People

Who we are

COUNCIL MEMBERS:

Yvonne Duncan (President)

Sharon Clair (Vice President)

Sharon is Vice-President Maori of the Council of Trade Unions, and Policy  Analyst Maori of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation. 

Sharon qualified as a Psychopaedic Nurse and has a post graduate diploma in Rehabilitation with Otago University.  She is currently completing her thesis for a Master of Arts in Maori Development at Auckland University of Technology.  Sharon is a member of the Maori Womens Welfare League, an executive on her hapu trust and continues her involvement in her whanau/hapu development.

Sharon is the co chair of MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY in Aotearoa, an executive committee member on the National Consultative Committee for Disarmament (NCCD), and a regular political commentator on Radio Waatea.

With CTU Officer responsibilities that include the environment and Maori development Sharon is also is a member of the Public Health external reference group and the Hui Taumata Taskforce. 

Sharon is of Raukawa, Ngati Ranginui and Scottish descent.

 June McCabe 

June has executive experience across a broad range of industries at governance and management levels. With an extensive corporate career in the public, finance and banking sectors, she is currently providing consultancy services across a spectrum of services including governance, finance (including investing and fund raising) and management. She has also held a number of board positions since 1994.

She is a strong advocate for building New Zealand’s Leadership capability as evidenced by her role as Chair of Excelerator – the Leadership Institute and for the economic advancement of Maori and women. In 2003 she launched a book which she co-authored entitled Women2Women aimed at motivating and inspiring women in careers and business. She is very active in promoting Maori advancement and is currently involved in the Hui Taumata Trust.

With governance experience of over 10 years, she has been on a number of public, private and not-for-profits organisations, including Housing New Zealand, Accident Compensation Corporation and Westpac's Superannuation Scheme. June currently sits on the boards of The New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, Television New Zealand, E Centre Limited, Financial Services Institute of Australasia, The Peace Foundation and other private sector boards.

 Rod Alley (Wellington)

Roderic Alley is Convenor of the organising committee of the Peace Foundation Wellington. He was previously Associate Professor in Political Science and  International relations at Victoria University of Wellington. He is a Vice President of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, and has authored several books and academic articles on New Zealand's foreign relations, the contemporary Pacific, the United Nations, disarmament and conflict analysis. He teaches a course on New Zealand's foreign relations in the Victoria University's School of Government Master of Strategic Studies programme.

In 2004, he published Internal Conflict and the International Community: Wars without End? with Ashgate Press UK.

He is also co-convenor of the New Zealand National Consultative Committee on Disarmament, and Convenor of the New Zealand International Humanitarian Law Committee.

Tamara Sundberg (Wellington)

Tamara has a Masters in International Law and the Settlement of Disputes and a BA in Sociology and in Anthropology.  Tamara joined the PF Council in 2007 and has been a member of the Peace Foundation Wellington Office Committee since 2005. 

She was previously an instructor under the International Peace and Conflict Studies Department at the United Nations Affiliated Universidad Para La Paz in Costa Rica where she taught courses on disarmament, human trafficking, peace education, conflict studies, gender and peace-building, international law, e.g.  Tamara is currently the Corporate Services Manager for an organization in Wellington in which she provides governance, constitutional and strategic policy advice and management.  
Having worked with and on several governing boards and for public and private organizations throughout her career Tamara has extensive experience in the not-for-profit sector with her main interest in governance, strategic management, and education. 
Her research interests are in human trafficking, disarmament, peace education and human rights. Tamara also serves as a family support worker for Heart Children New Zealand.

Margaret Crozier

I have many years of experience in campaigning on local and global environmental issues, including five years as head of Greenpeace in New Zealand. Before that I did teach in secondary schools for five years and worked for local and central government in community economic development. My Board experience includes a number of Not For Profit organisations including Oxfam, Social Audit NZ, the Methodist Employment Generation Fund and the Council for Socially Responsible Investment. I am keen to provide good support to the important work that the Peace Foundation does in promoting the non-violent resolution of conflict. 

