Trust Board

Brian Davey

Trustee

Brian has lived in Ohoka, with his wife Linda, for the last 10 years and very much enjoys being part of this diverse community. 

Brian has 36 years experience in global sales and has worked in more than 40 countries. He has very much enjoyed meeting and working with people from very different cultures but strongly believes that New Zealand is the best place to call home.  

Brian was Board Chair of Community Wellbeing North Canterbury Trust from 2018 to 2022. He feels privileged to be using his skills and experience to assist a fantastic team in their endeavours to create a thriving North Canterbury. 

Tsarina Dellow

CHAIR

Tsarina lives in Hanmer Springs and is a well-known and well-respected member of the local community. She has been committed to caring for people in the Hurunui District for over a decade, previously working as an administrator at the Hanmer Springs Health Centre and volunteering as an ambulance officer for St John, gaining a National Diploma in Ambulance Practice and holding the position of volunteer Station Manager. She continues her involvement in healthcare as a community representative on the Waitaha Primary Health Organisation Board, and is involved in a number of other local volunteer groups.

Tsarina is a Chartered Accountant and enjoys working in a community-based practice in Amberley, where she interacts with Hurunui locals on a daily basis. Tsarina is passionate about the wellbeing of others and is proud to have become Board Chair of Community Wellbeing North Canterbury Trust in 2022.

In her downtime Tsarina enjoys spending time in the backcountry with her horses and two dogs.

Sam Jones

Trustee

Sam has lived in Rangiora for over 20 years and loves being part of the local community. Sam and his wife Tina have four children aged from 11 through to 21.

Having a strong business development and management background in the technology sector, Sam has travelled extensively introducing NZ tech to the global market. Sam’s current role is as Business Development Manager for a locally based technology company.

When Sam isn’t working or relaxing at home with his family, he is kept busy with various activities including teaching adults and kids to sail and racing yachts on Lyttelton Harbour.

As well as being a Community Wellbeing trustee, Sam is the Commodore at the Waimakariri Sailing Club and a member of the board at Rangiora Borough School.

Susan Mowat

Trustee

Susan has lived in North Canterbury all her life, except for a time teaching in England. She is a secondary school teacher in Maths, Health and Science, having trained via a guidance counselling programme. She lives on a farm with her husband near Motunau after growing up in Oxford.

Susan has a strong passion for wellbeing and mental health with a focus on those in more rural communities, especially youth. For several years, teaching at an all-boys high school, she had a particular interest assisting teenage males to flourish through becoming more resilient and happier within their own skin.

Susan is part of the North Canterbury Rural Support Trust and was on the Waitaha Primary Health Board, formerly Rural Canterbury PHO. She has been a past member of the Canterbury District Health Board’s Family Advisory Council.

With her three sons now teenagers, Susan feels strongly about giving back to the community. When she isn’t teaching, or following her children’s interests and sports, she enjoys the outdoors.

Dean Logan

Deputy Chair

Born and raised in Waikari/Hawarden, Hurunui before venturing to Christchurch to start a career as a Financial Adviser, Dean proudly returned to North Canterbury in 2018, setting up home in Pegasus with his partner Cari-Ann and their daughter.

After more than two decades of work in the insurance industry, Dean is currently Managing Director and Financial Adviser of Logan Smythe & Associates. He is also the chairperson of the Risk Member Advisory committee of Financial Advice New Zealand. Specialising in risk insurance, Dean consults with individuals, families, and businesses, assisting them to becoming more financially resilient when it comes to human capital risk, creating personal, business and farm risk plans.

Out of the office, Dean has a passion for the outdoors and all sports.

Extremely proud to become a Trustee of Community Wellbeing North Canterbury Trust in 2020, Dean enjoys using his skills and experience to support the team in the outstanding role they play in our community.

Pauline White

Trustee

Pauline was born, raised and educated in Rangiora where she resided until 2016 when she moved to a lifestyle block in Broomfield with Nigel, her husband of 20 years, and her three teenaged daughters. Pauline is the Hurunui District Council representative on the Trust Board and is thrilled to be serving in this role.

She has 28 years educational experience in teaching in primary and area schools in Christchurch and North Canterbury. Pauline has also spent time working via distance with qualified teachers for the University of Canterbury in tutoring upgrades to degree qualifications. She currently teaches at Broomfield School where she leads the junior team.

Outside of Council and work responsibilities, Pauline enjoys work on the lifestyle block, mountain biking, reading and travelling the country by motor home.

Alison Hood

Trustee

Alison moved from the UK to New Zealand 18 years ago after she met her Kiwi husband on holiday. With extensive international experience and a background in business psychology, she runs her own consultancy as a Leadership and Team Development Coach. Her wide range of clients across Christchurch and other parts of NZ include private companies, government organisations, charities and trusts.

Strongly believing that relationships are at the heart of every successful organisation, Alison’s work in the wellbeing and resilience space highlights that with a trusting, honest and safe culture, there is no limit to what people can do: It’s the people, it’s the people, it’s the people.

