According to our Constitution, the majority of committee members must have a close connection to living with kidney failure, either as patients themselves, or as family members of people with kidney failure. This ensures that the interests and needs of our clients are always central to everything we do. Committee members' professional and personal backgrounds provide the Society with the leadership it needs to effectively promote the welfare of people with kidney failure.
Milton Purcnase, Chair
David Rose, Deputy Chair
Nora Van der Schrieck, Executive Director
Paul Clark
Marcus Hotere
Paul Sommer
Robin Sumner
Gail Thomson
Richard Uerata
Financial Membership of the Society is open to anyone with chronic kidney failure, and anyone else who has the interest of people with kidney failure at heart.
Membership is not a prerequisite to accessing services deliverd by the Society, however it is encouraged and around a quarter of our clients have chosen to support the Society in this way. Membership fees are kept at just $15 per year to enable people from all backgrounds to be members of the Society.
There are plenty of opportunities for members and non-members alike to support the Society in other ways, and many do.