On Tuesday, September 3rd, Kris received her medal as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit from Her Excellency The Rt. Hon. Dame Cindy Ciro. This is the citation.
For services to people with long-term conditions and older adults.
Ms Kris Tynan has worked for more than 40 years as a health and fitness professional in the United Kingdom and New Zealand, specialising in supporting people who live with long-term medical conditions to exercise.
Ms Tynan co-established the Exercise as Medicine charity in New Zealand to support this work. She has written several online training courses for exercise professionals in the areas of osteoarthritis and osteoporosis, diabetes and obesity, prostate and breast cancer, Parkinson’s and stroke, and respiratory conditions.
She has authored the books ‘Leading Older Adults in Functional Fitness Activity’ and ‘Interactive Instructor’, which is used worldwide as a course textbook and reference for health and physical activity providers.
She is the national trainer for Prost-FIT, the nationwide programme for men with prostate cancer, and is a regular presenter at conferences and workshops throughout New Zealand as well as featuring in publications in the United Kingdom.
Ms Tynan delivers the Ronnie Gardner Method (RGM), a multi-sensory practise stimulating cognitive and motor skills, and is a member of the RGM Aotearoa tutoring team training others in the method.