Pippa has been on Auckland Council since 2010. She is Councillor for the Waitematā and Gulf ward, Deputy Chair of the Environment and Climate Change Committee, a member of Local Government NZ’s National Council and co-Chair of the Hauraki Gulf Forum Pippa’s “gateway” into politics was through cycling advocacy as a committee member of Bike Auckland and coordinator of Frocks on Bike- Auckland. She was a member of the Urban Cycling Investment Panel in 2014/15. She holds a law degree from Otago University.

A paediatrician and public health physician by training, Shanthi is a Professor of Public Health at the University of Auckland and Senior Researcher at Counties Manukau Health (Population Health Directorate and Kidz First Hospital). Her internationally recognized research focuses on transport and health, injury prevention, trauma care and disability. Her work is motivated by the challenging gaps between the rhetoric and reality of community wellbeing from an equity perspective. As she sees it, this has much to do with who is at the table and who is out of sight and out of mind. She has published widely and serves on multiple national and international advisory boards. She and her work with national and international collaborators have been recognised with the Te Manāia Leadership Award for Injury Prevention and the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award.

Aspirations for neighbourhoods where children can be independently mobile, where people can get around safely by walking and cycling, and where social and physical well-being is prioritised and facilitated are key drivers of my research. I lead the Neighbourhoods for Active Kids Study, using participatory geographic information systems, accelerometry, and parent and teacher surveys to understand environmental supports for health-promoting behaviours in children. Other research includes the Pacific Islands Families study, Te Ara Mua – Future Streets, Kids in the City, Enabling Participation for Youth Living with Disabilitiy, Healthy Future Mobility Solutions, and the Youth 2000 Surveys. I am Associate Professor, Co-Associate Head (Research) and Sir Charles Hercus Research Fellow in the School of Nursing, at the University of Auckland. My research can be found at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Melody_Oliver