Hi ! Jigsaw People
National Office Team
- Chief Executive (Strategic Operations) - Liz Kinley
- Chief Executive (Strategic Relations) - Tau Huirama
- National Communications - Leigh-Anne Wiig
- National Administrator - Jillian Walker
- Social Change Communicator - Julia Burgess
- Project Manager - Sally Christie
- Project Coordinator - Susie Schwartz
- Accountant - Debbie Mickell
National Board
- Chairperson - Tim Metcalfe
- Deputy Chairperson - Daryl Gregory
- Board Members - Lynn Blake-Palmer, Terri Cassidy, Elaine Dyer, Tasha Knight, Jill Proudfoot, Jim Scully
Office Team Profiles
Liz Kinley, Jigsaw CEO (Strategic Operations)
I appreciate my role here at Jigsaw because each day I am working with a team of inspiring colleagues to promote the safety and well-being of our children, their parents and their families. It is a wonderful opportunity to build on the work with children that I have been involved with throughout my life.
I feel privileged to be part of creating a New Zealand where children are cherished and valued. I value the opportunities this role offers, including the invitations to give professional advice into national strategies designed to prevent child abuse and family violence and the development of social change campaigns intended to help create a world where our children thrive in peaceful families.
Jigsaw's member agencies are all professional, generous and deeply engaged with their communities. Providing support, information and resources for them so that they are strengthened to do their high quality work is both satisfying and exciting.
I am lucky to be an aunt and great aunt through the ties of family and friendship and I greatly cherish all the children and young people who are part of my life. They help me keep real and focused in my role here at Jigsaw and remind me both of the joy children bring us and the responsibility we have to cherish and nurture them with love.
Tau Huirama, Jigsaw CEO (Strategic Relationships)
I am from Tainui waka and of Waikato and Ngati Maniopoto descent.
I enjoy my role at Jigsaw because I am able to live my passion for thriving children and flourishing families. I also have the privilege of playing a leading role in the development of national strategies for the prevention of child abuse and family violence across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Jigsaw is an organisation of great agencies working daily to inspire, motivate and help families to be the best they could possibly be for their children. My hope is that Jigsaw can be a positive movement to help all New Zealanders grow possibilities and hope within our families.
I am a loving father and grandfather, with four adult children and three fantastic grandchildren. I am also Koro to very many grand nieces and nephews. My desire is for all children to be nurtured and encouraged to achieve their dreams.
Board Member Profiles
Tim Metcalfe, MPS, ANZASW, NZQSM (Chair)
Born in Dunedin and raised in Auckland, Tim has lived in Whanganui for nearly 20 years, where he has been a catalyst in many initiatives to promote the welllbeing of families and children and local communities. He is presently the Executive Officer of jigsaw whanganui, leading 16 frontline staff working alongside local families to be the best for their children. Tim has two adult stepchildren and now enjoys being a grandparent. He has 35 years' experience both in New Zealand and internationally in community education, counselling and social work. He has also undertaken numerous governance roles at national and local levels and has served on the Board of CAPS (NZ) and then Jigsaw for the past six years, five of these as Chair. In 2008 Rotary International honoured Tim as a Paul Harris Fellow.
Daryl Gregory (Deputy Chair)
Daryl is the Chief Executive of Christchurch’s He Waka Tapu which he started in 1996 primarily to provide a Kaupapa Maori service for Maori men and their whanau experiencing domestic violence.
He Waka Tapu now provides an extensive range of services from stopping violence programmes through to Whanau Ora health services, drug and alcohol programmes and nutrition education.
Daryl is an experienced clinician and has facilitated stopping violence services at Paparua and Rolleston Prisons. He has also acted as a cultural consultant at Kia Marama Sexual Abuse Unit at Rolleston Prison.
