Our Team
Amanda Rees
Chief Executive
Amanda brings extensive knowledge of strategic development, critical thinking and revenue generation to her role as the Chief Executive. Most recently she was Poutoko Hinengaro (co leader) at Te Pou Theatre, taking up the CEO role at Untouched World Foundation in August 2024. Amanda prioritises treaty relationships for the benefit of all Māori and tauiwi and embeds this through all strategic and programme planning.
Email: amanda@uwf.org.nz
Laura Hayward
Kaiwhakaangi Programme Coordinator
Laura is an experienced communicator from the UK, now settled in Aotearoa and feeding her love of languages in her te reo Māori journey. Through a recent managerial contract with Christchurch Envirohub, she forged valuable connections within Ōtautahi’s environmental community and deepened her understanding of environmental education in action. As our Kaiwhakaangi Programme Coordinator, Laura brings a keen eye for detail to support smooth programme delivery, and a compassionate approach to working with rangatahi and their whānau.
Email: programmes@uwf.org.nz
Caleb Fraser
Cora Wilding Resident
Caleb is an emerging environmental educator in Aotearoa who at a young age has already worked across education, tourism, government and not-for-profit organisations. As our inaugural Cora Wilding Resident, he is taking a central role in programme development and delivery. With a strategic and innovative mind, he is helping to enhance impact, drive growth and support long-term sustainability of the Untouched World Foundation and its programmes.
Email: caleb@uwf.org.nz
Our Facilitators
Jocelyn Papprill
Whakaraupō Moana
Jocelyn taught Social Sciences and Humanities in secondary schools for 25 years and was an advocate for the inclusion of Education for Sustainability with the NZ curriculum and NCEA. Her passion for holistic place-based education has led to her involvement in the Untouched World Foundation. Recently retired from Environment Canterbury (Youth Engagement & Education Advisor), her work continues in the community as an activist and keen gardener.
Raquelle de Vine
Whakaraupō Moana
Participating in the 2012 Ōruawairua programme and later the 2013 Canterbury Waterwise programme was formative in Raquelle’s work since graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Sustainability and Outdoor Education from Ara in 2013. Over the last decade Raquelle worked as a Glacier Guide, taking her to Antarctica, an Education Coordinator onboard a research vessel, taking her over 19,000 nautical miles around the Pacific and most recently in the waste & resource recovery sector. Raquelle has spent her career delivering education for sustainability striving to enable others to understand their ‘why’ and areas of influence. She brings this combined experience to the Whakaraupō Moana programme as the Lead Facilitator.
Rachael Pelvin
Ōruawairua/Blumine Island
A graduate of the Bachelor of Sustainability and Outdoor Education at Ara (2015), Rachael has worked around the motu preserving our environment. She has spent time working in the Abel Tasman National Park as a sea kayak guide and in other conservation roles, and following her degree she worked as a Park Ranger for the Christchurch City Council, based in the Port Hills. She is now a lecturer at Ara for the Sustainability and Outdoor Education department, and the lead facilitator for our long-standing Ōruawairua Blumine Island Biodiversity programme, held annually in the Marlborough Sounds.