Goodhew Jo: Appointments — Ombudsman and Chief Ombudsman Deputy Controller and Auditor-General Independent Police Conduct Authority Abortion Supervisory CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeGoodhew Jo: Appointments — Ombudsman and Chief Ombudsman Deputy Controller and Auditor-General Independent Police Conduct Authority Abortion Supervisory Committee[Sitting date: 16 September 2015. Volume:708;Page:6759. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon JO GOODHEW (Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector) on behalf of theMinister of Justice: I move That pursuant to section 10 of the Contraception Sterilisation and Abortion Act 1977 this House recommends His Excellency the Governor-General reappoints Dame Linda Holloway as Chair reappoints Dr Tangimoana Habib as a member and appoints Ms Carolyn McIlraith as a member of the Abortion Supervisory Committee each for terms of 3 years.The terms of appointment of all three members expired in April 2014 and they have continued in office under the rollover provisions of the Act. Dame Linda and Dr Habib both indicated their availability for reappointment. The third current member Rev. Patricia Allan indicated her wish to stand down once a replacement could be appointed.Dame Linda has served as the chairperson of the supervisory committee since June 2007 after retiring from a distinguished career in medicine. She was dean of the Wellington school of medicine and health sciences then became pro-vice-chancellor of the division of health sciences at Otago University. She is a highly respected anatomical pathologist who served on the Medicines Assessment Advisory Committee and was one of the advisers to Dame Silvia Cartwright during the inquiry into the treatment for cervical cancer at the National Women’s Hospital.Dr Habib is a Hamilton-based doctor and has been a member of the supervisory committee since April 2011. She was awarded fellowship of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners—the royal college—in 2003 and currently works as a general practitioner for Te Kohao Health in Hamilton. Dr Habib has been involved in Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (Te ORA) Māori doctorsassociation since 2000 and has been a member of Te Akoranga a Māui the Māori general practitioner faculty since its inception in 2002. She served on the council of the royal college in 2005 and 2006 and is the continuing medical education provider for Te ORA. She is of Ngāti Tūwharetoa descent.The proposed new member is Ms Carolyn McIlraith. She is currently employed with Capital and Coast District Health Board and has been counselling for 10 years specialising in the areas of youth post-natal depression grief and loss sex psychological first aid and pregnancy counselling. Prior to retraining as a counsellor she worked in a variety of positions including customer services fixed assets and human resources.Retaining the experience of Dame Linda and Dr Habib should ensure the stability of the supervisory committee. Ms McIlraith has worked extensively with women experiencing unplanned pregnancies. She will bring a perspective from her social work and counselling background that will meet what the supervisory committee itself has advised is a key input it seeks.