Ngā Tāngata | Our People
Staff
Chief Executive
Susanna Shadbolt
Executive Assistant
Julie Bowe
Facilities
Neil Martin
Senior Manager
Business & Communications
Graeme Beal
Finance
Sara Allen
Anne-Marie Langvad
Martine MacDonald
Nathinie Ragupathi
Communications
Ryan Knighton
Senior Manager
Curatorial & Collections
Sian Van Dyk
Collections
Talei Langley
Hannah Rushton (Art)
Cassandra Archer
Cindy Lilburn
Curators
Karis Evans (Heritage
Roma Pōtiki
Dr Tony Stumbo (Science)
Archivist (Peter Bush)
Juliet Galeszka
Public Programmes
Matt Creahan
Senior Manager
Visitor Experience
Jenny Ngan
Visitor Experience
Dr Jessica McLean Lockheart
Learning
Dani Reid
Himani Samarakoon
Keila Martin
Kirsty Porter
Senior Manager
Exhibitions
Exhibition Design
Andy Irving
Technical Services
Clayton Tansley
Bruce Ma’auga
Sebastien Sertour
Tui Whareaitu
Trust Board
Te Manawa Museums Trust Board is established and governed in accordance with the Te Manawa Trust Deed, available on request from the Executive Assistant of Te Manawa.
The Board of up to nine trustees is responsible for the strategic direction and control of Te Manawa’s activities.
The Board guides and monitors the business and affairs of Te Manawa, in accordance with the Charitable Trusts Act 1957, the Local Government Act 2002, the Trust Deed and the Statement of Intent.
The Trust is controlled by Palmerston North City Council and is a Council Controlled Organisation as defined under section 6 of the Local Government Act 2002, by virtue of the Council’s right to appoint more than 50 per cent of the Board of Trustees.
Trustees
Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Jameson
Chair | PhD, BSc(Hons), FNZIC, FRSNZ
Peter Te Rangi
Iwi Representative | Rangitāne, (affiliated also to Ngati Apa, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Tumokai, as well as having Scottish, Irish and English ancestry).
BA, Graduate Teachers Certificate, Certificate of Counselling, Diploma of Bilingual Education
Terry Hapi
Iwi Representative | Rangitāne o Manawatū, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Apa, Kahungunu kī Heretaunga.
Diploma Mātauranga Māori, Social Work Certificate in Suicide Prevention Level 6, Performing Arts: Mau Rakau
Simon Barnett
Gillian Lawn
Sarah Rusholme
Carol Thum
Senior Scientist, PhD, MS (CBM), BS (CBM), B.Ed., Forensic science certificate.
Chris Gallivan
LLB (Hons) (Cant), PGCert Gov (Melb), MTEM (Melb), PhD (Hull) MInstD
Susanna Shadbolt
Chief Executive
Julie Bowe
Secretary
Trustees
Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Jameson
Chair | PhD, BSc(Hons), FNZIC, FRSNZ
Peter Te Rangi
Iwi Representative | Rangitāne, (affiliated also to Ngati Apa, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Tumokai, as well as having Scottish, Irish and English ancestry).
BA, Graduate Teachers Certificate, Certificate of Counselling, Diploma of Bilingual Education
Terry Hapi
Iwi Representative | Rangitāne o Manawatū, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Apa, Kahungunu kī Heretaunga.
Diploma Mātauranga Māori, Social Work Certificate in Suicide Prevention Level 6, Performing Arts: Mau Rakau
Simon Barnett
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Gillian Lawn
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Simon Barnett
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Sarah Rusholme
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Carol Thum
Senior Scientist, PhD, MS (CBM), BS (CBM), B.Ed., Forensic science certificate.
Chris Gallivan
LLB (Hons) (Cant), PGCert Gov (Melb), MTEM (Melb), PhD (Hull) MInstD
Susanna Shadbolt
Chief Executive
Julie Bowe
Secretary