Of Ngati Kahu descent, Robyn’s thirty year career in the social services sector has incorporated practice in the statutory, health, education, NGO and Iwi/Maori sectors at front-line, management, leadership and Governance levels.

Robyn was the inaugural Chair of the New Zealand Social Workers Registration Board (SWRB), is a past-President of the Aotearoa NZ Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) and a Kahui member of the Tangata Whenua Social Workers Association (TWSWA).

     Her interest in indigenous social work practice has taken Robyn to explore practice with Canadian First Nations people, Australian Aboriginal practitioners and Native American agencies.

     Robyn spent five years as a Lecturer at the Centre for Social Work at what is now the University of Auckland. Recently retired, Robyn was most recently employed as the Professional Practice Leader at a large non-Government Organisation, responsible for supporting Managers to ensure the best practice of over 100 social workers and counsellors.