Committee
Meet the 2025 Committee Members
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Sally Fleming
Chair
Kia ora tātou
Ko Pukemakamaka te Maunga
Ko Taiari te Awa
Nō Ōtepoti ahau
Ko Fleming tōku Whānau
Ko Sally tōku ingoa
Kathy Lynch
Ko Kathy taku ingoa
I am known as Kathy
Nō Airana me nō Koterana ōku tīpuna.
My ancestors are from Ireland and Scotland.
I tae mai ōku tīpuna ki Aotearoa i te tau 1839.
My forebears first arrived in Aotearoa in 1839.
Ko Mabel rāua ko Robert Lyall me Dorothy rāua ko Ivor ōku kaumatua.
Mabel and Robert Lyall, and Dorothy and Ivor are my grandparents.
I tipu ake au i Karaka, Tāmaki Makaurau
I grew up in Green Bay, Auckland
I noho ana au i Te Pāpaku a Whai , i Tāmaki Makaurau.
I live in St Mary’s Bay in Auckland.
Ko tenei taku mihi ki ngā tāngata whenua o te rohe nei.
I acknowledge the indigenous people of this area.
Ka mihi hoki au ki ngā tohu o te rohe nei.
I acknowledge the important landmarks of this area.
Nō reira, tēnā koutou katoa.
My greetings to you all.
Lisa Henderson
Kia ora tatou
Ko Aoraki te Maunga
Ko Waitaki te Awa
No Waipohai Ahau
Ko Henderson tōku whānau
Ko Lisa tōku ingoa
Jo Hendrickson
Kia ora koutou
Ko Jo Hendrickson tōku ingoa
Ko Paparoa te maunga e ru nei taku nakau
Paparoa is the mountain that speaks to my heart
Ko Mawhera te awa e mahea nei aku maharahara
Mawhere is the river that alleviates my worries
No Te Wai Harakeke ahau
I am from Blenheim
E mihi ana ki nga tohu e nehe, o Te Taui-o-te-waka
I recognise the ancestral and spiritual landmarks of Marlborough where I live
No reira tena koutou katoa
This my acknowledgement to you all
Diane Noble
Kia ora koutou
Ko Taranaki, ko Maungatautari ōku maunga
Ko Waiongana, ko Waikato ōku awa
Ko Aotea, ko Tainui ōku waka
Ko Te Āti Awa, ko Waikato ōku iwi
Ko Puketapu, ko Ngatī Korokī Kahukura ōku hapū
Ko Muru Raupatu, Ko Maungatautari ōku marae
Ko Diane Perenara tōku ingoa
Abby Earrey
Tēnā koutou katoa
Ko Kōtarani
Ko Edinburgh te whenua tupu
Kei Wanaka, Te Waipunamuau au e noho ana
He Tapuhi Whai Rēhitatanga au i Otago Tūroro
Ko Abby Earrey au
Tēnā tātou katoa
Greetings
I am Scottish
I grew up in Edinburgh
I live in Wanaka
I am a registered nurse at Otago Hospice
I am Abby Earrey
Greetings to one and all
Fran Dodunski
Nō Parani, Kōtirana, Ingarangi āku tīpuna
I tae mai ōku tīpuna ki Aotearoa i te tau 1840 Akaroa, 1841 Taranaki, 1842 Te Whanganui-a-Tara, 1858 Ōtepoti, 1925 Tāmaki Makarau.
I tipu ake au ki Te Papaioea
E noho ana au ki Aorangi
Ko Henry toku hoa tane
Ko Gabriella raua ko, Aidan aku tamariki
E mahi ana au hei neehi pairuri, ki Arohanui Hospice
Ko tēnei taku mihi ki ngā tāngata whenua o Aotearoa
Ko Fran Dodunski tōku ingoa
Rachel Sinclair
Kia ora koutou
Ko Tititea te Maunga
Ko Clutha te Awa
Nō Wanaka Ahau
Ko Hodge me Sinclair ōku whānau
Ko Rachel Sinclair tōku ingoa