Lynn Blake-Palmer
Lynn’s background includes 23 years in frontline and management roles in Child, Youth and Family, and long service as a volunteer for Womens Refuge. In 1991 she joined Tall Poppies as a facilitator and trainer and is now an owner/director of Thought Partners consultancy where she specialises in workplace mediation and sensitive investigations, along with performance management. She is an accredited member of the LEADR mediation panel. Apart from her knowledge of the social services sector and her connections with people in influential roles, Lynn contributes to the governance of Jigsaw through membership of the HR subcommittee. She lives in Paremata, and has two adult sons and their very special partners, and three granddaughters and three grandsons..
Terri Cassidy
Elaine Dyer
Elaine has been passionately active in violence prevention for over 30 years, from Youthline Auckland’s Action Education work in schools, health and prison settings, to setting up the Alternatives to Violence Project Aotearoa (AVP) in New Zealand alongside the Quakers, then extensive international work (Australia, USA, UK, South Africa and Kenya, Uganda, Hong Kong and Tonga). Elaine was part of the Restorative Justice training team for the Courts pilot in 2000.
Currently she is CEO of Violence Free Waitakere (V.F.W), working locally in primary violence prevention, strengthening seeds of wellbeing and resilience in Waitakere communities, as well as being SKIP champions running events and promotions around parenting of the under fives. Elaine also developed the ‘Violence Free Begins With Me’ Schools programme for 8-12 year olds.
Membership on the Jigsaw Board offers great support to her work, being part of a national network which holds children and their wellbeing at core. In return she brings her creativity and experience to enrich this work.
Tasha Knight
Tasha has the privilege of leading Maketu Health & Social Services Trust, a small rural kaupapa agency in the Bay of Plenty. As a child and whanau focused agency, Maketu is committed to whanau safety and all that it involves from tamariki ora to rangatahi to mental health and addiction services, developing a centre of excellence that keeps our tamariki safe and enables them to achieve their full potential. To the Jigsaw Board Tasha brings her focus, management and communication skills and ongoing commitment to ensure the safety and nurturing of our tamariki is paramount.
Jill Proudfoot, BSocP, MANZASW, MNZAC
Jill has lived in Auckland for most of her life and for the past ten years she has worked for Shine (Safer Homes in New Zealand Everyday). Her present role is Client Services Director, providing leadership and support for 15 staff members, 20 contractors and 40 volunteers, who work together to assist families to live safely in their own homes. She is accredited as a Family Court counsellor and a Stopping Violence Programme facilitator and her area of special interest is the interface between care and protection services and domestic violence services. She has worked closely with CYF on three pilot projects which focus on improving this interface. Jill has two adult daughters and a little granddaughter who brings her great joy, and she hopes they will live in a community and society where nurturing children is considered the most important work that a person can do.
Jim Scully
Jim lives in Wellington with his wife Robyn and their two teenagers. He is originally from Titirangi, Auckland and also lived in Sydney where he was an Asia-Pacific executive of a large ICT corporation. Jim has a diverse background ranging from mechanical engineering to telecommunications to strategic design. After moving back to Wellington, he has held a senior management position in the public sector. Jim is now the NZ Principal of ThinkPlace Ltd which was founded, and operates, in Canberra, Australia. Jim has held governance roles within the public sector and represented New Zealand at international forums.
When he is not flying between New Zealand and Australia, Jim enjoys fishing and skiing with his family. Jim joined the Jigsaw board in April 2010, as he is passionate about making a difference to New Zealand and believes the key to creating a better future is through thriving and inspiring children, and supporting their families.
Patrons
Judy Bailey
"It is an enormous honour for me to share the patronship of Jigsaw with Dr Hone Kaa and I hope that together we can all achieve something special for the children of this country of ours."
Dr Hone Kaa
Archdeacon Dr Hone Kaa, is a Senior lecturer at Te Rau Kahikatea Theological College, St Johns. Hone is the Chairperson of Te Whare Ruruhau O Meri, and has served on this board for over 10 years.
As both a Senior Priest and Kaumatua, Hone has been very instrumental in supporting initiatives that advance Maori Education and the Protection of Tamariki and their whanau.
