The Foundation

The Vision of the North Shore Hospital Foundation is to enhance the hospital and Community Health Care environment, for patients, families and staff who have contact with them, and to develop a regional pride for North Shore Hospital and its achievements.

The Mission of the North Shore Hospital Foundation is to inspire and involve all north harbour communities to support their health achievements and assets.

The Challenge for the North Shore Hospital Foundation is to raise enough funds annually to enable the foundation to provide for additional "above the line" projects not provided for by state funding. The foundation also supports staff initiatives aimed at improving their working environment and conditions.

The Trustees

Mr ALAN CURTIS/ Chairman

Governance, strategic planning and finance are Alan’s strengths.  He has spent over 30 years in the private sector, latterly in positions of responsibility and accountability as Chief Executive of a major IT company. 

In the community sector, he has for over 20 years served on boards of governance for state and independent schools as well as a large museum, in Chair/Deputy Chair roles, as the finance portfolio holder and as the driver of their strategic planning. 

Governance in Education is one of Alan’s passions.  The relationship between the Board, the staff, the students and the community in the education environment is vital to the success of the institution and he has been proud of his association with primary, intermediate and secondary schools over the last sixteen years. 

Alan has also in various ways been closely associated with local authorities (Auckland and Rodney) during those years through membership of various working parties, ratepayer groups, community committees, etc

Today Alan is an independent consultant working in the IT, business and education sector.  He is a member of a small team called Governance Management Strategists (GMS) which provides governance and management support and strategic planning consulting.

He provides business management and financial planning and advice to an IT engineering services company which provides IT network engineering services to larger schools and tertiary institutions.

Alan has recently been engaged by Business Mentors NZ to provide mentoring for small and medium businesses, particularly in the Rodney area.

Allison Roe/ MBE Deputy Chair

Allison Roe set two world records during her athletics career with highlights being her epic wins in the Boston New York & Seoul Marathons.
1981 NZ Sportsman of the Year and most popular female athlete in the world
1982 Nurmi Awards for Best Female road racer & Best female runner in the world, honours she shared with the male recipient Sebastian Coe, she was awarded the MBE in 1993 for services to long distance running.
2002 saw Allison awarded the Abebe Bikila Award presented by United Nations for services to world athletics.

Allison has had a career in Television, public relations, event management, film making & directing and runs her own sports marketing business. The busy mother of two currently focuses on raising the profile of healthy living, exercise and nutrition. Heading up the Allison Roe Trust for health promotion she has  served on the Board for a number of organisations including Health Sponsorship Council, NZ Sports Foundation, Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Education, ARK Trust and the Robin Hood Foundation.

Paul Lochore/ Trust Director

Paul has been in the Real Estate Industry for 45 years. A Fellow of the Real Estate Institute, he currently heads family firm Lochores 'Professionals'.
Currently Chairman of ''Professionals' Group for Australasia and recently retired Chairman of the New Zealand Board of 'Professionals'.
Paul has also held the position of Director on the NZ Board for over 15 years.
An active community participator, Paul has supported the Child Cancer Foundation in excess of $3.5million and is a strong supporter of the Hospice movement on the North Shore.
Previously Paul has been the Legal and Finance Councillor for the Birkenhead City Council and Chairman of the Birkenhead Licensing Trust.

Lyvia Marsden QSM / Trust Director

Livvy Marsden is General Manager of the Te Puna Primary Health Organisation
A registered nurse, Livvy has lived on the Shore since 1961 and been
involved in primary sector health services in the area for 35 years.
In 2004 she developed a whanau ora model of care the "Harakeke Imap Model" which won the Ministry Of Health’s Innovations Supreme award
In 2007 she was awarded the Queens Service Medal for services in primary care.
She was a founding member of the National Council for Maori Nurses
and a founding member of Nga Ngaru, a national body of Maori health providers.
Livvy says that until she was invited to join the board for the North
Shore Hospital Foundation she had resisted all invitations to join similar bodies in
a bid to avoid a conflict of interest with her working life in primary health.

However, she feels the hospital foundation is in a unique position to involve the community in the provision of primary and secondary health care on the North Shore and looks forward to a collaborative relationship with the many individuals and groups wanting to participate in this opportunity.
Livvy is of Ngati Whatua descent on her mother’s side and is English on her father's side.

Mr Alan Astrop/ Trust Director

Originally from Newcastle upon Tyne in the north of England, Alan trained in Engineering with Vickers Armstrong in Newcastle before joining the NZ Shipping Company as an Engineer. Following this Alan spent 20 years in South Africa in engineering both manufacturing and retail before immigrating to New Zealand with his wife and family of two boys in 1994. 

Alan established and became Managing Director of Signtech Limited based on the North Shore catering to the signage requirements of Greater Auckland.

A member of East Coast Bays Rotary for the last 8 years and currently immediate Past President, Alan works in many community projects which he finds a very rewarding experience.

Alan’s interests include yachting, golf and spending many hours bringing designer’s concepts into reality, his catch phrase is ‘if you can imagine it, we can make it’

Mark Habgood/ Trust Director

Originally majority Owner and Managing Director of Dunham Bremmer, one of New Zealand’s foremost print and communications facility with offices in New Zealand and Australia, Mark sold the business to the Eric Watson led Blue Star Group in 1998.
After leaving the Blue Star Group Mark worked with a variety of charitable projects along aside the Tindall Foundation. His project (NSSNET and SASNET) focussed within the education environment and new initiatives within government and universities and was partnered by Massey University and Auckland College of Education. The North Shore Schools that benefited from these programmes are Rosmini College, Kauri Park Primary, Carmel College and St. Josephs Primary School

In 2000, in the 12 months leading up to the America’s Cup in Auckland he was closely involved with Investment New Zealand in its America’s Cup Activities, and then again worked with NZ Trade and Enterprise in Valencia on certain project based initiatives.
Mark founded the Central Station Group of companies in 2002 and retired from his involvement in 2006, but remains involved in strategic & creative advice for many on and off shore businesses. 

A founder and Trustee of the Melanoma Foundation of New Zealand, Mark is also an advisor to the Tindall Foundation in the area of ICT in education. He recently became a Mentor for a group of disabled people from the NZ Life Centre in Albany, The Carabineer Project
Mark is involved in Strategic Marketing as a consultant, is a Life Coach and works alongside companies on Change Management. 

Mark has been on the North Shore Hospital Foundation board since 2004

Wyn Hoadley QSO. LLB (Waitemata District Health Board Representative)

Wyn Hoadley, QSO, Barrister, Auckland Regional Council Finance Chair, Member Earthquake Commission, patron & trustee of various performing arts, sports, community organisations, long serving City Councillor & Mayor Takapuna City, previously Chancellor AUT.
Wyn seeks to build relationships between the WDHB and other community organisations to address public health issues and is a strong advocate for clear and balanced priorities for the communities of the Waitemata Health District.