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Executive

Angela Calkin Goeres

Director, Stakeholder Engagement
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Donella Cobb

Manager, International Development & Insights
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Kate Maxwell

Director, People, Finance & Workplace
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Kate Wareham

Te Tumu Whakarae - CEO
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Michelle Evans

Director, Programmes & Volunteer Services/Deputy Chief Executive Officer
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Overseas staff

Chris Rimats

Country Programme Officer (Bougainville)
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Emma Christopher

Programme Manager (Fiji)
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Eretibete Timiti

Programme Manager (Kiribati)
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James Uri-Puati

Country Programme Advisor (Cook Islands)
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Jelinda Tiare

Country Programme Coordinator (Solomon Islands)
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Johannes Gambo

Programme Manager (Papua New Guinea)
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Lagi Natanielu

Programme Manager (Samoa)
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Lasi Tariloni

Country Programme Coordinator (Vanuatu)
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Matt Lambie

Programme Manager (Bougainville)
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Micaela van der Schaaf

Programme Manager (Vanuatu)
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Miriama Levasa-Otto

Country Programme Coordinator (Samoa)
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Ngaire Tihema

Country Programme Advisor (Papua New Guinea)
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Saane Tupou

Country Programme Coordinator (Tonga)
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Sam Puati-Ellison

Country Programme Coordinator (Cook Islands)
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Sandra Octaviana de Fatima Mendonca (Cindy)

Programme Manager (Timor-Leste)
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Shupayi Mpunga-Direen

Programme Manager (Solomon Islands)
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Tina Mackie

Programme Manager (Tonga, Cook Islands, & Niue)
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Wellington staff

Bill Backhaus

Volunteer Recruitment Manager
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Natasha Muir

Marketing, Communications and Fundraising Manager
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Nigel Dixon

Operations Manager
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Stephen Gallacher

Finance Manager
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Tamar Porat

Business Development Manager
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