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Our Board of Trustees

An introduction to the BLENNZ Board of Trustees

BLENNZ has a national board of trustees which is representative of BLENNZ parents and of the wider blindness education sector.

The role of the BLENNZ board is to govern the school, with a focus on providing an environment that fosters achievement for children and young people who are blind or low vision.

BoT Members and roles

Board Secretary: Janny Cooke (09) 266-7109 Extension: 2000

Chairperson: Mitch Harris and Homai Campus School Parent Trustee

Principal: Karen Stobbs

Parent Trustees – Visual Resource Centres:

  • Ross Meikle
  • Christopher Michael Gunn
  • David Cullen

Selected Trustee

  • Kevin Manson

Staff Elected Trustee: Kelly Doyle

Appointed Trustees:

  • John Mulka – Blind Low Vision NZ
  • Nigel Ngahiwi – Tangata Whenua

BoT Meeting venues and time

The board hold their face to face meetings at the Homai Campus on a Friday from 10:00am to 2:00pm. In 2021 six meetings will be held throughout the year, three face to face and three via Zoom.

  • February 26 – Face to Face,
  • March 26 – via Zoom,
  • May 28 – via Zoom,
  • August 13 – Face to Face,
  • October 29 – via Zoom,
  • December 3 – Face to face

BoT Newsletters and Documents

  • BoT Newsletter – Term 1 2018.
  • BoT – Term 4 2018 Newsletter.
  • BoT Newsletter – Term 4 2019.

BLENNZ Official Documentation

Use these links to access the following documentation:

2021

  • 2021 BLENNZ Charter.

2020

  • 2020 Annual Report
  • Financials Complete 2020 – BLENNZ
  • Financials with Audit Report – BLENNZ

2019

  • 2019 Annual Report,
  • 2019 BLENNZ Charter,
  • 2019 Full Audited Financials-Final,
  • 2019 Audited Accounts-Financials-Accessible,
  • 2019 Audited Accounts-Notes-Accessible,
  • 2019 Audited Accounts-Readers of Annual Report-Accessible,
  • 2019 BLENNZ Management Letter,
  • 2019 BLENNZ Management Letter-Accessible,

Homai Early Childhood Centre

  • Homai Annual Report 2019,
  • Homai 2019 Audit Report (amended July 2020),
  • Homai Management Letter 2019,
  • Homai Management Letter 2019,
  • Analysis of Variance Report 2019,
  • Financial Statements 2019.
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