The IWC Committee
Committee Member
Dr Huhana (Susan) Hickey
Independent Director and contractor/advisor, Co-Director Pukenga Consultancy, Auckland
Dr Huhana Hickey (MNZM) from Ngāti Tāhinga, Waikato and Whakatōhea Ngāti Ira, an academic and disability rights lawyer. She has multiple sclerosis, was the first openly disabled Housing NZ board member and is an unflinching advocate for whānau hauā and all disabled people. Dr Hickey is a member of the New Zealand Human Rights Review Tribunal and became a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2015 for services to people with disabilities.
