Colville Junction Team
Trustees:
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Bronwyn Blair (Chair)
Bronwyn joined the Trust in 2013, bringing a range of experience from within the education, and voluntary sectors. Bronwyn has a strong commitment to community led development and to the sustainability and wellbeing of Northern Coromandel Peninsula communities. Janet Palmer
Janet has a long history in Colville and has been a CJ trustee since 2012. Janet has a strong commitment to families, and is a past Colville School! Trustee. Janet also has 25+ years in early childhood education. Frederick Church
Frederick joined CJ as a trustee in July 2016. Frederick brings a range of skills and knowledge including budgeting, IT, computing skills, campground management and a career in film and tele. |
Staff:
Larisa Webb (CJ Manager)
Larisa Webb joined CJ in April 2018. Larisa grew up in the area but left for high school and university. She has a Master's in Anthropology and a background in policy and advisory roles for government and charities in Aotearoa and Australia.
email: [email protected]
phone: 021 258 8037
Larisa Webb joined CJ in April 2018. Larisa grew up in the area but left for high school and university. She has a Master's in Anthropology and a background in policy and advisory roles for government and charities in Aotearoa and Australia.
email: [email protected]
phone: 021 258 8037
Nicole McCauley (Financial Administrator)
Nicole, who is originally from Germany, has lived in Colville since 1996. She loves the NZ forest and spends a lot of her time and energy growing and protecting it. She has a long history of financial administration for various Colville organisations and this is her second stint in that role at CJ.
email: finance@colvillejunction.co.nz
Nicole, who is originally from Germany, has lived in Colville since 1996. She loves the NZ forest and spends a lot of her time and energy growing and protecting it. She has a long history of financial administration for various Colville organisations and this is her second stint in that role at CJ.
email: finance@colvillejunction.co.nz
Anne Mountjoy (Community Worker and Team Assistant)
As the Colville Junction Team Assistant, Anne is focused on supporting delivery of services and programmes in the Northern Coromandel. Anne, originally from Metz in France, is an experienced building engineer trained around sustainability and HVAC systems. She started as at CJ as a volunteer in 2020.
email: [email protected]
As the Colville Junction Team Assistant, Anne is focused on supporting delivery of services and programmes in the Northern Coromandel. Anne, originally from Metz in France, is an experienced building engineer trained around sustainability and HVAC systems. She started as at CJ as a volunteer in 2020.
email: [email protected]
Marine Baillard (Team Assistant / Mentor Coordinator / Youth Community Development Worker / temporary Pānui editor )
Marine is sharing the role of Team Assistant with Anne. She will be sharing her communication skills with the community. She's also the editor of the Pānui, while Brooke is on maternity leave.
Marine stepped into the role of Youth Community Development Worker in April 2025 and has been busy (and having plenty of fun) working alongside local teenagers aged 13 to 18. She runs the mentoring programme, linking young people with supportive adults who can help them grow and reach their potential.
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Marine is sharing the role of Team Assistant with Anne. She will be sharing her communication skills with the community. She's also the editor of the Pānui, while Brooke is on maternity leave.
Marine stepped into the role of Youth Community Development Worker in April 2025 and has been busy (and having plenty of fun) working alongside local teenagers aged 13 to 18. She runs the mentoring programme, linking young people with supportive adults who can help them grow and reach their potential.
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Nathan McCauley (Pest Manager & Youth Worker)
Nathan has contracted to Colville Harbour Care since late 2017. During this time, he has installed a total of 357 rodent traps around Colville Bay. After an initial surge of trapping he now services these traps and possum ones on a monthly basis. He also conducts bi-annual monitoring checks to gauge changes to rodent and invertebrate numbers. Nathan has also been a Youth Worker since 2010 with the Colville Youth Group. His role is to support the Youth Group Coordinator in providing after school activities and to help build resilience and self-confidence in our children and youth.
email: [email protected]
Nathan has contracted to Colville Harbour Care since late 2017. During this time, he has installed a total of 357 rodent traps around Colville Bay. After an initial surge of trapping he now services these traps and possum ones on a monthly basis. He also conducts bi-annual monitoring checks to gauge changes to rodent and invertebrate numbers. Nathan has also been a Youth Worker since 2010 with the Colville Youth Group. His role is to support the Youth Group Coordinator in providing after school activities and to help build resilience and self-confidence in our children and youth.
email: [email protected]
Beth Pearsall (Moehau ki te Moana Coordinator)
Beth joined the team again in 2024 to Coordinate the Moehau ki te Moana project. She has a background in biology and environmental restoration and has been working in environmental protection in the Moehau region since 2017.
She looks forward to continue collaborating with the community, while working to protect and revitalise the waterways of the Moehau and Colville regions.
email: [email protected]
Beth joined the team again in 2024 to Coordinate the Moehau ki te Moana project. She has a background in biology and environmental restoration and has been working in environmental protection in the Moehau region since 2017.
She looks forward to continue collaborating with the community, while working to protect and revitalise the waterways of the Moehau and Colville regions.
email: [email protected]
Teuane Tibbo (Crafternoon tea coordinator)
Teuane is our crafternoon tea coordinator and also our lovely front desk volunteer since 2022.
Email: [email protected]
Teuane is our crafternoon tea coordinator and also our lovely front desk volunteer since 2022.
Email: [email protected]
Riyah Snow (CHC Nursery Development Manager)
Riyah has recently moved to the Coromandel and joined us at CHC Nursery as development manager. Riyah trained and worked at the Eden Project Cornwall for many years where she gained a wealth of knowledge and experience working in horticulture and conservation. She hopes to get to know the local community, environment and native plant species to support the wonderful restoration and riparian planting projects run by Colville Harbour Care. Email: [email protected] |
Sassy Acorn (Nursery Manager)
Sassy Acorn joined the Colville Junction team in the role of CHC Nursery Manager in 2021. Sassy moved to the north of Colville in 2008 and has loved getting to know the environment and community in this beautiful part of the world. Hoping to follow in the footsteps of the work Beth put into setting the CHC Nursery up, she hopes to continue growing strong native plants to support the ongoing restoration projects in the area. email: [email protected] |
Brooke Dennehy Lakin (Pānui Editor)
We are excited that to have Brooke in charge of the local newsletter, the Pānui. The purpose of this newsletter will remain the same: keep the communication going and let all of you know what’s happening around our beautiful community.
She is honored to be the editor for the Pānui. Alongside music, writing, and reading, she has always held great interest. She grew up in Hawkes Bay, where she worked as a librarian for a time before moving to Wellington. In Wellington, she completed four years of study in Cultural Anthropology. Having lived in Coromandel for six years now, she finds the richness of nature and the kindness of the locals make it an easy transition to calling it home. She feels very grateful to be here and in the role she is in.
email: [email protected]
We are excited that to have Brooke in charge of the local newsletter, the Pānui. The purpose of this newsletter will remain the same: keep the communication going and let all of you know what’s happening around our beautiful community.
She is honored to be the editor for the Pānui. Alongside music, writing, and reading, she has always held great interest. She grew up in Hawkes Bay, where she worked as a librarian for a time before moving to Wellington. In Wellington, she completed four years of study in Cultural Anthropology. Having lived in Coromandel for six years now, she finds the richness of nature and the kindness of the locals make it an easy transition to calling it home. She feels very grateful to be here and in the role she is in.
email: [email protected]
