Trustees

Paul Duffy – Chair

Deputy Mayor Southland District Council Paul lives at Edendale with his wife Alison. He has been a Southland District Councillor since 2001 and is currently Deputy Mayor. He has experience in several Governance roles including eighteen years on school...

Gwen Neave

My whakapapa links me to northern Hawkes Bay and Ngati Kahungunu but I have lived most of my life in Murihiku on Rakiura, Stewart Island. I have had a long and active interest in the Arts having served on...

Tim Lindsay

I am a 6thgeneration Southlander who grew up with a strong affinity for the arts. I played violin from a young age which I eventually studied as part of my degrees at the University of Otago. I have an...

Darren Rewi

Darren and his family have lived in Queenstown for thirty years since leaving Invercargill and Is very passionate about supporting initiatives and groups that provide a creative outlet for residents. Currently self-employed as a Health and Safety Consultant he...

Joan Kiernan

Director, Strongbox Wealth Management Joan’s professional background is in finance/accounting and investment research in the UK and Asia as well as New Zealand. She is the managing Director of Strongbox Wealth Management Ltd, a Queenstown-based financial advisory and funds...

Cheree TO Downes

‘Ma te huruhuru te manu, ka rere’ ‘Ma te huruhuru te manu, ka rere’ ‘With feathers a bird can fly’ Ko Murihiku te Whenua Ko Te Ara-a-Kewa te  Moana Ko Waihopai te Turangawaewae Proud born and breed Murihiku girl...

Emma Carle

Emma has a BMus (Hons) and studied composition and ethnomusicology at Victoria University. In her former life in Wellington, she worked at The Centre for New Zealand Music (SOUNZ), organised the Chamber Music NZ schools chamber music contest and...

Alison Broad

Alison’s love of the arts began with music. While growing up in Invercargill, Alison completed her ATCL on piano and also played the cello in the Southland Youth Orchestra and chamber music groups. Her love of music has since...

Rebecca Amundsen

Becs is the Chair of the Dan Davin Literary Foundation and an avid supporter of the Arts in Southland. Her interest in the Arts crosses into a passion for heritage. Becs works as a contractor and a volunteer as a co-ordinator...

Amanda Knowles

Amanda has been a senior manager at Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) for the last 10 years most recently as the Academic Operations, Student Support and Business Development Manager.