Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation (DOC) works to protect tūturuatu (shore plovers) on Waikawa/Portland Island, home to over a third of the world’s population. DOC translocates birds, manages biosecurity, and removes threats like Darwin ants. Despite challenges, regular monitoring and predator control help the plovers thrive.
Role: Volunteer
Experiences:
︎ Monitoring Darwin ants
︎ Resetting traplines around the island
︎Tūturuatu hatching monitoring
The Department of Conservation (DOC) works to protect tūturuatu (shore plovers) on Waikawa/Portland Island, home to over a third of the world’s population. DOC translocates birds, manages biosecurity, and removes threats like Darwin ants. Despite challenges, regular monitoring and predator control help the plovers thrive.
Role: Volunteer
Experiences:
︎ Monitoring Darwin ants
︎ Resetting traplines around the island
︎Tūturuatu hatching monitoring
November 2024, Waikawa / Portland Island, Aotearoa
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Haumanu Tū Ora
Gisborne District Council, Ngāti Oneone Hapu, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki Iwi and Rongowhakaata Iwi are working collaboratively on exciting initiatives to assist the communities in reconnecting with their local awa, waterways, ecosystems, flora and fauna.
Role: Programme Manager
Tasks:
︎Team management
︎Programme planning
︎Budget tracking
︎Mana whenua relationship
︎Operational management
Projects include: Riparian and wetland planting, fish barrier remediation, spartina replacement, pest control and monitoring.
Gisborne District Council, Ngāti Oneone Hapu, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki Iwi and Rongowhakaata Iwi are working collaboratively on exciting initiatives to assist the communities in reconnecting with their local awa, waterways, ecosystems, flora and fauna.
Role: Programme Manager
Tasks:
︎Team management
︎Programme planning
︎Budget tracking
︎Mana whenua relationship
︎Operational management
Projects include: Riparian and wetland planting, fish barrier remediation, spartina replacement, pest control and monitoring.
2023-2024, Tūranganui-a-kiwa
/ Gisborne, Aotearoa
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Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival
Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival is a festival with a difference, one uniquely focused on inclusion, access and authenticity, and designed to use the arts to explore what it means to be of Te Tairāwhiti.
Role: Technical Assistant and Line Producer
Tasks:
︎Project planning
︎Programming and production
︎Budget management
︎Community facilitation
︎Health and safety management
︎Crew management
︎Contract writing
Projects include: Te Ara i Whiti, Te Ara Patupaiarehe, Kawekawe Kaumatua Tours, Taiao Whanau Day, Waikirikiri Park Mural Project and more.
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Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival is a festival with a difference, one uniquely focused on inclusion, access and authenticity, and designed to use the arts to explore what it means to be of Te Tairāwhiti.
Role: Technical Assistant and Line Producer
Tasks:
︎Project planning
︎Programming and production
︎Budget management
︎Community facilitation
︎Health and safety management
︎Crew management
︎Contract writing
Projects include: Te Ara i Whiti, Te Ara Patupaiarehe, Kawekawe Kaumatua Tours, Taiao Whanau Day, Waikirikiri Park Mural Project and more.
More.
2021-2023
, Tūranganui-a-kiwa
/ Gisborne, Aotearoa
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Fresh Concept
Fresh Concept is a multidisciplinary creative place agency providing place management products and end to end service.
Role: Project Manager
Tasks:
︎Project planning and delivery
︎Crew management
︎Budget management
︎Brand development
︎Curation
︎Community facilitation
Projects include: Silo Park, Smales Farm, RE:TRACE, POP, Lightpath Festival, Puketapapa Kite Day, Parking Day, Winter Stories and more.
More.
Fresh Concept is a multidisciplinary creative place agency providing place management products and end to end service.
Role: Project Manager
Tasks:
︎Project planning and delivery
︎Crew management
︎Budget management
︎Brand development
︎Curation
︎Community facilitation
Projects include: Silo Park, Smales Farm, RE:TRACE, POP, Lightpath Festival, Puketapapa Kite Day, Parking Day, Winter Stories and more.
More.
2018-2019, Tāmaki Makaurau
/ Auckland, Aotearoa
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Bordeaux Council
Bordeaux is home to a dynamic artistic scene: public collections, private museums, artist residencies and collectives, galleries and associative exhibition spaces and events (Gallery Weekend, Contemporary Art Weekend, Street Art Season).
Role: Communication Manager for the Visual Art Departement (Internship)
Tasks:
︎Communication strategies
︎Coordination of the modern art bus tours
︎Design of tickets, posters and press kits
Bordeaux is home to a dynamic artistic scene: public collections, private museums, artist residencies and collectives, galleries and associative exhibition spaces and events (Gallery Weekend, Contemporary Art Weekend, Street Art Season).
Role: Communication Manager for the Visual Art Departement (Internship)
Tasks:
︎Communication strategies
︎Coordination of the modern art bus tours
︎Design of tickets, posters and press kits
2017, Bordeaux, France
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