Who we are
Kaltuka Amos
Kaltuka is a member of the Butterfly Trust’s Maskelyne Islands Committee in Vanuatu. He lives in the village of Peskarus on the Maskelynes. Kaltuka’s strength is logistics. He is the “go to” person whenever there is transport and accommodation to organise on the Maskelynes. He gives a lot of his time to the work of the Trust when he is not fishing, gardening, or making copra, to feed his family.
Barbara Andrew
Barbara is a member of the Trust’s fundraising committee. Originally trained as a teacher, Barbara has since made a career in advertising and human resources. She has held a number of senior positions in those sectors and is currently executive director of human resources at Waitapu Group.
Don Bradford
Don is an advisory trustee of the Trust and is currently working in the animal breeding sector in New Zealand. He was previously based in Port Vila for 13 years. He started his working life by doing an Agricultural Commerce degree specializing in Valuation and Property Management, but then got involved in development aid work in Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan for 15 years with several NGO’s and the United Nations. He has been a consultant to the United Nations World Food Programme in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Country Director for Mercy Corps International in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and Associate Director Operations for World Vision in Bangladesh. Before going to Vanuatu he was Director for World Vision for the Southwest Pacific, covering PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. In 2003 Don graduated with a Post Graduate Diploma in Development Studies from Massey University. Don’s development philosophy is to “empower people to participate in their own development”.
Warren Christie
Warren is a member of the Butterfly Trust’s Maskelyne Islands Committee in Vanuatu. He is a teacher at Sangalai School on the Maskelynes and was previously the Head Teacher at Namaru School in Avock village. He lives in Peskarus village. Warren has been a long-standing supporter of the Trust and an advisor to it on all matters Ni-Van. He is very keen to improve educational standards in the Maskelynes.
Lynn Chua
Lynn is a co-founder and trustee of the Trust. She has a background in law and biochemistry. She was previously involved in research at Otago University’s Cancer Research Laboratory, a solicitor at Jenny Wang & Associates and at the Mangere Community Law Centre, and a member of the Regulatory and Compliance team at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. She was a Trustee of Trade Aid, Auckland Branch.
David Colbert
David is a co-founder and trustee of the Trust. He was a Barrister of the High Court of New Zealand and founder and a director of Law in Order Ltd. He was a co-founder of the Mangere Community Law Centre, chairperson of that organisation’s Board of Trustees, and a senior Crown Prosecutor. He has previously been a member of the Board of Youthtown in Auckland, New Zealand.
Hannah Dunlop
Hannah is a member of the Trust’s fundraising committee. She has taught English as a second language for over 20 years and has been involved in many fundraising events through school committees. Hannah is a director of Multiform Systems Ltd.
Christine Edwards
Christine is an advisory trustee of the Trust with a special interest in health programmes. She is based in Australia and is a former CEO of the Myer Foundation and Sidney Myer Fund. She is currently Deputy Chair of the Australian Prime Minister’s Council on Homelessness, a director of the Brotherhood of St Laurence, and a Member of the Advisory Committee of the Aspiration Initiative. She has worked on initiatives to support governance, public health and infrastructure in South-east Asia, and a wide range of initiatives in the public sector in Australia including family, children and community services. Christine has previously been CEO of St George’s Hospital in Kew and the Bethlehem Hospital in Caulfield in Victoria.
Tensley Joseph
Tensley is a member of the Trust’s Maskelyne Islands Committee. He lives in the village of Peskarus on the Maskelynes. He has previously been chairperson of the board of the Sangalai Centre School. Tensley has worked with the Trust for a number of years.
Obed Kamsel
Obed is the chairman of the Butterfly Trust Committee on the Maskelyne Islands, Vanuatu. He lives in the village of Pelongk on the Maskelynes. Under Obed’s leadership, the work of the committee is to develop local policy in accordance with traditional values and customs, to implement and guide those policies, and to advise the Butterfly Trust on such policies and other matters relating to the Maskelyne Islands.
Cathy Mahoney
Cathy is a member of the Trust’s fundraising committee. She worked as a teacher and is now retired. In recent years, Cathy has been involved as a fundraiser in various capacities at both the primary and secondary schools her sons attended, and for The New Zealand Transplant Games Association.
Shelly Mitchell-Jenkins
Shelly Mitchell-Jenkins oversees the preparation of the Trust’s annual financial reports. She is a chartered accountant in public practice in Levin. She runs this practice, Colbert Cooper Limited, with three other partners and 17 staff. They mainly work with small and medium sized businesses in the Horowhenua and Manawatu regions. Shelly was born in Wanganui, attended Massey University and lived for three years in Japan before returning to New Zealand some years ago. Shelly enjoys working with charitable organisations and is, or has been, a trustee on several community trusts. Currently she is chair of the Eastern and Central Community Trust and trustee of two Horowhenua-based charitable trusts.
