"Health isn't necessarily just a health issue. It's social. It's housing. We need as a community to come together and use our resources wisely."
One of her strengths is thinking long and with integrity and taking the "helicopter view" into the future, rather than getting stuck on details.
Born and raised in the Waitotara Valley, Ms Osborne said she was blessed with three adult children. She worked for Te Oranganui Iwi Health Authority in its pioneering Family Start programme and as a nutrition and physical activity health promoter. She's the longest serving member of its governing board.
She's been the sport and health co-ordinator at Whanganui High School, and was also co-opted to its board.
She was then Whanganui District Health Board's Maori health co-ordinator for eight years, which she loved. Along with John Maihi and the late Dardi Mete Kingi Mato and Bill Maremare she helped with the hospital redesign.
These days she works part-time as a teacher aide at Whanganui Intermediate School, which she also loves.
She's already a member of the health board's hospital advisory committee, of Te Oranganui's audit, risk and finance committee, of Jigsaw Whanganui's governing board and of the Whanganui River post-settlement iwi governance group, Nga Tangata Tiaki.
"I don't really have much time for myself. If I'm on the DHB there are some things I will need to reconsider," she said.
Ms Osborne's iwi affiliations are Whanganui, with Ngati Tama and Ngati Pareraukawa.
