Want to be better prepared for when your child gets unwell?
Learn from our outstanding speakers.
The What to do when... childhood illness seminar arms you with a toolkit to help you manage your child’s illness and work together with health professionals to get them on the path to recovery.
You'll hear from the following leading health professionals:
Chelsea G.Willmott
Emergency/trauma Nurse & Nurse Educator
NZRN BN Academic Excellence Award, Emerg & Trauma, PgDIP Nursing Distinction, Current PhD Student
Chelsea is a founding Director of Empowering Education and is incredibly passionate about provide accessible health education for Kiwi families.
Dr Susie Meyer
Doctor, Aspiring Medical Centre
BSc, BHB, MBChB, FRNZCGP
Now that my family is grown I believe it is important to give to the community. My aim is to help create and maintain the best health services we can, now and into the future. Children are our future and I want all those wee kids I see each day to continue to have access to good health care long after I hang up my stethoscope.
Linda Grady
Intensive Care Nurse Specialist & Flight Nurse Dunedin Retrieval
BSc RGON BN Master of Education PGCert in Critical Care PGCert in Leadership & Management
“All my postgraduate study, skill and experience has been aimed at improving the outcome and experience for my students, for my colleagues but more importantly for the patients and their families."

Rita Cooney
Woundcare Specialist Nurse & Nurse Educator
Rita is passionate about people feeling cared for, she wholly believes that that is when the healing will start. Her Nursing experience spans the World and the full life cycle, from Midwifery to aged care.

Dr Tonya Cruikshank
GP, Queenstown
BMBS, FRNZCGP
Tonya's special interest is in child health. She has a wealth of international experience in the UK, South Africa and Australia. Tonya is guided by a holistic mind body approach.

Stacey Wells
Children’s Swim Educator
Stacey is an experienced swim educator and is absolutely passionate about working with children.
She holds a Diploma in Teaching Infants/ Primary with major in Phy ED, a Certificate in Learn To Swim instructing, as well as a Certificate in Swim Coaching.












