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 Geograph
y. 

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 TanuiŌnuku Rūnanga
Manaia Cunningham – Te  Rūnanga o Koukourārata
Tyla Harrison_Hunt – Te Taumutu Rūnanga
Maire Kipa – Wairewa Rūnanga
Tania Wati – Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga