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4.6 Commission members
The Warrant appointed four members to the Commission. Biographical details
are given below.
Thomas Eichelbaum
The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Eichelbaum is the Chair of the Commission.
Sir Thomas was Chief Justice of New Zealand from 1989 to 1999. He was
knighted in 1989 and became a Privy Councillor the same year.
Sir Thomas was born in Germany and emigrated with his parents to New Zealand
in 1938.
He practised as a lawyer from 1953 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1978.
During his career, Sir Thomas appeared regularly in a wide range of litigation
before the New Zealand courts and tribunals, and served as counsel in a number of
Commissions of Inquiry, including the Lake Manapouri Commission in 1970, the
Inquiry into Chiropractic in 1978 and the Marginal Lands Inquiry in 1981.
He was appointed a Judge of the High Court in 1982, and has been chair or a
member of numerous professional and judiciary-related committees. He is a
former President of the New Zealand Law Society.
Sir Thomas is a part-time member of the Courts of Appeal of Hong Kong and Fiji,
an honorary member of the American Bar Association, an honorary Bencher of
Lincoln's Inn, London, and an honorary member of the International Academy of
Trial Lawyers.
He brings a strong understanding of legal and judicial processes to the inquiry.
Richard Randerson
The Right Reverend Richard Randerson, a bishop of the Anglican Church and
Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland, has an extensive academic background
in classics, theology, ethics and economics. Studying initially at Otago University,
he later undertook postgraduate work in New York and San Francisco.
He has worked in ministries overseas and in New Zealand. He was Social
Responsibility Commissioner for the Anglican Church between 1990 and 1994,
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and in 1994 was appointed Assistant Bishop (for Church in Society) in Canberra,
Australia. In 1999, he chaired a Government Poverty Task Force in Canberra.
His interest during his professional life has been to promote an ethical base for
public policy with regard to socioeconomic matters, industrial relations, corporate
responsibility, the role of women, the environment, Treaty of Waitangi
relationships, and a multicultural society.
Bishop Randerson has worked as a parish minister in New Zealand, New York and
the United Kingdom. He was Director of the Auckland Industrial Mission from
1971 to 1978, and, as Vicar of St Peter's Church in the 1980s, was part of
Wellington's Inner City Ministry. He played an active role in establishing
bicultural frameworks for the Anglican Church in New Zealand.
Jean Fleming
Dr Jean Fleming is highly qualified in the fields of biochemistry, physiology and
reproductive biology. She is a Senior Lecturer in Anatomy and Structural Biology
at the University of Otago School of Medical Sciences.
Her research and publications are in the area of molecular reproduction and
endocrinology. In 1987, she was an ANZAC Fellow in the Genetic Engineering
Laboratory, Howard Florey Institute, Melbourne.
Dr Fleming's research seeks to understand the genetic and developmental
differences between male and female animals and why these differences have
evolved. Her research includes investigations into the causes of ovarian cancer,
mutation rate in spermatogenesis and growth factor expression in liver disease;
including the different responses of males and females to injury.
Dr Fleming has a strong interest in encouraging the involvement of women in
science, their approach to research, and their support networks. She convened the
1993 Women's Suffrage Centennial Science Conference, and participated in
both Women: Science and our Future (1996) and Living Science (1999) conferences
run by the New Zealand Association for Women in Sciences.
She has an interest in feminist pedagogy and, in particular, whether women bring
a different approach to the teaching of reproductive biology and endocrinology.
Dr Fleming served as president of the Otago Institute Inc, a branch of the Royal
Society of New Zealand, between 1997 and 1998, and chaired the programme
committee of the inaugural International Science Festival in Dunedin, in 1998.
She brings a sound understanding of scientific method and principles to the
inquiry. Her familiarity with biological and genetic research, and her understanding
of gene function, has been of great assistance to the Commission.
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Jacqueline Allan
Dr Jacqueline Sherburd Te Makahi Allan (Kuti Mamoe ki Rakiura, Kai Tahu) is
a General Practitioner in South Auckland, with expertise in community and
Maori health.
Over the past two decades she has served, and still serves, on many professional
committees and advisory boards. She has both teaching and medical qualifications.
With Inez Kingi, she co-founded, and is the medical director of, Tipu Ora - the
Maori Mother and Child Health Organisation. She has been involved in the
establishment of a number of other community Maori health initiatives.
Dr Allan is involved with the Women's Health League and was a founding
member of Te ORA (Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa/the Maori Medical Practitioners
Association) with which she is currently involved in a project to provide mentoring
and training for young Maori doctors.
A rural upbringing and a large whanau spread throughout all three islands keeps
her in touch with issues all over New Zealand. A love of outdoor life takes her
flyfishing for solitude and relaxation into some of our remote rivers.
Dr Allan brings an understanding of both medical and Maori issues to the
Commission.