David Griffiths

David is currently completing a PhD in human rights law at the University of Auckland.  He holds law degrees from Victoria University, Wellington, and the University of Auckland, and was admitted to the Bar in 1996.  He won the Fowlds Memorial Prize in 2002, as the most distinguished LLM student, and the Auckland University Law Faculty Postgraduate Bursary 2002, for excellence in academic writing.  He has worked as a teacher and lawyer in New Zealand and Japan, and is currently Deputy Editor-in-Chief, University of Auckland Post Graduate E-Journal.  He is a Board Trustee of Company Z Dance Trust, Takapuna, North Shore City. 

Kathleen Gallagher

Born in Christchurch in 1957, Kathleen Gallagher began her writing career as a poet and playwright at the age of 18. She went on to publish three collections of poetry - Tara (1987), Gypsy (1993) ,Twilight Burns The Sky (2001). Her works have been produced for stage and radio in both New Zealand and Australia. In 1993, Kathleen received the NZ Playwrights Award. Three years later, her radio play Charlie Bloom, was a finalist in both the New Zealand Radio Awards and the New Zealand Media Peace Awards. In 1999, Mothertongue, her first collection of plays was published, followed in 2002 by Peace Plays.

 Kathleen first came to prominence as a filmmaker in 2000 with her short film Jimmy Sullivan. A strong advocate for peace, she produced the documentary Peaceful Pacific in 2004. In the same year, she received the prestigious "Sonja Davies Peace Award" for the ground breaking feature documentary Tau te Mauri / Breath Of Peace, a powerful account of this country's Peace movement that cumulated in New Zealand becoming nuclear free.

In 2007, Kathleen released He Oranga He Oranga / Healing Journeys which follows the bravery and patience of 10 cancer survivors. Kathleen directed the documentary, Earth Whisperers/ Paptuanuku, launched in May 2009 A spellbinding and challenging movie focussing on ten quirky and inspiring New Zealanders who love, nurture and protect their environment.

Kathleen is a Council member of the Disarmament and Security Council Peace Foundation Christchurch.

Dianne Gatward

A semi retired Careers Counsellor, Dianne has spent her professional life in the field of Education, having taught at all levels. A founding member of Students and Teachers for Peace, Dianne initiated Rainbow Connections, a collection of Peace Education resources for schools.  Over the years, Dianne has held positions of responsibility in the National Organisation For women/ Marlborough, The Values Party and The Greens.  More recently, Dianne has facilitated  Transition Towns/ Torbay and is on the Executive of the Long Bay Okura Great Park Society.  With a sincere interest in creating a better world, Dianne brings a range of management, organisational and mediation skills to the Council.

Ray Waru

I am a film and television producer and I have run a media company for over 20 years. I specialise in documentary and corporate work and I have special interest in Maori and history television programming. I have been involved with the Foundation through the Media Peace Awards first as judge and then as convenor for about 15 years. I support the Foundation's outreach programmes 'Roots of Empathy' and 'Cool Schools' because they provide an antidote to the tragedy that adults in our community vent so much abuse on our children. Teaching conflict resolution techniques at an early age provides some hope.

 PAST PRESIDENT

Bob Harvey 
Bob Harvey has been mayor of Waitakere City since 1992. When re-elected in 1998 Harvey became the first mayor of the region in 120 years to be elected consecutively for more than two terms.
He has many other 'firsts' to his name involving a number of ground-breaking initiatives including the eco city concept. He established the first Maori standing committee, Te Taumata Runanga, the only Memorandum of  Understanding with Pacific Island peoples in New Zealand local government, the First Call for Children Agenda and the guidelines to Agenda 21.
Bob is also an active member of the Mayors for Peace campaign, has overseen the establishment of Waitakere City as City for Peace and has been a long-time supporter of The Peace Foundation.  He was also instrumental in establishing of The Foundation's Media Peace Awards in 1984.
Bob is married to Barbara and the couple has five children.

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PATRONS: 

• Her Excellency Susan Satyanand
• The Hon Dame Silvia Cartwright
• Prof Noam Chomsky
• Dr John Hinchcliff
• Sir Paul Reeves
• Dame Laurie Salas
• Jack Shallcrass
• Pauline Tangiora QSO
• Dr Marilyn Waring
  

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