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Connect
About Us
Our Team
Parishes
Vacancies
Contact
Kōrero
News & Articles
Events
Engage
Ministries
Resources
Documents
Standards
Our Team
Meet the team at the Anglican Centre. If you’re looking for some help, we’ve included the areas each of us can assist with.
Bishop
Bishop Steve Maina
Bishop
Originally from Kenya, Steve Maina has served as a pastor, church planter, National Director of NZCMS, and now Bishop of the Nelson Anglican Diocese.
Admin & Governance
Chris Ward
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Diocesan Manager
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Chris oversees diocesan administration and finances, ensuring the Anglican Centre effectively supports the ministry of the bishop and parishes.
Contact regarding:
Employment matters, Policies and Statutes, Media enquiries, complaints
Email
Articles
Deborah Oliver
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Governance Support Manager
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Deborah supports the Diocesan Manager, Anglican Centre team and various committees. She's the Nelson Synod guru, and has a wealth of diocesan information.
Contact regarding:
Police vetting, committees & synod, diocesan handbook & yearbook
Email
Articles
Anita Jones-Stiles
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Bishop's PA
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Anita is Bishop Steve's personal assistant, managing his busy schedule and filtering requests to him.
Contact regarding:
Contacting the Bishop
Email
Articles
Elaine Walsh
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Receptionist
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Elaine's always happy to make you a cuppa when you visit reception. She'll assist with any inquiries by email, phone or in person.
Contact regarding:
General inquiries, office info, archiving
Email
Articles
Russell Nimmo
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Health & Safety Co-Ordinator
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Russell provides support for parish health and safety management and coordinates the diocese’s SafeHere safety management system.
Contact regarding:
SafeHere, health and safety
Email
Articles
Renata van der Wal
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Events Administrator
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Renata lives in the Suter House community, organises diocesan events, leads worship at Victory Church and adores cheese.
Contact regarding:
Event administration
Email
Articles
Petra Oomen
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Communications
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Serving as the diocese's resident creative, Petra heads up communications and works on a variety of different media projects.
Contact regarding:
News and communications, website, publications
Email
Articles
Finance
Ed Duggan
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Finance Manager
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Ed manages finances, investments, property and insurance for the diocese and its various trusts and entities.
Contact regarding:
Finance, property, trusts, insurance
Email
Articles
Magna Lehmann
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Accountant
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Magna has a passion for numbers and reconciliations, and produces accounts for the parishes, Anglican Centre and Trust Board.
Contact regarding:
Finances, accounts, funding
Email
Articles
Merryl Hodgson
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Assistant Accountant/Payroll
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Merryl makes sure all employees across the diocese get paid. She does all things to help parishes with accounts payable and administration.
Contact regarding:
Payroll, parish admin, accounts payable
Email
Articles
Ministry
Atje Faber
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Rest Home Chaplaincy Coordinator
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Atje has a background working in institutional living for the disabled and marginalised, and is passionate about ministering to the elderly.
Contact regarding:
Chaplaincy training
Email
Articles
Brad Wood
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Youth Enabler
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Brad oversees youth ministry throughout the diocese. He has a passion for telling stories and spends his free time throwing clay on a pottery wheel.
Contact regarding:
Youth ministries and groups, youth events, Spring Camp
Email
Articles
Courtnay Wilson
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Creation Care Enabler
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Courtnay is the Creation Care Enabler, based in Kaikōura. She shepherds St Peter's church.
Contact regarding:
Creation care
Email
Articles
Greta Greenwood
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Children & Families Enabler
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Greta helps equip Children and Families Ministries across our diocese. She deeply loves kids and longs to see them become faith-filled believers.
Contact regarding:
Kids' church, resourcing, training, chats over coffee
Email
Articles
Jen Lockwood
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Social Services Grants Admin
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Jen has a long history of paid and voluntary community work, nursing, midwifery and caring for children.
Contact regarding:
Grants, social services, funding
Email
Articles
Simon Martin
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Bishop's Chaplain
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As the Bishop’s Chaplain, Simon has a variety of clergy-focussed responsibilities, like pre & post ordination training.
Contact regarding:
Ordination training, leadership
Email
Articles
Spanky Moore
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Pioneering Ministry Enabler
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Joshua "Spanky" Moore oversees the equipping and encouraging of leaders who feel called to 'gather the ungathered' or want to start something new.
Contact regarding:
Pioneering, Missional Communities, Discipleship, Young Leaders
Email
Articles
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