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  • Home
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Our Board
    • Our Management Team
    • Research
    • Feedback About WellStop
    • Community and Partnerships
    • Our Funding
    • Annual Report
  • Service Locations
    • Te Tairawhiti: East Coast and Wairoa
    • Hawkes Bay
    • Ruapehu/North Rangitikei
    • Taranaki
    • Whanganui/South Rangitikei
    • Palmerston North, Manawatu, Tararua
    • Horowhenua
    • Wairarapa
    • Wellington
  • Services
    • COVID-19
    • Adults: Harmful Sexual Behaviour
    • Youth (13-18 years)
    • Children (4-12 years)
    • Prevention
    • Affected by Sexual Abuse?
    • Education, Consultation & Training Services
    • Other Services
  • Get Involved
    • Donate To WellStop
    • Staff and Contractor Vacancies
    • Placements and Internships
    • Become A Board Member
  • Sexual Abuse
    • Information About Sexual Abuse
    • Warning Signs of Child Sexual Abuse
    • How To Keep Your Child Safe
  • Resources
    • The Good Way Model & Enquiry Form
    • FAQ's - Children
    • FAQ's - Youth
    • FAQ's - Adults
    • Privacy & Confidentiality
    • Child Protection Policy
    • Feedback & Complaints
    • Confidentiality and Legal Privilege Issues for Clients
    • Links To Other Agencies & Resources
  • Enquiries & Contact

Our Board

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Felicity Buchanan

Ngāti Haumia, Taranaki iwi, Te Atiawa
 
Felicity is a career diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and has led teams responsible for New Zealand’s relationships with Polynesia and the French Pacific, North and South America, and foreign policy relating to international security, disarmament and arms control.  
 
Felicity has undertaken short term assignments to the Public Service Commission, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and to the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust, established to receive and manage the Treaty settlement package for Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika. She has represented Aotearoa New Zealand at international meetings and through diplomatic postings to Tonga, Canada, and to United Nations Headquarters in New York.   
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Mark Woodard

​Mark Woodard is a senior financial manager at Te Whatu Ora Health NZ.  He has previously served as the Director of Corporate Services/CFO for the Pharmac, the New Zealand government's drug purchasing agency, and as Chief Executive of Presbyterian Support Central, an NGO with 25 locations and 1,500 staff.

Mr Woodard has also served as the Alternate Chair of Ministry of Social Development Chief Executive Advisory Panel on Child, Youth and Family Complaints following significant experience working to resolve disputes associated with prior abuse. 

Mr Woodard moved to New Zealand from the United States in 2005, following an extensive career in health services management.  He holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Ali Tocker

Ali is the Director of Tictoc Studio. Ali has been running her business for 20+ years which focuses on the people side of business.

Tocker Associates partners with businesses, teams and individuals to create high performing organisation – from strategy to coaching.

Ali has worked throughout Aotearoa New Zealand with a wide range of organisations - government departments, not for profit organisations, educational institutes and universities, privately owned companies and community based initiatives.

​Ali has a Master’s in Education, Policy and Research, BA in Psychology and a Diploma in Teaching. 
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George Vaeau

George was born in Suva, Fiji and raised in Siusega, Samoa. He has a background in Injury Prevention Design and Delivery and Community Design and Engagement. 

George is currently the Pouwhakataki in the Wellington Region for the design of long-term healing from violence services using indigenous design methodologies.
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George is passionate about supporting thriving Māori and Pasifika communities through the pursuit of decolonisation.
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Rachael Boyd

Rachael is a serving Police Officer, currently a Detective Senior Sergeant in charge of the Wellington District Crime Squad.
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She was previously in charge of the Wellington District Child Protection Team and is passionate about providing quality service delivery to victims of sexual abuse and working to prevent sexual harm.

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Te Rina Leonard, Acting Chair

Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Raukawa

Te Rina is the Chief Executive of Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura), the largest school in Aotearoa. Te Rina originally qualified as an educational psychologist, and has gone on to successfully lead large operational policy, evaluation and policy teams in the Public Service.

Te Rina draws inspiration from the following whakatauki:

Te manu kai miro,
Nōna te ngahere;
Te manu kai mātauranga,
Nōna te ao.

The bird that eats the miro berries, theirs is the forest; The bird that consumes knowledge, theirs is the world.
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