Judy McGregor

Dame Judy McGregor
DNZM
McGregor in 2022
Born1948 (age 75–76)
Academic background
Alma materMassey University
Thesis

Dame Judith Helen McGregor DNZM (born 1948) is a New Zealand lawyer, journalist, public servant and academic. She is currently a full professor at Auckland University of Technology[1] and chairs the Waitematā District Health Board.

Career

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McGregor completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Waikato in 1970, where she was founding editor of Nexus, the student magazine.[2] Working as a journalist, she rose to editorship of the Sunday News and the Auckland Star, and served on the Broadcasting Standards Authority.[2] She took a stand against the 1981 Springboks tour, and walked in the 1975 Māori land march.[3]

After a PhD in political communication, completed in 1995,[4] McGregor worked as a professor at Massey University.[2] In the 2004 New Year Honours, McGregor was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to journalism.[5]

Between 2003 and 2013, McGregor served two five-year terms as the first Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner for the New Zealand Human Rights Commission, appointed by Minister Margaret Wilson and replaced in the role by politician Jackie Blue.[6][7][8] As commissioner, her report Caring Count, based on undercover work in the aged-care industry, had a huge impact[9][10][11][12] and led ultimately to an industry-wide settlement.[13]

McGregor then moved to Auckland University of Technology as professor.[1] In 2016, she was named supreme winner at the Women in Governance Awards.[3] After the resignation of Lester Levy as chair of the Waitematā District Health Board, the Minister of Health, David Clark, appointed McGregor to the role, effective 10 June 2018.[14]

McGregor was promoted to Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to human rights and health, in the 2022 Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours.[15]

Notable students of McGregor include Sue Bradford.[16]

Selected works

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  • New Zealand Human Rights Commission. "Caring Counts, Tautiaki tika." (2012).
  • McGregor, Judy, and Lance Gray. "Stereotypes and older workers: The New Zealand experience." Social Policy Journal of New Zealand (2002): 163–177.
  • McGregor, Judy, and David Tweed. "Profiling a new generation of female small business owners in New Zealand: Networking, mentoring and growth." Gender, Work & Organization 9, no. 4 (2002): 420–438.
  • McGregor, Judy, David Tweed, and Richard Pech. "Human capital in the new economy: devil's bargain?." Journal of Intellectual Capital 5, no. 1 (2004): 153–164.
  • Gray, Lance, and Judy McGregor. "Human resource development and older workers: Stereotypes in New Zealand." Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources 41, no. 3 (2003): 338–353.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Judy McGregor". AUT. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Judy McGregor - Distinguished Alumni - Alumni @ Waikato : University of Waikato". Alumni.waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Professor Judy McGregor supreme winner of Women in Governance Awards". Stuff.co.nz. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  4. ^ McGregor, Judith (1995). The "manufacture" of news in the 1993 New Zealand general election (Doctoral thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/3901.
  5. ^ "New Year Honours List 2004 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet". DPMC. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  6. ^ "EEO Commissioner appointed".
  7. ^ "2002-go7689 - New Zealand Gazette". Gazette.govt.nz. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  8. ^ Massey University New Zealand News and Media Information (24 August 2007). "Massey News Article | Professor McGregor to become EEO Commissioner". Massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Report into the aged care sector should be a springboard for action". Psa.org.nz. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Judy McGregor: Private sector has obligation to show same leadership as Government in pay equity". The New Zealand Herald. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Undercover boss slams workers' conditions". Stuff.co.nz. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  12. ^ "New Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner".
  13. ^ "New Zealand Human Rights Commission applauds historic pay equity settlement". Human Rights Commission. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  14. ^ "New Auckland DHB chairs announced" (Press release). Wellington: New Zealand Government. Scoop. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  15. ^ "The Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours List 2022". The New Zealand Herald. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  16. ^ Sue Bradford (2014), A major left wing think tank in Aotearoa: An impossible dream or a call to action?, Tuwhera Open Access Publisher, hdl:10292/7435, Wikidata Q111290623
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