Tend Ladies' Long Lunch
A lunch with purpose
Join us for an inspiring afternoon dedicated to women's health, connection and conversation.
Too often, women's hauora gets pushed to the back burner. We put everyone else first – our whānau, our work, our communities.
This event is your permission slip to prioritise yourself. To ask the questions that keep you up at night, to connect with other wāhine and to learn from experts who genuinely care about your wellbeing.
What your ticket includes
Insights from inspiring speakers and women’s health experts, including Dame Valerie Adams
The opportunity to ask questions during our live panel discussion
Funding free cervical screening for a wahine in need
A welcome drink, plated lunch and dessert
Held in honour of the late Dr Lee Mathias ONZM, a tireless advocate for women’s hauora in Aotearoa, this special long lunch is a chance to step away from the demands of everyday life and focus on something many women put last on their list: their own health.
Bring the girls to the table
Whether it’s your leadership team, your women’s network, yoga group or your closest girlfriends - this long lunch is worth the diary block!
Your ticket helps save lives
Every ticket sale goes towards funding free cervical screening for another wahine where cost is a barrier.
Tickets are limited, reserve your table today.
Speakers
Dame Valerie Adams
One of New Zealand’s most iconic athletes, Dame Valerie Adams is a passionate advocate and inspiring speaker on resilience, leadership, and health.
Cecilia Robinson
Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Tend Health
Dame Ranjna Patel
Total Healthcare PHO executive trustee, Co-founder of Tamaki Health, Founder of Gandhi Nivas
Denise Cosgrove
CEO at The Selwyn Foundation
Expert panel
Niki Bezzant
Niki Bezzant is a journalist, author and speaker with a focus on women’s health, menopause and healthy ageing.
Dr Eileen Sables
As a trusted Tend GP, Eileen brings a dedicated passion for women’s health while cherishing the unique privilege of caring for up to five generations of families together.
Dr Amelia Ryan
Dr Amelia Ryan is a gynaecologist and obstetrician in Auckland, New Zealand. She works as a consultant in public practise at Waitemata District Health Board and as a gynaecologist and fertility specialist at Advanced Gynaecology Auckland.
Lily Henderson
Lily Henderson is a NZ Registered Dietitian at My Food Bag
About Dr Lee Mathias ONZM
Lee was a healthcare trailblazer, women’s health champion and one of Tend’s founding directors. As a key face of Tend Women’s Health Week, she showed us what advocacy looks like: tireless, joyful and always centred on the women she served.
Beyond Tend, Lee was one of Aotearoa's most influential voices in healthcare. A nurse first (Middlemore, Principal Nurse), she founded Birthcare and Labtests, chaired Counties Manukau DHB and served as Deputy Chair of Auckland DHB shaping maternal care, diagnostics and policy across the country.
This long lunch celebrates her legacy and the spirit she lived by: healthcare that’s equitable, accessible and designed for people and their whānau.
2025 evening event
Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity
