Maggie Toko

Maggie identifies as having a lived experience and as being indigenous to Aotearoa and comes from Ngati Whatua and Ngapuhi tribes.  Maggie is currently the Assistant Commissioner Lived Experience and Engagement at the Mental Health Complaints Commission.  Maggie has worked in homelessness, youth, sexual assault and young women’s services as well as mental health most recently having been the CEO of VMIAC – Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council and the Peak Consumer organisation in Victoria. 

Maggie is a staunch believer in Human Rights and has a commitment to raise the voice of  Mental Health Consumers and Carers in the mental health system.  Maggie believes that the voice of first nations and multi cultural communities should be championed as much as possible and has recently been involved in a project that addresses shared information in a variety of community languages.  Working in codesign the Mental Health Complaints Commission worked with Polaron to hear the voice of communities in what they want to know about the complaints processes in languages that are accessible and clear.