Our Team
Amanda Rees
Chief Executive
Amanda brings extensive knowledge of strategic development, critical thinking and revenue generation to her role as the Chief Executive. Most recently she was Poutoko Hinengaro (co leader) at Te Pou Theatre, taking up the CEO role at Untouched World Foundation in August 2024. Amanda prioritises treaty relationships for the benefit of all Māori and tauiwi and embeds this through all strategic and programme planning.
Email: amanda@uwf.org.nz
Kirsty Glengarry
Kaiwhakaangi Programme Coordinator
Kirsty is an experienced arts administrator and educator who was born and raised in Ōtautahi and has worked around Aotearoa before returning home in 2022. Her career has included roles in museums, galleries and local government, managing programmes and connecting students and audiences to inspiring and meaningful learning opportunities and experiences. She is passionate about supporting programmes that develop the skills needed to navigate an increasingly complex world through sustainable systems thinking.
Email: programmes@uwf.org.nz
Caleb Fraser (Ngāi Tahu)
Cora Wilding Resident
Caleb is an emerging environmental educator in Aotearoa who at a young age has already worked across education, tourism, government and not-for-profit organisations. As our inaugural Cora Wilding Resident, he is taking a central role in programme development and delivery. With a strategic and innovative mind, he is helping to enhance impact, drive growth and support long-term sustainability of the Untouched World Foundation and its programmes.
Email: caleb@uwf.org.nz
Charlotte Stringer
Marketing & Communications Kaimahi
Charlotte is a creative marketer and graphic designer with a genuine passion for sustainability. Before joining UWF, she worked at Untouched World as Marketing and Graphic Design Executive, where she gained hands-on experience in brand storytelling and marketing strategy within the sustainable fashion sector. She enjoys turning ideas into engaging content and designs that feel thoughtful and purposeful. With a keen eye for detail and a practical, problem-solving approach, Charlotte strives to make marketing and design not only visually appealing but meaningful.
Email: charlotte@uwf.org.nz
Our Facilitators
Jocelyn Papprill
Whakaraupō Moana
Jocelyn taught Social Sciences and Humanities in secondary schools for 25 years and was an advocate for the inclusion of Education for Sustainability with the NZ curriculum and NCEA. Her passion for holistic place-based education has led to her involvement in the Untouched World Foundation. Recently retired from Environment Canterbury (Youth Engagement & Education Advisor), her work continues in the community as an activist and keen gardener.
Raquelle de Vine
Whakaraupō Moana & Emergent Leaders
Participating in the 2012 Ōruawairua programme and later the 2013 Canterbury Waterwise programme was formative in Raquelle’s work since graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Sustainability and Outdoor Education from Ara in 2013. Over the last decade Raquelle worked as a Glacier Guide, taking her to Antarctica, an Education Coordinator onboard a research vessel, taking her over 19,000 nautical miles around the Pacific and most recently in the waste & resource recovery sector. Raquelle has spent her career delivering education for sustainability striving to enable others to understand their ‘why’ and areas of influence. She brings this combined experience to the Whakaraupō Moana and Emergent Leaders programmes as the Lead Facilitator.
Gloria della Porta
Programme Facilitator & Alumni Connector
Gloria has a background in science communication, data management and sustainability leadership, alongside a mission to connect people back to nature to drive positive behaviour change. After completing her bachelor's degree in Environmental Science and Geography in 2020, she has spent the last 6 years working across government and not-for-profit organisations developing her own leadership capability and has recently joined the Untouched World Foundation team to support young changemakers across its programmes and alumni network.
Rachael Pelvin
Ōruawairua/Blumine Island
A graduate of the Bachelor of Sustainability and Outdoor Education at Ara (2015), Rachael has worked around the motu preserving our environment. She has spent time working in the Abel Tasman National Park as a sea kayak guide and in other conservation roles, and following her degree she worked as a Park Ranger for the Christchurch City Council, based in the Port Hills. She is now a lecturer at Ara for the Sustainability and Outdoor Education department, and the lead facilitator for our long-standing Ōruawairua Blumine Island Biodiversity programme, held annually in the Marlborough Sounds.
Amber Moke (Kāi Tahu & Tainui)
Facilitator & Cultural Liaison
Amber Moke has a background in visual communication, environmental research and project support with extensive marae-based experience to provide guidance in cultural development and localised knowledge. She works to uphold the mauri of individuals and organisations navigating their journeys within te ao Māori through facilitation and relationship-building to strengthen understanding, belonging and connections between people, place and kaupapa.