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Rob has a dental degree and is a Dental Public Health Specialist. He has worked as a clinical dentist, a public health policy analyst for the World Dental Federation in Geneva, a Senior Political Advisor to the Minister of Health in Parliament and more recently as the National Public Health Advocate for Health NZ.

Rob is currently the New Zealand Dental Association Spokesperson.

Rob has been instrumental in firmly placing the dangers of sugary drinks on the national agenda, including helping to initiate policies where no sugary drinks are sold at Hospitals, some Councils and many schools around New Zealand and the World Health Organization in Geneva.

Rob has also been intimately involved with the New Zealand Dental Association’s Community Water Fluoridation advocacy project which successfully advocated for the adoption of the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill in 2021, a major win for the oral health of New Zealanders.