Nick Morley
Nick is a trustee of the Trust. He has been a supporter of the Trust for a number of years. He recently handed on his law practice in Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand, and has family connections to the Pacific Islands.
Tom Nakel
Tom is a member of the Butterfly Trust Committee on the Maskelyne Islands in Vanuatu. He is the representative from Avock village on Avock Island. Tom is keen to improve the education of the young people in his village. Tom is also responsible for organising food and accommodation, when necessary for the Trust’s activities, on Avok Island.
Jesnal Paul
Jesnal is the representative from Lutes village on the Maskelyne Islands Committee of the Butterfly Trust. He was a founding member of the committee. Like most on the Maskelynes, Jesnal works at fishing, gardening and making copra when he is not involved in community affairs.
Paul Rishworth
Paul is an advisory trustee of the Trust. He is a King’s Counsel practising as a barrister in Auckland, New Zealand, and holds a fractional position as Professor of Law at the University of Auckland. His interests are in constitutional and human rights law. He has previously been Dean of Law at the University of Auckland and the Attorney-General to Pitcairn Island.
Vijay Satyanand
Vijay is a trustee of the Trust. Vijay brings a wealth of experience from the areas of strategic planning, logistics, event management, group facilitation & mediation. He has a deep regard for the work that is carried out by the Butterfly Trust and is committed to the Trust’s success.
Miriama Scott
Miriama is an advisory trustee of the Trust.
Ko Takitimu raua ko Kurahaupo ngā waka
Ko Ngāti Kahungunu raua ko Rangitāne ngā iwi
Ko Renata raua ko Heketa te Aweawe ngā tangata
Ko Miriama Scott te ingoa
Miriama works at Whirinaki, a child and adolescent service attached to Counties Manukau District Health Board in Auckland. She has a Masters degree in Indigenous Studies.
“I have been very privileged to have met people and shared experiences that have greatly benefited my learning journey and I would like to think I can do the same for others. I do this humbly and in the spirit of manaaki, tautoko and rangimarie. Kia ora!”
Anne Stevenson
Anne is a member of the Trust’s fundraising committee. Her career has been in international business and marketing. She has held senior positions in both the public and private sectors in this capacity. Anne is currently the Export Manager for James Dunlop Textiles and is a volunteer telephone counselor for Youthline in her spare time.
Vicki Sykes
Vicki is an advisory trustee of the Trust. She is a self-employed director, consultant, and coach, working primarily in the Community Sector. Previously she has spent time in education, church work, and for 17 years was Chief Executive of Friendship House in Manukau, Auckland. She lives in Mangere, a vibrant and diverse community. Vicki has spent the last few years exploring the concepts and practices of social enterprise, and completed her Master’s degree focusing on the benefits of business acquisition for the sustainability of community organisations. Her experience in governance, management, strategic planning, ministry and social services gives her a strong base from which to support the Butterfly Trust. Vicki is a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors.
Benson Tangou
Benson is an advisory trustee of the Trust. He is from the village of Fanrereo in North Ambrym in Vanuatu. He is currently teaching in Luganville, Santo. Previously, he has been head teacher at Aulua Centre School in Central Malekula and head teacher at Sangalai Centre School in the Maskelyne Islands. Benson has been guiding the work of the Trust and advising it on local custom and Ni-Van affairs since 2010.
Michael White
Michael is an advisory trustee of the Trust with a special interest in education programmes. He is the director of the MW Group Consulting Pty Ltd. He has held senior executive positions in health, education and community services departments in a number of State jurisdictions in Australia, following a career as an academic in Child Development at the University of Tasmania. In 2007 – 8 he chaired the National Children’s Services Committee and chaired the Commonwealth/State group charged with developing an Early Years Learning Framework to guide children’s services in Australia. In Tasmania he led the community recovery strategy following the Port Arthur shootings and maintains a significant interest in community and organisational responses to disaster. Michael has chaired and been a Board member of a number of agencies in the human services sector, including as a member of the Council of Victoria University for six years. Michael is a Fellow and former Board member of the Institute of Public Administration, Australia (Victorian division).
Peter Woolford
Peter is an advisory trustee of the Trust and the Trust’s primary medical advisor. He is a retired specialist General Practitioner who began practising in 1978 in New Zealand. He has also practised in the United Kingdom. He has practised as a General Practitioner in Auckland, was Medical Officer for the West Auckland Hospice, the RNZCGP representative on the Board of Studies for the Diploma of Palliative Care, University of Auckland, the RNZCGP representative on the National Palliative Care Advisory Group to the Ministry of Health, Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland and Director, Health New Lynn, Integrated Family Health Centre. Peter has also been a Primex Examiner RNZCGP, a Chief Examiner for RNZCGP, and RNZCGP representative on the curriculum committee for the Australasian Clinical Diploma of Palliative Care.
