Ingrid Collins
New Zealand businesswoman (born 1945)
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Dame Nea Ingrid Collins DNZM (née King; born 1945)[1] is a New Zealand businesswoman based in Gisborne.[2] She chaired the Tairawhiti District Health Board from 2001 until 2010.
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Ingrid Collins | |
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Collins in 2025 | |
| Born | Nea Ingrid King 1945 (age 80–81) |
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| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Aaron Collins (son) |
Career
Since 1974, Collins has worked within the Māori land business, such as managing land incorporations.[1][3] Since the 1970s, she has been trustee and chairwoman of Whangara B5 and Whangara Farms.[4][3]
Collins was appointed to the Tairawhiti District Health Board in 2001, and chaired until 2010.[5][6] She was appointed to the Crown Health Financing Agency in December 2010, where served from 2011 until 2012.[7] In early 2013 Collins was appointed to the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee. As of 2013[update] she is a member of the AgResearch Māori Advisory Committee, co-owns and chief executive of Three Rivers Medical in Gisborne, and is a trustee of Chelsea Private Hospital also in Gisborne.[3][6]
In the 2008 New Year Honours, Collins was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM), for services to Māori.[2] In the 2025 New Year Honours (New Zealand), she was promoted to Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori, business, and health governance.[8]
Personal life
Collins has iwi affiliations to Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngāti Oneone and Ngāti Kahu.[9] In 1965, she became engaged to rugby union player John Collins,[10] and they married at St Mary's Catholic Church in Gisborne the following year.[11] The couple had two children, including Aaron Collins, also a rugby player.[1] John Collins died in 2007.[12]