Rosie Paterson-Lima

Convener
 

Rosie joined as a committee member in 2014 bringing her experiences of living and working in Papua New Guinea and and a vision for women leading change in the journey towards gender justice.  She was raised in Ōtepoti-Dunedin, and currently calls Tāmaki Makaurau-Auckland home. Rosie’s advocacy, public speaking and leadership started in high school with various fundraising causes for social justice but her roots and belief that women can do anything started with her Grandma who in South Otago in the 1960’s, continued the success of her farming business despite being a young widow with four young children and the status-quo telling her that it wasn’t a woman’s place!

Rosie works in the international aid and development sector as a Program Manager with a background in Human Geography and Anthropology and a Masters in International Development Studies. Her work in this sector has involved partnerships and programmes with organisations across Asia and the Pacific region. Dignity, equity and intersectional inclusion are core values in her advocacy, work and drive her passion for women leading community mobilisation. For Rosie, it is an honour and privilege to co-lead with Lynette Hunt, this dedicated group of women and champion equity for all women from all walks of life in Aotearoa New Zealand and in the Pacific region.

Lynette Hunt

deputy convener
 

Raised by her grandparents in an intergenerational household, her great grandfather instilled the values of the Samoan proverb "O le ala i le pule o le tautua." "The way to authority is through service.

Having spent the last few years working in partnership with various indigenous groups, consulting on both the design and built outcomes of critical infrastructure. Her background in Architecture and Cultural Heritage has seen her work in Denmark, Kalaallisut (Greenland), the Philippines, and the Pacific region.

Her biggest commitments have been with community partners in the Cordilleras (Philippines) since 2016 where she has developed a strong relationship over the years, traveling frequently to help serve the aspirations of the partners, working on built initiatives, including a variety of WASH (NRC), Post-Harvest Facilities (Samar) Philippines (Tearfund) to various feasibility reports, both in the Pacific and Southeast Asia.

She is managing director of Tihei Ltd, a practice that seeks to restore the visibility and values of Indigenous peoples. Through the process of brave design, the built environment, and the restoration of indigenous design languages. She also co-founded MAU Studio to help pathway Rangitahi into the creative industries.

Jane Prichard

patron and founder
 

Jane Prichard QSO is the early visionary who established the organisation under the principles of partnership premised under the Treaty of Waitangi in 2001. Jane has championed the importance of CEDAW for many decades in Aotearoa New Zealand and in our Pacific region. Jane has been honoured by the Queen as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to women particularly via the Pacific Women’s Watch New Zealand and its work via the United Nations.