Hinemoa Elder

Hinemoa Elder MNZM (born 1966)[1][2] is a New Zealand youth forensic psychiatrist and former television presenter.

After her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, Elder enrolled at the University of Auckland to study medicine.

Her doctoral thesis, completed at Massey University in 2012, focused on the development of tikanga approaches for Māori children who experienced traumatic brain injury.

She is a deputy member of the New Zealand Mental Health Review Tribunal and a specialist assessor under the Intellectual Disability Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation Act 2003.

[9] In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours, Elder was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to psychiatry and Māori.