We’re a diverse bunch of trustees and community researchers, and welcome others to join us.
Renee Raroa (Trustee)
Ngāti Porou
Renee is from Rangitukia and works with Toha NZ developing an online platform to reliably measure and prove regenerative outcomes. Renee provides oversight for most of the projects and is deeply involved in a couple of them herself.
Dr Naomi Simmons (Trustee)
Raukawa, Ngāti Huri
A Raukawa wahine, a researcher and Māmā to tamariki from Tairāwhiti, Naomi’s world is centred on mana wahine knowledges and practices that support wāhine and whānau to decolonise and reindigenise their worlds. Drawing from land-based learning Naomi’s work brings together whenua, whānau and whakapapa.
Harley Dibble (Projects Coordinator)
With a background in local government and public policy in Aotearoa and the UK, Harley has a focus on energy, decarbonisation and climate education – he is leading the Deliberative Democracy project focused on regional land use issues.
Dayna Chaffey (Ringawera)
Ngāti Porou
Dana has worked on a number of kaupapa with Te Weu, most recently the Kura Taiao capacity-building programme, Wellbeing & Extreme Weather research and our Cyclone Gabrielle anniversary Ka Muri Ka Mua research symposium.
Natasha Koia (Ringawera)
Ngāti Porou
Tarsh has worked on a number of kaupapa with Te Weu, most recently the Kura Taiao capacity-building programme, Taonga & Climate Change, Resilient Kaenga and our Cyclone Gabrielle anniversary Ka Muri Ka Mua research symposium. She’s currently testing an online climate resilience tool and compiling a database of Tairāwhiti health and climate research.
Te Weu Tairāwhiti 