Amanda MaluAmanda Malu

Amanda Malu is Chief Executive of Plunket and has a blended family with six children. She has a unique connection to Plunket’s origins as a direct descendant of the first Plunket baby, Thomas ‘Mutu’ Ellison. Amanda is passionate about the opportunity Plunket has to support families and make a real difference in the lives of all children, and aims to ensure every family is able to access Plunket support when they need it most. Of Ngai Tahu descent, she is originally from Christchurch and has lived in Wellington for the last 20 years.

New Zealand is a village – let’s make it the kind that helps raise the child

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Plunket’s chief executive Amanda Malu says celebrating and supporting whānau and their parenting choices is how the village of New Zealand can help raise every child. Plunket people, like many across the country, were genuinely thrilled by the announcement from the prime minister and her partner Clarke Gayford on Friday last week. Yet the news … Read more