Our team
Our dedicated team work around the country, with our head office team based in Hamilton. For more information on each staff member, or to contact them - click on the profiles below.
Head Office Team
Based in Hamilton, the head office team support staff around the country.
Regional Coordinators
Nardene Berry
Regional Coordinator - Waikato; North Island Team Leader
Jo Buckner
Canterbury Regional Coordinator; South Island Team Leader
Tania Bramley
Regional Coordinator - Manawatu/Whanganui
Tireni Ratema
Regional Coordinator/ Poutuitui ā-rohe - Bay of Plenty
Nathan Burkepile
Regional Coordinator - Hawke's Bay
Annette Litherland
Regional Coordinator - Nelson/Marlborough
Nicole Foote
Regional Coordinator - Otago
Te Ao te o Rangi Apaapa
Mātauranga Māori Facilitator (Maungatautari to Pirongia Ecological Corridor)
Bexie Towle
Project Coordinator (Maungatautari to Pirongia Ecological Corridor)South Island Team
Catchment Coordinators
Jon Hampson
Northland Catchments Coordinator/North Island Team Leader
Shona Sluys
Canterbury Catchments Coordinator/South Island Team Leader
Sam Gibson
Te Tairāwhiti/East Coast Catchments Coordinator
Ric Balfour
Waikato Catchments Coordinator
Wendy Sullivan
Marlborough Catchments Coordinator
Rhianna Hughes Eddy
West Coast Catchments CoordinatorBoard of Trustees
Our Board is made up of seven trustees organisations, including: Rural Women New Zealand; Federated Farmers of New Zealand; Fish & Game NZ; Ecologic Foundation; Federated Mountain Clubs; Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society of NZ; and Federation of Maori Authorities.
George Matthews
Federation of Maori Authorities. (Board chair).
Kevin Hague
Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society of NZ - CEO (Deputy Chair)
Owen Cox
Federated Mountain Clubs
Gill Naylor
Rural Women New Zealand President.
Andrew Hoggard
Federated Farmers of NZ President
Guy Salmon
Ecologic Foundation
