Nga Kaimahi Me Te Poari o NZ Opera
NZ Opera Staff and Board
Te poari whakahaere
Board of Directors
Annabel Holland
CHAIR
Tim Brown
Leo Foliaki
Ngaere Duff
(Te Arawa, hapu- Ngāti Tūwharetoa)
Julian Knights
AO
Suzanne Snively
ONZM DNZM
Peter Doyle
Alice Shearman
Joanna Heslop
(TARANAKI)
Matthew Tolan
(Secretary)
Hamish Bell
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Kairangi
NZ Opera Patrons
The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy
GNZM QSO DSTJ
Former Governor-General of New Zealand
The Rt Hon Helen Clark
ONZ SSI PC
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
Fa’afetai Jonathan Lemalu
ONZM
Mayor Tory Whanau
Mayor of Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington
Mayor Phil Mauger
Mayor of Ōtautahi, Christchurch
Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson
Deputy Mayor of Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland
The Rt Hon Dame Cindy Kiro
GNZM, QSO
Governor-General of New Zealand
Kaimahi
NZ Opera Staff
Brad Cohen
Tumu Whakarae
General Director
Joanne Cole
Director of Artistic Planning & Participation
Kent Beasley
Director of Finance & Operations
Kawiti Waetford
Manu Tū Rae
Strategic Māori Lead
Ngāti Hine, Ngātiwai, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāpuhi
Julie Bird
Donor Relations and Stewardship
Ngāti Pikiao
Inge Teunissen
Artistic Planning Manager
Andari Anggamulia
Artistic Resource & Contracts Manager
Karen French
Artistic Coordinator
Matthew McAuley
Marketing Manager
Ankita Topiwala
Assistant Accountant
Emma Broad
Development Manager
(Ngāi Tahu)
Awhimai Fraser
Kaihere Ao
(Waikato, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Ngāti Pūkenga)
Vanessa Preston
Publicist
Claudina Herceg
Executive Assistant
Ingrid Park
Data Insights and CRM Specialist
Lesley Mynett-Johnson
Director of Development