Fepulea'i Margie Apa said her work with the Counties Manukau community has prepared her well for the role.
"Working with you [Counties Manukau] over the last 14 years and more proudly the last three as CEO, through measles, through Whakaari, through Covid on top of our usual pressures serving a high needs community, who are deserving and entitled to so much more," she said according to RNZ.
Margie Apa has about 25 years' experience in the health sector.
