Who We Are

SECRETARY

Sue Berman is an oral historian who believes in the potential and power of research, documentary and archives. She is currently most actively involved in Alternative Jewish Voices. Sue identifies as queer, and is also a mother, bird lover, and tree hugger based in Tāmaki Makaurau.

TREASURER

Karen Davis has worked in the community sector for over 30 years as a researcher, economics educator, treasurer and operations manager. She is passionate about people-centred economics and alternatives to capitalism, as well as helping community groups manage their tight financial budgets. Karen has also been part of Kōtare's oral history and archiving projects. She is currently Kōtare's treasurer and lives at Hōteo North.

TRUSTEE

Catherine Delahunty is a Pākehā activist educator living within Ngāti Maru whenua in Hauraki. She was the first paid coordinator of Kōtare Trust from 1999 until 2008. She tutors workshops on Te Tiriti o Waitangi in a range of settings and writes about this kaupapa. Catherine is also active in the Free West Papua movement and environmental defender work against multinational gold miners. She is a grandmother and a former member of Parliament.

COORDINATOR

Sue Bradford is a community-based activist, organiser and educator with a particular focus on unemployment, welfare, housing and climate justice issues, and an interest in developing autonomous peoples’ organisations from scratch. She was a Green MP for ten years (1999-2009). She has been involved in Kōtare since it started as a community project in 1994 and is currently employed to help coordinate our educational and other activities. Sue is Pākehā, a mother of five, and lives at Hōteo North, near Wellsford.

TRUSTEE

Anna Fielder joined Kōtare as a trustee in 2022. She works in research and education and is particularly committed to political activism which seeks to strengthen activities that are undervalued, or un-valued, in capitalism – such as care and health work. Anna is Pākehā. She was born in the north of England, where she spent much of her life and also practised as a midwife. She moved to Aotearoa in 2008. Anna is a mother of three and lives in Glen Eden, in Tāmaki Makaurau.

CHAIR

Megan Brady-Clark is Pākehā and lives in Tāmaki Makaurau. She has been engaged in both parliamentary and extra-parliamentary politics, including involvement with NGOs and community groups in areas related to gender inequality, sex workers' rights, and welfare reform. Megan became a trustee of Kōtare in 2020.

TRUSTEE

Tim lives and works in Te Taitokerau, based in Whangārei with his partner Carol Peters and extended family. He continues to be involved in Tiriti o Waitangi education and activism, social justice and community development work, national justice collectives, international solidarity (West Papua, Palestine, Philippines, Timor Leste), and is currently focused on housing and economic justice. Tim is working to become one of those Pākehā with whom the rangatira thought they were signing Te Tiriti.

TRUSTEE

Jo is an enthusiastic community collaborator and organiser working for environmental and social justice with a particular interest in leadership communication at the intersections of capitalism, class, colonisation and climate change. Jo leads the Waikato Environment Centre Trust team, is based in Morenawhira (Morrinsville), is Pākehā and identifies as queer. They are a daredevil no-weeding kind of gardener which means on Sundays they can be found lying on a couch surrounded by needlework, textiles and reading material

TRUSTEE

Heather Came is a seventh generation Pākehā New Zealander. Her background is in public health and social justice activism. Her research focuses on critical policy analysis, te Tiriti o Waitangi, anti-racism and institutional racism. As an activist scholar Heather is a founding member and co-chair of STIR: Stop Institutional Racism, has prepared expert evidence for Waitangi Tribunal and has presented to United Nations human rights committees. In 2020 she founded Te Tiriti based futures + Anti-racism series of anti-racism gatherings.

TRUSTEE

Quentin is one of Kōtare’s founding trustees. A child of English immigrants, he was born and raised in Rotorua. He was active in student politics before joining the Wellington Unemployed Workers Union, then helping set up the Wellington Peoples Resource Centre. From when Kōtare’s buildings were moved on site until 2021, he was the resident caretaker. He is also a long-serving member of the Kōtare cooking crew. He currently works as Coordinator of a local Family Support service.