Te Kete Hono Trustees
Judy Newcombe - CEO
Judy brings a wealth of experience to the TKH team, having led a number of large organisations through business readiness and organisational change. Judy's speciality lies in her ability to strategise business growth and tranformation, implement change, programme leadership, and performance management.
Lorraine Mentz
An experienced social entrepreneur and network leader Lorraine has built a strong reputation working cross-sector in the public, private, and Not for Profit organizations in New Zealand and abroad.
Lorraine is an experienced network leader who has effectively delivered large-scale projects from concept to actualisation. Motivated by a personal philosophy of delivering values-aligned, innovative and results-focused solutions to social problems.
Tuhi Leef
Tuhi is a values-based leader with a background in financial services plus some experience in social services, education, forestry, tourism and the commercial property sector.
Tuhi has worked for a number of corporate, Māori, social enterprise and not for profit organisations. The deep insights, diverse experiences, community engagement and learnings have been invaluable to helping him grow as a leader.
Derek Wenmoth
Derek has a broad background in education, with experience at the primary and secondary school level, and as principal lecturer at the Christchurch College of Education where he established the Primary Open Learning Option (POLO), a distance education programme which offers the Bachelor of Teaching qualification for students anywhere in NZ wishing to train as primary teachers.
Derek has also worked for the Ministry of Education as a senior adviser in eLearning, helping formulate a national eLearning framework for all sectors of the education system (ECE, schools and tertiary.
Sarah Martin
Sarah Martin is the Foundation Principal of Stonefields School. She is a passionate, forward thinking educator and has a real commitment to improving outcomes for all learners, not just those within her school community. She is enthusiastic about ensuring all students develop the necessary competencies to strengthen their capacity to learn.
Sarah is an educational 'provocateur' who thrives on problem-solving, conceptualising solutions, developing and implementing strategy, maintaining change momentum, building individuals' and team capacity, and challenging teachers' and leaders' mindsets and thinking.