Interviews

Junior Ulu, Programme Manager for Polynesia, answers some questions about his job. Read More

Hannah Stewart answers some questions about what it's like being VSA's Programme Manager in the New Guinea Islands. Read More

Karen Horton talks about living and working in Timor-Leste as VSA's Programme Manager there. Read More

Since March this year. Read More

Four years in total: three in Wellington as a Programme Officer (first with the Asia and Africa programmes and then within the Pacific team) and almost one year in Honiara in my current role. Read More

I’ve had a 13 year association with VSA, starting as a volunteer in Vanuatu in 1999. A second VSA assignment followed in Timor-Leste, before I completed the transition from Volunteer Pre-School Teacher Trainer to VSA Country Programme Manager (Bougainville) in 2005. Read More

New Zealand-born, Samoan-raised in Auckland, Junior Ulu, was VSA’s Pacific Programme Officer from 2003-2011 and is now the Country Programme Manager for Polynesia. Originally a secondary school history teacher, Junior has swapped his classroom for a life working in development with VSA volunteers. Read More

Karen Horton talks about living and working in Timor-Leste as a VSA Country Programme Manager. Read More

Hannah Stewart talks about living and working in Papua New Guinea as a VSA Country Programme Manager.  Read More

Nicholas Latty studied Law and Geography for five years at Otago University and then went on a UniVol assignment to Tanzania.  On his return he came to Wellington to take his professional studies for law – which was when he was snapped up by VSA in search of a new... Read More