A note from the General Manager

MEET THE TEAM

BOARD (Clockwise from top) Dawn Folkard (Chair), Corinne Cameron, Jenny Kuttel, Kirsty Vercoe, Max Smitheram Rosie Jerram, and Brett Thorburn (Vice-chair).

MESSAGE from the GENERAL MANAGER

DANA, FRED and I were delighted to welcome Lisa Jury to the team at the end of January as our Health Promotion Manager. Lisa works 20 hours a week and has developed her work plan for the next 12 months towards our health promotion objectives. The key things we will be working towards include providing support, education, and advocacy for those with coeliac disease throughout New Zealand. We want you to feel empowered to be your own advocate, especially with family, school, and workplaces. Lisa tells you more about this in an article on Page 11..

Our annual Coeliac Awareness Week campaign in June provided the opportunity to broaden our impact in the community, and to celebrate life with coeliac disease. This year we have looked to educate Kiwis that coeliac disease is a serious auto-immune condition and that a 100% gluten-free diet is the first-line, lifelong treatment – it is not just a trend. We’ve also brought more attention to the ‘gluten free’ label and what it means, to help remove the stigma around the condition and to demonstrate that eating gluten free for WENDY BREMNER life is mandatory – there’s no choice. General Manager

We held our annual general meeting via Zoom on the 26th June and this provided an opportunity for members to not only hear our report on the year to March 31st 2021 but also to ask health related questions to our Medical Advisory Panel and to hear from our guest speaker Brent Martin, executive chef for Park Hyatt. A recording of the MAP’s Q&A and Brent’s presentation at the AGM is available on our Youtube channel. Planning is well underway for our Conference on Saturday 13th November, at Life Central Auckland. The day will include a preWE WANT YOU event breakfast TO FEEL seminar & master class for health EMPOWERED professionals. TO BE YOUR There will be dual presentations for OWN ADVOCATE, both adults and ESPECIALLY students aged WITH FAMILY, 13-21. We will be bringing together SCHOOL AND inspirational WORKPLACES healthcare and community educators in both guest speaker and interactive settings; and there will be lots of time for networking and kōrero. Early Bird tickets are now available and there is a 50% discount for members. Also, if you join Coeliac New Zealand until the 1st September you will receive $20 off your joining fee. It's very worthwhile helping CNZ to support those with coeliac disease so if you've ever thought about joining, now's the time! Nga mihi