About us
Matui is a leading Aotearoa New Zealand research and information/data analysis company that helps clients across the primary care health sector.
We are driven by a desire to assist people to access high-quality information and strategic advice to aid decision making and improve health outcomes.
The datasets we use from the Ministry of Health Data Collections are de-identified, no prescriber or patient details are available.
We partner with digital product creation, web agency Communica to assist with some of our projects, like the EPiC dashboard (Evaluating Prescribing to inform Care), to optimise user experience and design.
Health information can only bring positive changes to healthcare when human insight helps people make sense of it. We’ve gathered a respected team of experts in their fields that make this a reality for our clients.
Meet the Matui team
Dr Alesha Smith
Our team is led by director Alesha, an associate professor at the University of Otago, who has over 15 years' experience as a health researcher and education consultant for DHBs, PHOs and health organisations.
She also led Matui’s team in developing EPiC – the first personalised medicines dashboard in New Zealand.
Ivan Piacun
IT specialist Ivan is a Solutions Architect and a Senior Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator.
Ivan is a Chartered IT Professional and a Member of the IT Professionals New Zealand and is a past branch chair in Hamilton, past treasurer, plus a past committee member of many years and regularly attends ITP events.
He is always keen to find the best fit solution for an issue, and if he can’t find one, to design it.
Dr Noni Richards
Senior researcher Noni is a New Zealand registered pharmacist and has postgraduate research qualifications and research experience.
Noni has worked as a contract researcher researching and writing evidence based medical articles for both health professionals and patients.
She has been the lead author on more than 40 articles in the Best Practice Journal.
Noni was also involved in the development of a new patient-attended Pharmacy Clinic at the School of Pharmacy.