Kaimahi | Our team

Manaia Cunningham
Interim Managing Director
Ngāti Irakehu, Ngāti Mutunga ki Wharekauri

Renée Cridland
Environmental Advisor
Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga, Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou and Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura.

Kelly Sunnex
Senior Environmental Advisor
Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Hons)

Matt Walcott
Environmental Advisor
Ngāiti Kahungunu
Bachelor of Science. Major in Geography

Dr Donna Sutherland
Senior Environmental Advisor
PhD – Environmental Science MRSNZ (Professional Member of Te Apārangi
Royal Society of New Zealand)

Tayla Cross
Environmental Advisor
Bachelor of Science in Zoology and Marine Science. Working towards a Postgraduate Diploma in environmental management.

Grace King
Environmental Advisor
Bachelor of Environmental Science –
honours in Environmental Change

Angela Burton
Environmental Advisor
Bachelor of Applied Science, Major in Environmental Management. Postgraduate Diploma in Water Resource Management

Tama Hamilton-Morrison
Environmental Advisor
Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa,
Ngā Rauru
Working towards a Bachelor of Science.
Major in Geography.

Tāmati Cunningham
Intern
Working towards Bachelor

Josh Carlile
Intern
Bachelor of Environmental Science Honors Sustainable Coasts
Board Directors
Gail Gorden – Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke (Rāpaki) Rūnanga (Chair)
Rik Tanui – Ōnuku Rūnanga
Manaia Cunningham – Te Rūnanga o Koukourārata
Tyla Harrison_Hunt – Te Taumutu Rūnanga
Maire Kipa – Wairewa Rūnanga
Tania Wati – Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga