Matthew Wardle – Capstone Student Intern

Matthew Wardle – Capstone Student Intern

Matthew (he/him) is joining the Matuku Link team across 2026 as part of his AUT Capstone placement, where he’ll be working on a science communication project exploring ways to share the stories and ecological work happening across the wetland. He is currently...
Rebecca Bowater – Lead Educator

Rebecca Bowater – Lead Educator

Rebecca joined Matuku Link in 2023, after volunteering with our education programme for a year. She grew up locally exploring the Waitākere Ranges and West Coast beaches. Now she shares her love of the natural world with her three children. Rebecca brings her...
Aileen Sweeney – Educator

Aileen Sweeney – Educator

Nau mai haere mai Aileen Sweeney!   We are tino harikoa to welcome Aileen (she/her) on board the team here at Matuku Link. She will be helping out while Leah is on maternity leave.   Aileen is an ecologist with a passion for education and community outreach. While she...
Grac Coyle – Communications

Grac Coyle – Communications

Grac is a young queer conservationist who has recently come on board the team at Matuku Link to add their skills in storytelling for conservation.  They have been volunteering with us for just over a year now, helping out with the School Holiday Programme, getting...
Christine Mansford

Christine Mansford

With Christine’s background in ecology, and a skilled conservation field worker by trade, Christine is enjoying being able to practically assist the Matuku projects in growing predator control across the landscape. Christine happened to be between contracts at Ark in...
Trustee John Fawcett

Trustee John Fawcett

We weren’t content with just two Johns as trustees, we just had to go and recruit a third one!   With a career as a humanitarian worker that took him to the USA, Cambodia, and Nepal, John brings a wealth of experience to our team. Since returning to New Zealand,...