Dr Dave Baldwin completed a secondary education at both Marlborough Boys and Tawa College before getting a Bachelor of Science and then a medical degree.

After completing his vocational training in General Practice he moved to Palmerston North Hospital with the idea of training as Cardiologist, however he decided to join the RNZAF 889 Officer Training Course in 1989 and graduated to become the Base Medical Officer at RNZAF Base Ohakea with it's A-4 Skyhawks of the famous 75 Squadron.

Luke is an award-winning vocalist with a penchant for musical theatre, he is a trained comedic actor and opera singer with an infectious chirpy and witty sense of humour! Luke has a Bachelor Degree in Performing Arts and his diversity, passion and flare for entertaining has seen him perform opera, musical theatre, television and comedy.

Lotta Dann is an addiction recovery advocate who has published three best-selling books that draw on her personal experience to promote sober living and recovery. She has partnered with the New Zealand Drug Foundation to run 'Living Sober', a website that helps over fifty thousand people a year to manage their relationship with alcohol. Lotta is also a Project Lead at Blueprint for Learning for the Addiction 101 workshop, designed to increase awareness and reduce stigma associated with addiction. She was recently made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for her work in addiction advocacy.

Kerryn is a specialist GP based in Napier, and is Censor-in-Chief for RNZCGP. She has a background in medical education, and hospice palliative care. Kiwi-born, Kerryn is of Cantonese heritage. She has three adult children and two fairly ridiculous labradors.

Dr Samantha (Sam) Murton is the President of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, a working Wellington GP, and Senior Lecturer and Trainee Intern Co-Convenor at University of Otago, Wellington. Sam advocates for the profession at a national level, and she does this while maintaining practical experience that keeps her advice relevant and realistic.

In the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours, Sam was appointed as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for her services to medical education, especially general practice.

Dr Shane Reti is the Minister of Health, inister for Pacific Peoples and the MP for Whangarei. Shane’s career began in family medicine and dermatology in Whangarei where he practiced for 16 years. He served three terms on the Board of the Northland DHB and was awarded a QSM for Public Service in the 2006 New Year Honours List. In 2007 Shane was named the NZ Harkness Fellow to Harvard, where he was promoted to Assistant Professor.

In 2014 Dr Reti became the first Māori MP to win the Whangarei seat which he held from 2014 to 2020 and won again in 2023. He is the first New Zealand graduate Māori Minister of Health.

Forging meaningful pathways, funeral director Francis Tipene is a familiar face on TVNZ 1, Netflix and SBS. Francis (Te Rarawa, Ngai Tākoto) appears alongside wife Kaiora on small-business funeral home reality show The Casketeers.

Not one to dwell on the negative, Francis believes in triumph over adversity through storytelling. And it works! With a vocation so sensitive and detail-oriented, it’s really no surprise that Francis is relaxed and confident and communicates with mana, offering a sense of comfort through guidance.

Francis Tipene appears by arrangement with Johnson & Laird Management

Terry Williams has a rare combination of 30+ years’ serious experience as a leadership trainer and authoring of six books with 20 years’ of his far less serious experience as a professional stand-up comedian. In between zipping around the Asia-Pacific region delivering keynote presentations about change, leadership and motivation, he facilitates workshops on those same topics, helping leaders and teams help themselves. And, in between that, he performed comedy on cruise ships.