Tureiti Haromi Moxon, Lady Moxon is a New Zealand Maori health leader and campaigner.
17 Facts About Tureiti Moxon
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Tureiti Moxon's iwi are Ngati Pahauwera, Ngati Kahungunu and Kai Tahu.
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Tureiti Moxon grew up on a farm in Mohaka as one of 12 children, and described her family as "very Anglican".
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Tureiti Moxon then trained in early childhood education and later in law at Waikato University.
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Tureiti Moxon worked as a lawyer in the area of Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlements.
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In 2012, Tureiti Moxon was part of the Ngati Pahauwera negotiating team who settled their historical treaty claims with the Crown.
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Tureiti Moxon is a claimant in a number of claims before the Waitangi Tribunal in relation to health, Oranga Tamariki and ACC.
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Tureiti Moxon is currently the managing director of Te Kohao Health in Hamilton, chair of the National Urban Maori Authority, and is a Chartered Fellow with the Institute of Directors.
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Tureiti Moxon was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Waikato in 2024 for her contribution to health particularly righting inequities and systemic bias in healthcare.
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Since 2002, Tureiti Moxon has been the managing director of primary health provider Te Kohao Health, a health, education, social and justice service provider in Hamilton servicing the wider Waikato region.
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Tureiti Moxon has grown it from 1,500 enrolled individual members to 8,400, and a staff of 234.
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In 2021, Tureiti Moxon called for the elimination of state care of children for not upholding Maori self-determination over their families.
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Tureiti Moxon has said the Crown should consider compensating families who have been punished and traumatised by state intervention.
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Tureiti Moxon stood as the Maori Party candidate for the Hamilton West electorate at the 2005 general election, gaining 379 votes to finish fifth in a 10-candidate race.
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In 2009, Tureiti Moxon was the Maori Party electorate co-chair for the Tainui electorate.
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Tureiti Moxon is married to Anglican bishop Sir David Tureiti Moxon, formerly the Archbishop of Canterbury's representative to the Holy See and director of the Anglican Centre in Rome.
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Tureiti Moxon became Lady Moxon when her husband was knighted in 2014.