Our board steer our strategy and determine our vision and direction, review business plans and budgets, and ensure we stay focused on providing top quality care and support to New Zealand children.
Members of our board are appointed by the Society of Barnardos for their experience, expertise and professional standing in New Zealand.
James Te Puni
James joined the Board in 2014 and has been Board Chair since 2015. He has held senior management roles in the Retail, Culture and Heritage, and Postal sectors, and was also Chief Executive of the Hurricanes and Wellington Rugby from 2011 to 2015. His broad experience includes time with New Zealand Post as a Marketing and Commercial Director, as National Retail Manager for Hallensteins, and for the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa as General Manager Māori. James is of Ngati Porou descent, and leads his own commercial consultancy
Andrew Kissling
Andrew joined the Board in 2014. He is an experienced business leader, entrepreneur and pragmatic change agent with business acumen spanning start-up, mid-stage and global enterprise organisations. In addition to founding several technology based start-up businesses, and mentoring others, he has also served as Australasian director of mobile innovation for one of the world’s largest mobile carriers. He is currently leading a start-up business in the legal services space
Katherine Rich
Katherine joined the Board in 2014. She is Chief Executive of NZ Food and Grocery Council and has a range of governance roles. She also served three terms as a Member of Parliament between 1999 and 2008 and has a wealth of experience in marketing, economic development and the not-for-profit sector
Matt Reid
Matt joined the Board in 2013. He is currently General Manager Community Services at Hutt City Council. Over the last 20 years, he has undertaken general management roles at Te Papa and Hutt City Council, as well as spending two years as an Assistant Auditor-General and two years as a CEO in the racing industry. Matt is a Chartered Accountant with broad experience in the wider areas of community development and corporate services including HR, Marketing, IT, Facilities and Event Management
Dr Yvonne Crichton-Hill
Yvonne joined the Board in 2013. She a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department at the University of Canterbury, and has strong leadership and teamwork experience across the health, justice, education and social welfare sectors. She also spent 16 years as a social worker and trainer
Robyn Corrigan
Robyn joined the Board in 2017. She has had over thirty years’ experience in the social services sector. From being one of NZ’s first Iwi social workers in the early 1990’s under the auspices of the then DSW, Robyn’s career has incorporated practice in the statutory, health, education, NGO and Iwi/Maori sectors at front-line, management, leadership and Governance levels.
She was the inaugural Chair of the Social Workers Registration Board (SWRB), is a past-President of the Aotearoa NZ Association of Social Workers (ANZASW), and is an active member of the Kahui of the Tangata Whenua Association of Social Workers (TWSWA).
Moana Mackey
Moana Mackey is a former Labour list MP for the East Coast and Eastern Bay of Plenty, and is currently Chief Advisor to the Chief City Planner at Wellington City Council. As an experienced communicator with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in biochemistry from Victoria University, Moana brings together the unique skills of a scientific background, nearly twenty years’ experience working in the environmental sustainability field, in-depth knowledge of the processes of central and local government, and an extensive network of strong relationships built up over many years throughout the government, public sector, non-governmental organisation, media and iwi sectors. Moana is of Ngati Porou descent.
Mike Munnelly - CEO of Barnardos 2019 - current
Mike has been with Barnardos since August 2011 when he joined the organisation as the General Manager Child and Family Services. Mike holds two Masters’ degrees in Social Work and Public Administration, and is a social worker by profession. He began his career in 1978 in the UK, where he worked mostly in the field of child protection in both the statutory and voluntary sectors. He came to New Zealand in 1996 and has previously worked for South Auckland Health, Manukau Institute of Technology, Child Youth and Family, and the Department of Labour. He is passionate about the work of our organization and the breadth and depth of the services we offer to tamariki, rangatahi and their families and whānau.