Research Repository

The objective of the Hospice New Zealand Research Collaborative is in the name 'collaborative' - to play a lead role in facilitating discussions and agreement around the key areas and topics for research in palliative care.

We aim to develop research in hospice and palliative care through:

• Coordinating and facilitating the development of a palliative care research register.
• Facilitating a national network (a developmental group of new Zealand researchers) which the 'interest' groups (those groups ‘doing' the research) will feed into. Existing research groups in Auckland, Dunedin, Wellington etc will all link in with HNZ Collaborative and be represented by a nominated person.
• Membership of the group is representative of a nominated region, academic group or government department - all whom will have close links with researchers in their particular community specific to palliative care.
• Establish a register of NZ researchers (biographies included) in palliative care with nominated topics, interest groups and contact details.

Research Register 

We have compiled a register for Palliative Care Research involving New Zealand researchers for the period 2000-2009.  You can view this register here.  

New Zealand Palliative Care Researchers

Dr Simon G Allan MD, FRACP, FRCP (Edin), FAChPM Director of Palliative Care Services Arohanui Hospice Palmerston North Co-clinical Director, Central Cancer Network

Rod MacLeod MB, ChB, PhD, DRCOG, FRCGP, MMedEd, FAChPM. Honorary Clinical Professor in General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Auckland (and Associate Professor), Director of Palliative Care, North Shore Hospice, Takapuna

Jean Beardsley Clark RN, BN, BA (Hons) PhD, Clinical Nurse Specialist - Lead, Palmerston North Hospital, MidCentral Health and Education and Research Unit , Arohanui Hospice, Palmerston North.

Dr Sinéad Donnelly, MBBch BAO, MD, MRCPI, FRCPI,Higher Diploma Intergrative Psychotherapy, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Hospital Palliative Care Service, Wellington Regional Hospital. Adjunct Professor School Biological Sciences, Victoria University, Wellington. Senior Clinical Lecturer, Otago School of Medicine, Wellington

Christine McDonald, Registered Nurse, Quality and Education Coordinator Hospice Waikato, Hamilton

Roz McKechnie, PhD, Research Fellow Te Waipounamu Rural Health Unit, Dept of General Practice & Rural Health Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago

Tess Moeke-Maxwell (Ngai Tai ki Umupuia, Ngati Pukeko, Ngati Pakeha) (PhD, B Soc Sci Hons, MNZAC). Post doctoral HRC Research Fellow, Maori and Psychology Research Unit, School of Psychology, Waikato University

Sandi Haggar RGON, MN(Clin), NP, Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Waikato Hospital Palliative Care Services

Access full biographies here