Dr Amanda Landers was born and bred in rural Aotearoa New Zealand. The Deep South is where her passion for palliative care began as a junior doctor, and she currently works for Hospice Southland. Amanda enjoys talking with patients and families facing life-limiting illness and helping them plan and prepare for the future. She has worked in large urban areas, and in remote environments in both Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Amanda is the Head of Department, Medicine at the Otago Medical School in Christchurch and is the module convenor for the Palliative and End of Life Module. In 2023, she completed a PhD investigating people with end-stage chronic lung disease and their health care network, with recommendations for new models of care. Amanda also leads the Aotearoa Australian Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy Research (ASPERT) Group who strive towards implementing best practice for those with pancreatic cancer in Australasia.