National Services Te Paerangi . Who we are

Who we are

Our Mission

National Services Te Paerangi's mission is to strengthen the museum sector by providing practical and strategic help to museums and iwi throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.

Our goal is for museums and iwi to be significantly strengthened by increased participation in our programmes and by working collaboratively at a local and national level.

Who we are

National Services Te Paerangi has a staff of eight.

Tracy Puklowski, General Manager

Rhonda Paku, Manager Iwi Development

Rhonda looks at strategies to reduce barriers to iwi participation in the sector, as well as improving communications between iwi and museums.

Ph: (04) 381 7471 Email: rhondap@tepapa.govt.nz

Gavin Reedy, Iwi Development Officer

Gavin's main role will be to provide face-to-face support to iwi and museums and increase communication and understanding between them. Read more about Gavin.

Read Gavin's latest On-the-road diary.

Ph: 029 6010 440 Email: gavinr@tepapa.govt.nz

Wallis Barnicoat, Manager Museum Development

Wallis oversees strategies and programmes that improve standards and skills within the museum sector.

Ph: (04) 381 7293 Email: wallisb@tepapa.govt.nz

Julia Gresson, Museum Development Officer

Julia will spend time with museums in the North Island.
Read more about Julia.

Ph: 029 601 0370 Email: juliag@tepapa.govt.nz

Judith Taylor, Museum Development Officer

Judith will spend time with museums in the South Island.
Read more about Judith.

Judith doesn't start with us until late December 2008. Please call 0508 678 743 or email natserv@tepapa.govt.nz in the interim.

Lucie Paterson, Communications Officer

Lucie looks after the communications with the sector, including e-newsletters, He Rauemi Resource Guides, the website, and much more. Read more about Lucie.

Ph: (04) 381 7114 Email: luciep@tepapa.govt.nz

Jade Hadfield, Sector Training Administrator

Jade coordinates the National Services Te Paerangi training workshops and provides administrative support for the team. Read more about Jade.

Ph: (04) 381 7246 Email: jadeh@tepapa.govt.nz

Advisory Group

National Services Te Paerangi works closely with advisors from the museum sector. The Advisory Group meets three times a year with National Services Te Paerangi staff and the Chief Executive and Kaihautū of Te Papa.

It provides advice to the Te Papa Board on the strategic direction of National Services Te Paerangi, its policies, and business plans. The Group also promotes National Services Te Paerangi to the museum sector.

Keep in touch

Our postal address is:

National Services Te Paerangi
Te Papa
PO Box 467
WELLINGTON

Do you have a question on museum matters?

Call TelstraClear 0508 NSTP HELP (0508 678 743)
Email natserv@tepapa.govt.nz
Contact a staff member directly
Fill our online enquiry form
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Use our enquiry form to Sign up to our e-newsletter.

Gavin's on-the-road diary - September 2008

He mihi mahana tēnei kia koutou puta noa I te motu.

July has been a very busy month of organising – tying up an on-the-road trip where I visited iwi through Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka (The top of the South Island), and attending a Caring for Taonga workshop organised by NSTP and tutored by Rangi Te Kawana (textiles) and Vicki-Anne Heikell (paper).

Tracy Puklowski, General Manager

Tracy Puklowski has been employed at Te Papa since February 2005, initially as Senior Curator Art. She took up the role of General Manager National Services Te Paerangi on 1 December 2005. National Services Te Paerangi is responsible for building capacity and providing support to museums throughout the country.

Judith Taylor, Museum Development Officer - South Island

I live near Nelson in Ruby Bay, one of the small settlements in the Tasman District. This will be my base as Museum Development Officer (South Island) for National Services Te Paerangi.

Lucie Paterson, Communications Officer

Lucie Paterson is our new Communications Officer. Prior to this Lucie worked for two years at the Wellington Museums Trust as Executive Assistant. In this role she designed the Trust's intranet, curated Art Case - Capital E's Gallery for Children and was in the environmental committee.

Julia Gresson, Museum Development Officer - North Island

Julia is an objects conservator with extensive experience in the care and treatment of a wide range of collection materials.

Gavin Reedy, Iwi Development Officer

Ko Hikurangi te maunga.
Ko Waiapu te awa.
Ko Ngāti Porou te iwi.
Ko Gavin Reedy tōku ingoa.

I am forty-something years old. I attended Pencarrow School, Wainui-o-mata Intermediate, and Wainui-o-mata College. My mum and dad are still living in our whānau house in Wainui-o-mata, which we moved into around 1958. I left Wellington in 1979 for a holiday to the Halcombe area with my wife, Denise, and have only just returned to take up this position with Te Papa.