Dame Kerry Prendergast

Professional Director and former Mayor of Wellington (2001-2010). Former independent midwife with 25 years experience

Dame Kerry Prendergast has been a Director of Oceania since 22 December 2016. Dame Kerry is a professional director. She was Mayor of Wellington (2001-2010) and is currently the Chair of Wellington Free Ambulance, Wellington Opera, Tourism Industry Association, Capital Kiwi, Advisory Oversight Group (Wellington Region Water Service Delivery Planning) and Royal New Zealand Ballet. Dame Kerry is also a trustee of New Zealand Community Trust and the Wellington International Arts Foundation. For 25 years Dame Kerry was an independent midwife after training as a general nurse in 1970, and consequently gaining a Diploma in Intensive Care. She was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) in 2011 and was promoted to Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in January 2019 for services to governance and the community.