LESLIE Puketapu is currently working in administration but is looking forward to her new role as a kaiāwhina from early next year. Leslie (Te Aitanga Mahaki and Ngati Porou) has been covering Toni June’s maternity leave for the past three months and will continue until January. Her eye had been on a job at Turanga Health for a while after seeing how the organisation worked with the community while she was population health administrator at Hauora Tairāwhiti. "I didn’t know a lot about Turanga Health apart from its community work particularly within my own community. I thought 'I need to work for them and help my whānau'. I now have a real appreciation of how much work Turanga Health does and everyday I think, ‘I’m in the right place’.” During her eight years at Hauora Tairāwhiti Leslie went to many events displaying health promotional resources. She hopes to build on this level of community engagement. "I want to bring about more awareness to whānau about various health services. I’m a people person. I love people and engaging with those that need more guidance and support. Leslie attended Riverdale Primary, Gisborne Intermediate and Lytton High School. She’s mum to 15-year-old Katerina and is a supportive Gisborne Girls’ High School parent. As well as family life and travel, Leslie loves sport. “I literally used to play everything but now I am more involved in netball management." Leslie has been a player and a coach at Whatatutu Netball Club and is now the secretary. Turanga Health welcomes Leslie Puketapu.
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