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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: Christopher Gunn and VRC Parent Elected Trustee

Principal: Karen Stobbs

Parent Trustees – Visual Resource Centres:

  • Ross Meikle
  • Christopher Michael Gunn
  • David Cullen
  • Kevin Manson

Staff Elected Trustee:

  • Tracey O’Sullivan

Appointed Trustees:

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

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 2023 six meetings will be held throughout the year:

  • February 24 – Homai Campus
  • May 5 – Zoom
  • June 30 – Zoom
  • August 25 – Whole day meeting of the board with a general board meeting held in the morning followed by a strategy session in the afternoon.
  • October 27 – Homai Campus
  • December 1 – Homai Campus

BoT Newsletters and Documents

  • 1. BOT Newsletter – Term 2 2022
  • 2. BOT Election Brochure-2022

Use these links to access the following documentation:

2022

  • 2022 BLENNZ Charter.

2021

  • 2021 Annual Report

 

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