Our Board

Helen chairs Kawerau and Districts Ageing in Place (KADAP) Inc and is one of its founding members. Interested in governance and community development, she has been active in the voluntary sector and involved with not for profit/for purpose organisations across the wider Bay of Plenty. 

Dave emigrated from Scotland in 1981 to be part of the maintenance team at Tasman for 24 years. He joined Fonterra Edgecumbe in 2005 as Engineering Maintenance Manager and retired in September 2022. In 2023 he joined KADAP and became a board member. Dave is married, has two sons and two granddaughters. 

I have lived in Kawerau for 53 years.My working life consisted of 14 years at the Kawerau Maternity Hospital - now Mountain View - and the 32 years as a practice nurse at the Tarawera Medical Centre. I enjoyed travel - visiting many interesting places including “woofing” in a Tuscan Vinyard three consecutive years. Travel on 2 wheels is another joy - my mad mountain biking days have passed but road riding is still possible. For 10 consecutive years I organised a relay team from my work colleagues, to ride the Taupo challenge-each rider doing 40kms around Lake Taupo. Gardening is a pleasure, also watching all the different birds in the large trees in my garden. To help our people stay in their homes that are full of memories is a wonderful thing and KADAP is committed to doing this and has succeeded the past 10 years.

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Bob is one of the founding members of KADAP.

He has been involved in Kawerau community organisations since 1990.

He continues to work on ensuring KADAP has sufficient funding to deliver on its mission to ensure the safety and dignity of Kawerau seniors.