Our Local Heroes

Local Heroes is an initiative by Counties Manukau, designed to recognise and reward staff members who others feel have gone above and beyond in their service to other staff members, our patients, and their whaanau. Here are just a few of our recent local heroes. Ka pai! Great work.

"Alex is a selfless and considerate member of the Security team. He goes above and beyond to keep patients and staff safe and has been known to put his own safety at risk to protect others, as demonstrated during a recent heroic act where he saved a patient’s life. He’s a great example of a true local hero here at Counties Manukau."

"Satendra always goes above and beyond his duties to help the team. For example, he has provided in-house computer training to all cleaners and as a result the majority of our cleaning staff have access to their work email addresses and feel proud to use computers at work for their emails and payslips."

"Doug has established weekly Te Reo class in his lunch times available for all Ko Awatea staff to attend. In his own time he has created lessons for the sessions and supports all attending staff to feel safe and participate with his encouragement, humour and kind words."

"Tania is a behind-the-scenes services hero. Nothing is too much trouble, and she goes above and beyond to help staff. She is kind, approachable, flexible and always on hand to offer support and assistance when required. While Tania’s main role is supporting the upper management team, she never turns anyone away who asks for her help and she is valued by all of the frontline staff she works with."

Do you know someone who should be our next Local Hero? Nominate here: countiesmanukau.health.nz/contact-us/counties-manukau-local-hero