National Office Team
Chief Executive (Strategic operations) - Liz Kinley
Chief Executive & Pou Arahi (Strategic relations) - Tau Huirama
National Professional Consultant - Catherine Lawson
Office Manager - Carolyn Cummins
Project Manager - Sally Christie
Advisor Maori Strategic Support - Huia Lloyd
Accountant - Debbie Mickell
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National Board
Chairperson - Tim Metcalfe
Deputy Chairperson - Hera Clark

Board members - Libby Robins, Liz Nelson, Ngaropi Cameron, Jill Proudfoot, Trevor Shailer, Lynn Blake-Palmer, Steve Waring

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 wellbeing 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 and Pou Arahi (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 - As well as being the chairperson of Jigsaw, I am the manager of Family Support Services Whanganui Trust and have two adult step children and a grandchild about to arrive.

I am attracted to being involved with Jigsaw because I value connecting with people who are enthusiastic and innovative. To the Jigsaw board I bring many years experience working alongside families to provide safe care and nurture for their children.

My hopes for children and families by my involvement in Jigsaw are that they can all live by Jigsaw's values - being generous, building relationships, being innovative, effective and diverse.

Hera Clark - As well as being the Deputy Chairperson for Jigsaw, I am the Managing Director for Te Whare Ruruhau o Meri. I have children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews and I hope they enjoy learning life's treasures and that I may get to share some of their stories.

I am attracted to being involved with Jigsaw because there is a like mindness about the way we practice and deliver services to children and their whanau. I would like to offer as my contribution within the Jigsaw board my ideas and experiences; training and designing and delivering tamariki, tane and wahine programmes.

My hopes for what might be achieved for children and families by my involvement with Jigsaw are that tamariki are nurtured and encouraged to explore their potential and be given the opportunity to do so.

Libby Robins - My present occupation is Director for the Family Help Trust in Christchurch. I am attracted to being involved with Jigsaw because it allows me to have a bigger voice, at a national level, into the issues that I feel passionate about.

I have seven children and nine grandchildren. I have hopes that within ten years, the culture of NZ parents disciplining by smacking our children will have changed in the same way that not smoking, the wearing of safety belts and wearing bicycle helmets has become normalised.

To the Jigsaw board I offer my ongoing involvement and passion concerning evidence-based practice in social work services, Family Help Trust's ongoing research into effectiveness together with significant experience with comprehensive information collecting systems and data base development.

My hopes for what might be achieved for children and families by my involvement with Jigsaw are that we find ways to work 'effectively' with vulnerable children and families that have a spin off that is immeasurable for the generations to come.

Liz Nelson - I am the Manager of Parent & Family Counselling in Northland and I am involved with Jigsaw because; 'Ko tou rourou, ko taku rourou ka ora ai te iwi e' - Jigsaw brings together likeminded organisations that work New Zealand wide to make positive change for children and families.

I have children/grandchildren/nieces/nephews and my hopes for them for the future are; 'Happiness' - connection to whanau and community, inner peace, love and warmth.

I would like my contribution within the Jigsaw board to be effective governance, but most importantly my commitment to affecting social and systems change for the benefit of all children and families in Aotearoa.

I hope what might be achieved for children and families by my involvement with Jigsaw are; a nurturing society - mokopuna and their whanau are nurtured, supported and embraced by community and government.

Ngaropi Cameron - Currently I am Manager and Senior Family Violence Programme Facilitator and Educator at Tu Tama Wahine O Taranaki Inc. I am attracted to being involved with Jigsaw because of the quality of thinking and time taken to discuss issues fully. To the Jigsaw board I bring experience, preparedness to listen and support, some insight and my sense of humour.

My hopes for the children in my family for the future are to reclaim their birth right to be fully in charge of their lives. My hopes for what might be achieved for children and families by my involvement with Jigsaw are to encourage and empower families to think well about themselves and their children and if they need help to seek it early.

Jill Proudfoot - My present occupation is Client Services Manager, Preventing Violence in the Home.

I am attracted to being involved with Jigsaw because the values of Jigsaw match my own and those of Preventing Violence in the Home. Jigsaw is a high functioning, forward looking, proactive organisation providing national leadership and I am excited to be involved.

My particular interest in being involved in the Jigsaw board is in the interface between care and protection services and domestic violence services. There is a need for many conversations about the sometimes conflicting needs of the adults and children where violence is used. This will help reach a shared understanding of the safest way to provide assistance.

My hopes for the children in my family are that they will live in a family community and society where nurturing children is considered the most important work that a person can do. My hopes for what might be achieved for children and families by my involvement with Jigsaw are that I will be able to further steps towards: nurturing children and supporting families, creating a caring, involved, informed community and developing laws and policies that support these outcomes.

Trevor Shailer - My present occupation is Cultural Marketing Director, GSL Network - Advertising and Communications with a difference.

I am attracted to being involved with Jigsaw because I am excited about the opportunity to be involved as a way to contribute to the fabric of our communities. I'm pleased to be part of a positive kaupapa that focuses on the potential of tamariki. To the Jigsaw board I bring years of experience in community development and communications. I also bring strategic thinking through my involvement in the development and design of social marketing campaigns.

The hopes for my two children are that they get to unleash their own potential in whatever pursuits they desire, and that they live with passion as citizens of the world. My hope for what might be achieved for children and families by my involvement with Jigsaw is to contribute to positive social change; to establish environments that support whanau to set goals and strive for what they want.

I'm passionate like everyone else, to make a difference and I believe this is achievable when we work together - Ehara taku toa I te toa taki-tahi, engari he toa taki-tini - Success is not the work of one, but the work of many.

Lynn Blake-Palmer - My present occupation is Director and Consultant with Thought Partners.

I am attracted to being involved with Jigsaw because the importance of the work of the member agencies and its national body cannot be over estimated in its contribution to the wellbeing of New Zealand. The work being done today will leave an enduring legacy for generations to come. I bring to the Jigsaw board, experience as an employer of staff, strategic and board nous, a long association with the social services sector, including statutory and NGO work, deep listening and questioning. My hope for what might be achieved for children and families by my involvement with Jigsaw- is governance that fully supports the work of those at the frontline

I hope the children in my family grow up in communities in which they feel at home in the fullest, most nurturing way - so they can grow into confident, loving, talented, contributing adults.

Lastly I would like the Jigsaw agencies to know I am a facilitator, an accredited LEADR mediator, and an organisational development specialist by day (and sometimes by night!). I have a partner of 40 years, and two adult sons who between them have five children under six whom I adore and look out for.

Steve Waring - I am the Managing Director of Direct Marketing Company KiwiFirst NZ Ltd. I was employed initially by KiwiFirst in 1993 to manage a national fundraising project. I became a shareholder in 1999 and purchased the company outright in 2007. I have three children, a son aged 24 living in Sydney and two daughters 18 and 15 living at home. I have nine nieces and nephews but no grandchildren just yet. We have brought our children up in an environment that is founded on ensuring that they feel safe, cared for, heard, needed, important and most importantly, loved unconditionally and it is my hope that my children will provide the same loving environment for their own children.

I was initially attracted to Jigsaw because of the passion of the people involved in this vital community based work and it is the continued passion, vision and determination of this group of individuals that keeps me involved today. To the Jigsaw board I bring a combination of business, family and church values. I also bring an open mind, plain speaking and humour

My hopes for children and families while I am on the Jigsaw board are the same as all people involved in this work. I hope children are nurtured, valued, cherished, loved and given every opportunity to flourish and blossom, free from abuse of any kind.

Patrons

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.

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."