Dr Kristin Good is Chief Clinical Advisor at the Ministry of Health NZ and within that role, the Registrar of Assisted Dying, a statutory position under the Act. She joined the Ministry in 2021 for the implementation of the End of Life Choice Act. She has held positions in a range of health care organisations, including Director of Primary Care in Mental Health and Addictions at Auckland District Health Board, Clinical Director at Manaia and Mahitahi primary health organisations, Clinical Director of Healthline’s COVID response and holds other governance roles at board level. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practice and is a staunch advocate for patient choice.

Dr Jessica Young is a post-doctoral research fellow in the School of Health, Victoria University of Wellington. Dr Young is a qualitative researcher with expertise in the sociology of health, illness, death and medicine. Dr Young has researched assisted dying, critical weight studies, public health and health promotion, aging, longevity, medical education, and patient’s care networks. She has published 26 articles and is a co-investigator on Marsden and Health Research Council funded projects. Her PhD (Otago) focused on the perspectives of terminally ill people who would consider choosing assisted dying. Her research is already gaining national and international media attention. Jessica has received several awards for science communication as well as research excellence. Having been awarded a prestigious fellowship from the Cancer Society of New Zealand, Dr Young is leading a project exploring the experiences of people with life-limiting cancer who have declined hospice services, their family/whānau and health professionals. She is also researching the experiences of people going through the assisted dying process, their family/whānau and health professionals, when the End of Life Choice Act comes into force 7 November 2021. Jessica welcomes research collaborations in these areas.

Dr. Stefanie Green spent 10 years in general practice and another 12 years working exclusively in maternity and newborn care before changing her focus in 2016 to medical assistance in dying (MAiD). Dr. Green is the co-founder and current President of the Canadian Association of MAID Assessors and Providers (CAMAP). She is medical advisor to the BC Ministry of Health MAID oversight committee, moderator of CAMAP’s national online forum, and has hosted several national conferences on the topic. Beyond her clinical practice, she frequently speaks about MAiD to a wide range of audiences locally, nationally and internationally. She is clinical faculty at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria and author of THIS IS ASSISTED DYING, a memoir about her first year providing assisted dying in Canada.

Dr Mataroria Lyndon (MBChB, MPH, PhD) Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Wai, Waikato Dr Mataroria Lyndon is Deputy Chair of Te Hiringa Hauora Health Promotion Agency and a Board member of the Māori Health Authority, Northland District Health Board, Aktive, and Pūtahi Manawa Aotearoa Centre of Research Excellence. He is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Education at the University of Auckland and co-founder and Clinical Director of Tend Health. You will also find him presenting the TVNZ health series 'The Check Up' and he was previously Equity Lead at Mahitahi Hauora and a medical lead for Māori health at Counties Manukau DHB. Dr Lyndon completed his Master of Public Health at Harvard University as a Fulbright Scholar, and his PhD is focused on medical education. He was also awarded the Deloitte IPANZ Public Sector Young Professional of the Year 2016.