HiNZ announced the Fellowship Programme at a networking event in Auckland on November 19. The programme recognises health informatics leaders who demonstrate “significant digital and data achievement and contributions, leadership and service for the health and disability sector of Aotearoa New Zealand”. The HiNZ board identified the founding fellows who have a significant legacy of service and leadership in health informatics. These fellows will be awarded their certificates at the Auckland Digital Health Leadership Summit on March 26. HiNZ board member Karen Blake says, “a small working group of the board has developed this programme over the past few months to honour those people in New Zealand who are working at the