Margaret Bazley

Dame Margaret Bazley
ONZ DNZM
Bazley in 2011
Born
Margaret Clara Hope[1]

(1938-01-23) 23 January 1938 (age 86)
Paeroa, New Zealand
OccupationPublic servant

Dame Margaret Clara Bazley ONZ DNZM (née Hope, born 23 January 1938) is a New Zealand public servant. She began her career as a psychiatric nurse and rose through the ranks to senior leadership positions at psychiatric hospitals and district health boards. In 1978 she became the Director of Nursing at the Department of Health, the chief nursing position in New Zealand and at that time the most senior position in the public service held by a woman, and in 1984 became the first female State Services Commissioner. She subsequently held top positions at the Department of Transport and the Department of Social Welfare.

In 2012 Bazley was made an additional member of the Order of New Zealand, New Zealand's highest honour. She has continued with public sector work throughout her retirement and has a reputation for reform, transformational leadership and problem-solving.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Gower, Patrick (14 April 2007). "Private detective checked out Dame Margaret Bazley". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Patron – Dame Margaret Bazley". Te Ao Māramatanga – New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses Inc. April 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. ^ Du Chateau, Carroll; Masters, Catherine (6 April 2007). "Dame Margaret, the stellar state servant". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Dame Margaret Bazley – Blake Medallist 2011". Blake NZ. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Illustrious public servant to receive honorary degree". Victoria University of Wellington. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2020.