About Us
Mission
To help individuals, families, and communities improve health outcomes through effective and achievable evidence based methods
Vision
To resolve the root cause of illness and reduce barriers to true health though education, coaching, and shared care scalable models
Our Team
Dr. Dave Jenkins
Medical Director
- GP and Director of Wellness Initiatives – Ngati Porou Hauora
- Founder of Humanitarian Aid Organization SurfAid
- Optimal Health Consultant
- Bredesen Protocol Practitioner
After graduating from Otago University Medical School in 1982, Dave’s extraordinary career began with developing one of the largest rural medical practices in New Zealand with 6,500 patients; then pursued medical education as a Senior Lecturer at Auckland Medical School ; to Executive Director of a large multinational healthcare program in Asia; to SurfAid, an award-winning charity he founded in 2000.
Dave’s achievements have been recognised many times over, including being a top ten semi-finalist for New Zealander of the year in 2012.
Dave is passionate about reducing disease and suffering on a global scale and helping people reach their optimal self. SurfAid programs have reduced mother and infant mortality rates in the villages where they operate, reduced the incidence of malaria in these locations and prepare residents for emergencies such as earthquakes and tsunamis through their unique “emergency preparedness programs”.
Miki Okuno
Wellness Director
- Holistic Nutritionist
- Clinical Hypnotherapist
- Master NLP Practitioner
- Bredesen Protocol Practitioner
A specialist in behavioural nutrition, Miki is a skilled expert in creating delicious program specific recipes and in training and optimising the mind.
She is passionate about assisting individuals create new and improved ways of living fuller healthier lives through integrative approaches. As a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Miki specialises in the power of nutrition and its influence on the body and brain.
A Certified Master Clinical Hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner gifted in facilitating sustained behavior change and focused on attaining rapid yet long lasting results and transformation for her clients, Miki’s success is driven by her commitment to customising effective and appropriate approaches for each individual or group.
Trained in Medical & Dental Hypnosis as well as Hypnotherapy for Depression & Anxiety, she has aided clients through pain relief, accelerated healing and recovery and elimination of barriers to true health.