Alison lives in North Canterbury on a lifestyle block with her husband Malcolm and her cat Peanut. She joined the board as a trustee in 2024 and is incredibly excited about supporting the Community Wellbeing North Canterbury Trust in all that they do.

Kim Manahi

Trustee

Kia ora koutou katoa
Ko te mihi tuatahi ki te Atua
Ko ia te timataka me te mutuka o kā mea katoa

Ko te mihi tuarua
Ki te huka mate
Haere haere haere atu ra

Ko te mihi tuatoru
Ki a tātou he huka ora
Tēnā koutou katoa
Tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.

Ko Maūkatere te maunga
Ko Rakihuri te awa
Ko Kāi Tūāhūriri te hapu
Ko Waitaha Kati Mamoe Kāi Tahu mea Ngati Kahangungu Tuhoe ngā iwi o tōku Pāpā a John Joseph
Manahi kua mate ia
Ko Kotiana mea Iriraki kā iwi o tōku Māmā a Carol McKay kua mate ia
Ko Manahi te whanau
Ko Kim Manahi taku ikoā
Tēnā koutou katoa

Kim grew up in Southbrook and went to school in Rangiora. Kim believes it’s her whakapapa/genealogy that has allowed her to experience and learn about both cultures that live within her. Her mum’s father’s people arrived in Okains Bay from Scotland in the late 1860’s. Kim’s father came from a mixed race whānau as two of his ancestors on his mother’s side, came from Europe, and married into Kai Tahu.

Kim’s grandfather was also of mixed race as his father was a pakeha man from the Wairoa area who married into Tuhoe and Ngati Kahangungu.

Service is an overriding value in Kim’s family, past and present. It was clear that Kim would follow her parents and grandparents’ example of faith and service, although it wasn’t always clear what form that would take.

After being shoulder-tapped by one of her “aunties” and told that she would be heading into health and wellbeing, Kim has spent more than 30 years working in that sector; both at the coal-face, and managing those undertaking the mahi.

Initially working for CDHB as a Pūkenga Atawhai, Kim moved into the community, where she spent the next 18 years working with various Māori mental health providers in the Ōtautahi area. Kim felt privileged to serve on the Executive at Tuahiwi marae and support the ongoing priorities for her Hapu.
Kim also spent time with Kāi Tahu Property, which introduced her to the corporate world. Kim currently holds the position of Pou Ᾱrahi with Presbyterian Support Upper South Island.

Kim has represented both Māori and Pakeha in governance positions. One of her favourite roles was as a member of the Okains Bay Maori Museum Trust. Kim is currently a member of the board of trustee’s for Ngā Hau e Wha marae.

Kim feels honoured to be serving the people of North Canterbury again, working alongside Community Wellbeing staff to continue the good works that the Trust provides in our communities.

Niki Mealings

Trustee

Niki has lived in Ohoka for 24 years with her Kaiapoi born and bred husband and their three children. A second term District Councillor, elected to the Oxford-Ohoka Ward, Niki has been appointed to the Trust Board as the Waimakariri District Council (WDC) representative. Niki has been active in Waimakariri for many years and loves the friendly, caring community she serves.

Niki’s extensive community involvement includes participating in the Council’s Drug and Alcohol Harm Prevention Steering Group, WDC liaison for the Waimakariri Youth Council, being a member of the WDC’s Community and Recreation Committee and holding the Council’s Climate Change and Sustainability portfolio.

Niki holds a Bachelor of Commerce and has lived and worked in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and the United States. She brings a keen interest and appreciation of other cultures to her community roles.

Niki has a passion for gardening and biodiversity and has undertaken many community plantings in the district. She also founded the Waimak Lifestyle Block Group in 2018 as a way to help people network and learn from one another. The Group connects on lifestyle block management issues such as biodiversity, animal husbandry and civil defence. In her spare time Niki also enjoys kayaking and spending time in the outdoors with her whānau.

With her strong connection to North Canterbury, and her incredible commitment to community service, Niki is proud to become a Trustee for Community Wellbeing North Canterbury Trust.

Louisa Sullivan

Trustee

Louisa’s interest in community wellbeing stems from a career in primary healthcare. Louisa has worked in clinical practice and clinical leadership including urgent after-hours care. Louisa’s work has taken her to many rural locations across Te Waipounamu including a locum role on Rēkohu Wharekauri Chatham Island. Louisa also enjoyed a few years as a lecturer. She taught nursing students undertaking clinical placements (including placements in Waimakariri and Hurunui).

Louisa now works for the Hospice Palliative Care Service at Nurse Maude. She is their Community Clinical Manager. In this role Louisa leads an interdisciplinary team. The team support GPs and district nursing providers throughout Waitaha Canterbury.

Equity is a priority for Louisa. She is excited to support the precious mahi undertaken by Community Wellbeing. She recognises the importance of collaboration and partnership with iwi.

Louisa lives with her husband on a lifestyle block in Balcairn. Their three children come and go from home base around study, flatting and OE experiences. A situation Louisa loves! The family have strong ties to Fox Glacier and spend significant time in South Westland. Their large country garden is where you’ll find Louisa when time allows. A passion passed down from her grandmothers.