About the Committees

Central Committee

• Jurisdiction
• Contact details
• Membership
• Meeting dates, agendas and minutes
• Terms of reference
• Annual reports

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Jurisdiction

The Central Regional Ethics Committee is responsible for reviewing proposals for research that is to be carried out entirely within the following district health board regions:

• Taranaki
• Whanganui
• Hawke's Bay
• Midcentral
• Wairarapa
• Hutt
• Capital and Coast

If a proposal involves a single study locality within these district health board regions, or multiple study localities all of which are within these district health board regions, then it should be considered by the Central Regional Ethics Committee.

If a proposal involves any study locality outside of the above district health board regions, that proposal cannot be considered by the Central Regional Ethics Committee. If such a study also involves study localities within the above district health board regions, it should be submitted to the Multi-region Ethics Committee.

If you are unsure which committee you should send your research proposal to, you should contact the National Co-ordinator.

Contact details

Administrator: Sonia Scott

Postal address:
PO Box 5013
Wellington

Courier address:
133 Molesworth St
Wellington

Ph: (04) 496 2405
Fax: (04) 496 2191
Email: central_ethicscommittee@moh.govt.nz

Membership

Helen Colebrook, (Chair) Lawyer, 3 years (Dec 06)

Mark Weatherall, Biostatistician, 3 years (Mar 08)

Hilary Stace, Consumer representative, 3 years (Mar 08)

Joe Asghar, Pharmacist/pharmacologist, 3 years (Dec 06)

Diana Martin, Researcher, 3 years (Mar 08)

Karl Pulotu-Endemann, Consumer representative, 3 years (Sep 08)

Nina Sarwicki, Health Practitioner, 3 years (Jul 09)

Dean Quinn, Health Researcher, 3 years (Jul 09)

Susan Corbett, Community Representative (Jul 09)

Meeting dates, agendas and minutes

Meeting dates and agenda closing dates

The agendas and minutes of the open meetings of the Central Regional Ethics Committee are available through the links below.

Agenda: 10 November 2009 (Word 45 KB)

Minutes: 13 October 2009 (Word 85 KB)
Agenda: 13 October 2009 (Word 46 KB)

Minutes: 8 September 2009 (Word, 75 KB)
Agenda: 8 September 2009 (Word, 53 KB)

Minutes: 11 August 2009 (Word 87 KB)
Agenda: 11 August 2009 (Word, 43 KB)

Minutes: 14 July 2009 (Word, 107 KB)

Minutes: 12 May 2009 (Word, 95 KB)

Minutes: 14 April 2009 (Word, 102 KB)

No meeting for March 2009

Minutes: 10 February 2009 (Word, 78 KB)
Agenda: 10 February 2009 (Word, 41 KB)




View archived meeting minutes and agendas

Terms of reference

Each health and disability ethics committee has its own Terms of Reference.

Terms of Reference for the Central Regional Ethics Committee (Word, 71 KB)

Annual Reports

2007
Central Regional Ethics Committee Annual Report January 2007 to December 2007 (PDF, 415 KB)

2006
Central Regional Ethics Committee Annual Report January 2006 to December 2006 (PDF, 362 KB)

2004/2005
Central Regional Ethics Committee Annual Report, December 2004 to December 2005 (PDF, 355 KB)

Page last updated: 20 November 2009