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Welcome to Reflect Conference 2026

Greville Wood

Welcome to Reflect 2026

Thank you for joining your colleagues at this year’s Christian Medical Fellowship conference. A significant change from last year is that we also welcome our dental colleagues, who are now full members of our fellowship.

This year’s theme is an important and defining characteristic of our mission:

Learn to do good.

Seek justice.

Help the oppressed.

Defend the cause of orphans.

Fight for the rights of widows.

Isaiah 1:17

Jesus himself expressed the same sentiment when he quoted Isaiah as he launched his ministry in Nazareth. He was handed the scroll and read from Isaiah 61:

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free, and that the time of the Lord’s favour has come.

Luke 4:18–19

In Isaiah 1, the Lord urges his people to reflect on their lives, to reach out to him, to confess the sin that separates them from him, and to receive the forgiveness he freely offers. Then we will be able to walk with the Lord each day, hear his voice, learn to trust and love him, and choose to obey him.

“Come now, let’s settle this,” says the Lord.

“Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool. If you will only obey me, you will have plenty to eat.”

Isaiah 1:18–19

It has never been more important for us as a fellowship to come together — to support each other in prayer, financially, and collegially. There will be many challenges ahead of us as we seek justice, help the oppressed, defend the cause of orphans and widows, work to release the captives, and set the oppressed free.

This is our work each and every day as those who need a doctor seek our care.

I pray that this conference will bless you, that you will form and renew friendships, and that in some way this time spent together will encourage you to obey our Lord’s call.

Yours in Christ,
Greville Wood
Chair, CMFnz

Dr Mark Jones

Welcome from NCFNZ

Tēnā koutou katoa, nau mai, haere mai!

It is my honour to welcome you once again to a Reflect conference held in partnership with our dear friends at CMFnz.

At a time when the concept of justice seems to be lacking in our world, let us do our utmost to consider the importance of fair and equitable access to a just health care and seek to defend that right here at home in Aotearoa New Zealand.

On behalf of the national committee of NCFNZ, haere mai, haere mai, haere mai!

Dr Mark Jones
President, NCFNZ

Conference Schedule

JUSTHealth Conference Schedule - Christchurch
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Christchurch Schedule

Reflect 2026 · JUSTHealth
8:30am
Break
Registration and refreshments
9:00am
Session
Opening session
Mihi Whakatau/Welcome
Opening Musical Worship
Devotion: Ben Carswell National Director, TSCF
Musical Worship
Welcome, musical worship and devotion on living an undivided life, to set the tone of justice, shalom, and spiritual grounding.
9:40am
Plenary Session
Revealing Shalom: Biblical Foundations of Justice
Chris Clarke
Former Health Leader, CEO, Wilberforce Foundation
This plenary talk invites us to rediscover justice not as a human construct, but as a divine calling rooted in the very character of God. Through key scriptural insights, Chris will explore how justice is woven into God’s vision of shalom - a holistic peace marked by love, restoration, and right relationship. Together, we will reflect on how biblical justice calls us to participate in God’s redemptive work, shaping communities that reflect His heart for wholeness and flourishing.
10:10am
Worship
Worship
10:15am
Session
Mixer: Stepping into Communities of Practice
A mixer for introductions into colleagues in similar practice areas. We’ll uncover shared interests, challenges, and opportunities that shape our work.
10:30am
Break
Paramanawa/Morning tea
11:00am
Plenary Session
Justice in Healthcare
Rachel Karalus
Former CEO, K‘aute Pasifika Trust; Hamilton City Councillor
This plenary talk explores how Jesus’ teachings of compassion and justice speak into the inequities shaping health outcomes both locally and globally. It invites us to consider how faith-informed advocacy can illuminate the structural and social forces that marginalise the vulnerable, and calls us to respond with courage, wisdom, and love. Grounded in biblical principles, this session will reflect on how healthcare can become a space of restoration, dignity, and justice for all. Through the case study and learnings of K'aute Pasifika, Rachel’s story will inspire principles which can be applied to practice and vocational journeys.
11:30am
Question Time
Question Time
11:40am
Lightning Sessions
Justice in Action: Voices of JUSTHealth Lightning Sessions
(Restorative) Justice and Women’s Pelvic Surgical Mesh Harm: The Power of being Heard
Jacqueline Tuffnell
Mesh injury survivor and lived experience researcher; former Consumer Representative on the MOH Surgical Mesh Roundtable
Inside Humanitarian Healthcare: A Day on Deployment
Gabi Macaulay
Registered Emergency Nurse; trained in rapid response disasters
Restorative Justice in Healthcare
Miranda Warner
Business Lead and Facilitator of Restorative Justice Nelson
Standing in the Gap: Advocacy and Challenge in the Healthcare Chaplain Role
Jacqueline Tuffnell
Senior Clinical Advisor and Chaplain Team Facilitator, Presbyterian Support Central; Associate President of the NZ Healthcare Chaplains Association
12:20pm
Session
Check in time
Time to reflect and pray.
12:30pm
Break
Stretch Break
12:35pm
Plenary Session
Oral Health Reform & Advocacy
Robin Whyman
Director of Policy, NZ Dental Association
1:05pm
Question Time
Question Time
1:15pm
Break
Tina/Lunch
2:15pm
Keynote
Kia tika, kia pono, kia taurite
Lady Tureiti Moxon
Managing Director, Te Kohao Health; Chairperson, National Urban Maori Authority
Keynote.
2:45pm
Question Time
Question Time
2:55pm
Breakout
Breakout Sessions Block
Choose one breakout to attend.
Justice in Mission: Global & Local Health Equity
Panellists: Faumuina Professor Fa'afetai Sopoaga, Drs Nick and Tessa Laing, Dr Phil White
Convened by Dr Sarah Masterton
Responding to Family Violence in Clinical Practice
Averil Brown, Miranda Warner
Justice for Me: Flourishing as a Christian Health Worker
Gabi Macaulay RN
Lab Clinical Educator; Emergency RN; Former President, NCFA
3:40pm
Break
Paramanawa/Afternoon tea
4:00pm
Plenary Session
Public vs Private: the Commercialisation of Healthcare
Tony Wai
Health Leader and Innovator
As commercial pressures increasingly shape healthcare in Aotearoa, Christians face challenging questions about justice, equity, and vocation. This session explores how public and private systems can both support and undermine access to care, and how market forces influence dignity, outcomes, and the experience of the vulnerable. Grounded in the biblical call to seek justice and embody shalom, we will consider how Christian practitioners can navigate mixed models of care with integrity and help shape systems that prioritise compassion, equity, and human flourishing.
4:30pm
Question Time
Question Time
4:40pm
Session
Check in time
Time to reflect on resonance/resistance and pray.
4:50pm
Session
Closing Message, Musical Worship & Prayer
Closing message: Chris Clarke
Closing Musical Worship
Prayer
Thank yous, closing karakia, musical worship, and commissioning attendees to live out JUSTHealth in their communities.
5:15pm
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Schedule details are subject to change.

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