Tō Mātou Tīma - Our Team
I live in a tree house that was featured in the locally produced film “Z Nail Gang” – how cool is that? A hippie at heart, I thrive when surrounded by nature. My little chainsaw is my best ever toy. My pet hate is Crocs; refuse to own a pair, handy as they may be. Love my whanau, food and wine too; still trying to make a drinkable red brew from the grapes we grow. In my “spare” time I do creative things: yoga and compete with my husband at table tennis, Kubb, cards, scrabble, golf - well, anything really. Everyone loves a winner after all 😊
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Ko Linge te awa
Ko Noordzee te moana
Ko Nederland tōku iwi
Ko Charlotte tōku ingoa
I was 13 when my parents moved to NZ. Over the years I lived in many places between Auckland and Wellington (five colleges and one uni made me feel like a nomad), but eventually I settled in the WBOP area in 2000. Just love the sun and surf! In 2017 I finally came “home”; my husband and I are the proud kaitiaki of a 6 acre bush-clad valley. Working with plants for many years, I changed to working with people in 2010 and found my other passion – facilitation.
Experience & Expertise:
Gardening tips!! And a diverse kete of facilitation skills from my mahi over the years at Relationships Aotearoa/Stand Children’s Services Tū Māia, Anglican Care Seasons grief programme, Living Without Violence and Strengthening Families.
What I do:
SociaLink Tūhono Pāpori opened its doors to me in 2019 – I love my work in the community – connecting people and organisations, and supporting collaboration across our social sector. My mahi is varied – facilitation, organising hui, project and event management, networking and peer support groups, strategic planning, sitting on collective steering groups.
I also coordinate the training workshops that we deliver at SociaLink. They are advertised in our fortnightly pānui (sign up below!). Let me know if you have any suggestions for our training programme.