Congratulations to NZHA Past-President Professor Catharine Coleborne who leaves the University of Waikato after 16 years to take up a new appointment as Head of School in the School of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Newcastle in December 2015.    

And, additional congratulations to another NZHA past-president Professor Giselle Byrnes who has been appointed Massey University Assistant Vice-Chancellor Research, Academic and Enterprise. Giselle returns to New Zealand after five years as the Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Law, Education, Business and Arts at Charles Darwin University.