Dr Ashley Bloomfield will be in Whanganui this week as guest speaker for the Porritt Lecture.
New Zealand's director-general of health has become a prominent public figure this year, leading the country's successful response to the coronavirus pandemic.
He will speak at a public event at Whanganui's War Memorial Centre on Thursday, November 19. The talk, which starts at 7pm, is free and open to all.
Dr Bloomfield is a specialist in public health medicine, especially non-communicable diseases. He has a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery, and graduated from the University of Auckland with a Master of Public Health degree, with first-class honours.
He has worked at the World Health Organization in Geneva on non-communicable disease prevention and control with a global focus. Formerly chief executive of Hutt Valley District Health Board, he was appointed director-general of health in June 2018.