Chairpersons

Richard Waddel was the initial chairperson, appointed by Health Minister Annette King.^[11] In December 2001, Waddel was succeeded by Wayne Brown, who had since January 2001 been chairing Northland DHB and was now taking on Auckland and Tairāwhiti DHBs, i.e. chairing two boards in parallel.^[12] During the 2001–2004 local government term, Brown was forced to resign from Tairāwhiti DHB, where he had been elected, due to an administrative error by the Ministry of Health. The underlying legislation, the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000, did not allow a person elected to a district health board to also be a member of a second board, but this had been overlooked. Brown remained the appointed chair of the Auckland DHB.^[13] Brown was reappointed by King for another term in October 2004,^[14] but the new Health Minister, David Cunliffe, chose a new chair for Auckland from December 2007 when he appointed Patrick Snedden.^[15] The next Health Minister, Tony Ryall, replaced Brown in December 2010 with Lester Levy, and Levy was also put in charge of Waitemata DHB.^[16] Levy was reappointed in December 2013 by Ryall^[17] and in December 2016, the then Health Minister Jonathan Coleman appointed Levy to the third board in the Auckland region – Counties Manukau DHB.^[18] Levy had first been appointed to the Waitemata DHB as a member in June 2009 was to have reached the statutory limit of nine years in June 2018 and as it was his understanding that there should be one chairperson for all three DHBs in the Auckland region, he intended to resign his roles at that point. However, he had been appointed onto a Ministerial Advisory Group by Health Minister David Clark and to avoid the perception of a conflict of interest, he foreshadowed his resignation in December 2017 with effect in January 2018.^[19] Clarke reappointed Snedden as Auckland DHB chairperson from 1 June 2018^[20] and confirmed him in the December 2019 reappointment round.^[21]

The following table gives a list of chairpersons of Auckland District Health Board:

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Name	Portrait	Start	End	Source
Richard Waddel		January 2001	December 2001	[11]
Wayne Brown		December 2001	December 2007	[12]
Patrick Snedden		December 2007	December 2010	[15]
Lester Levy		December 2010	January 2018	[16]
Patrick Snedden		June 2018	present	[20]

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First elected board (December 2001 – 2004)

Seven board members were elected in the October 2001 local elections. The elections were held at a ward-level and the first-past-the-post voting system (FPP) was used. Five of the successful seven elected members had an affiliation to a ticket.^[22][23] The Health Minister announced the appointment of the chairperson in mid-November 2001.^[24] It took until late December before the remaining three appointments were announced; the minister's appointment for deputy chair was given to one of the elected members.^[25]

Fifth board (2013–2016)

The following members were elected or appointed to the board:^[26][27]

Final board (2019–2022)

The following members serve on the current board:^[1]

Grafton

• Auckland City Hospital and Starship Hospital (36.8595518°S 174.7681969°E / -36.8595518; 174.7681969) in Grafton are public hospitals, with 1124 beds, which provides children's health, maternity, surgical, medical services.^[29]
• The Auckland DHB Mental Health Unit, also headquartered in Grafton (36.8597908°S 174.7563999°E / -36.8597908; 174.7563999), has 96 beds, which provides mental health services.^[30]

Epsom

• Greenlane Clinical Centre (36.8945102°S 174.777252°E / -36.8945102; 174.777252) is a public hospital with 31 beds, which provides surgical and medical services.^[31]
• Mercy Integrated Hospital (36.8733362°S 174.7677773°E / -36.8733362; 174.7677773) is a private hospital with 105 beds, which provides surgical and medical services.^[32]
• Southern Cross Hospital Brightside (36.8791008°S 174.7687274°E / -36.8791008; 174.7687274) is a private hospital with 43 beds, which provides surgical and medical services.^[33]
• Gillies Hospital (36.8813516°S 174.7700862°E / -36.8813516; 174.7700862) is a private hospital with 16 beds, which provides surgical and medical services.^[34]
• Endoscopy Auckland (36.880127°S 174.7703851°E / -36.880127; 174.7703851) is a private hospital with 10 beds, which provides surgical services.^[35]

Remuera

• Ascot Integrated Hospital 36.8804212°S 174.7681189°E / -36.8804212; 174.7681189() is a private hospital with 86 beds, which provides surgical and medical services.^[36]
• Southern Cross Auckland Surgical Centre (36.8739242°S 174.777725°E / -36.8739242; 174.777725) is a private hospital with 17 beds, which provides surgical services.^[37]
• St Marks Road Surgical Centre (36.8735538°S 174.7782106°E / -36.8735538; 174.7782106) is a private hospital with four beds, which provides surgical services.^[38]
• Remuera Surgical Care (36.8738338°S 174.7817034°E / -36.8738338; 174.7817034) is a private hospital with four beds, which provides surgical services.^[39]

Pt Chevelier

• Mason Clinic (36.8750972°S 174.704138°E / -36.8750972; 174.704138) is a public mental health hospital with 109 beds.^[40]
• Buchanan Rehabilitation Centre (36.8727748°S 174.7101118°E / -36.8727748; 174.7101118) is a public mental health hospital with 40 beds.^[41]
• Pitman House (36.8736399°S 174.7082434°E / -36.8736399; 174.7082434) is a public mental health hospital with 10 beds.^[42]

Other

• Birthcare Auckland (36.8622277°S 174.7775124°E / -36.8622277; 174.7775124) in Parnell is a private hospital with 45 beds, which provides maternity services.^[43]
• Mercy Hospice (36.8672665°S 174.7812352°E / -36.8672665; 174.7812352) in Freemans Bay is a private hospital with 13 beds, which provides medical services.^[44]
• Quay Park Surgical (36.847517°S 174.7722983°E / -36.847517; 174.7722983) in Auckland CBD is a private hospital with four beds, which provides surgical services.^[45]