS. 2 December 2019
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1353:COVID-19 Response Recognition Award
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459:. Henry Rongomau Bennett Foundation
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937:COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
530:Wilson, Megan (2 October 2021).
156:. She received her education at
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791:(Press release). Tauranga:
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481:. The Resilience Doughnut
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162:Tauranga Girls' College
44:Shea in 2019 wearing a
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1358:District health boards
224:Māori Health Authority
211:small-cell lung cancer
187:District health boards
118:Māori Health Authority
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1200:Helen Petousis-Harris
258:, Shea was appointed
256:2019 New Year Honours
124:Early life and family
1771:Ngāi Te Rangi people
1746:People from Tauranga
1393:Traffic light system
280:2010 local elections
174:University of Oxford
1494:Bank of New Zealand
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711:New Zealand Gazette
685:New Zealand Gazette
656:New Zealand Gazette
630:New Zealand Gazette
606:. 23 September 2021
566:Bay of Plenty Times
539:Bay of Plenty Times
180:Professional career
128:Sharon was born at
61:Tauranga Hospital,
1444:Voices for Freedom
1434:Te Pūnaha Matatini
1368:Ministry of Health
1134:Sarah Stuart-Black
819:Ministry of Health
632:. 25 November 2010
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191:minister of health
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1058:Michael Woodhouse
1048:Fletcher Tabuteau
998:Epidemic Response
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713:. 6 December 2019
687:. 8 December 2016
658:. 5 December 2013
603:Radio New Zealand
457:100 Māori leaders
432:. Open Corporates
410:. Open Corporates
237:COVID-19 roll-out
130:Tauranga Hospital
105:Sharon Norma Shea
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