07/10/2025
I am coming to the end of my first term as a cromwell ward councillor & community board member, and standing for election to the council again this triennium.
Although it is challenging, I have loved the role and have gained a really solid understanding of how local government works (for and against us!) and how that affects our daily lives. I’d love the chance to keep up the momentum and represent cromwell for another term.
A bit about me:
I’m a pom (best to get that out of the way first eh) but almost a cromwell local having moved here in 2008. I grew up and studied in England but travelled after uni and only meant to stay in NZ for one ski season (that was 2004!).
I juggle a couple of part time jobs including council, the main one being as a draughtsperson. I spent my first 12 years here working at altitude, in the ski fields and at skyline gondola, including many years as the hospitality manager at Cardrona.
I have 4 very busy kids aged 7,9,11,14 across the 3 schools of Goldfields Primary, Cromwell College & Dunstan High School.
I am passionate about giving more than I take, and have a finger in many community pies! Over the course of the year you’ll find me helping/ organising/ coaching/ managing/ on the committee of hockey, athletics, netball and touch, and I coordinate the school skiing programmes for our local schools at Cardrona in the winter too.
I was a hockey player in my younger sporting days and have played for Cromwell on and off since 2008 as well as Central Otago at national league and masters for C.O & Otago.
Hockey is my passion and I am a past vice-president of Central Otago Hockey Association as well as a repeat offender with the Cromwell Hockey Club committee in various roles over the years, currently as Junior Club Coordinator. I am also a trustee on the Central Otago Sports Turf Trust.
I volunteer for Otago Hospice and am part of their biography service team where I am privileged to be able to help record and transcribe patient’s life stories for their families to keep.
I am a founding and ongoing member of the Cromwell Resilience Group, a volunteer component of Civil Defence Otago Emergency Management, where we aid the community in preparing for natural disasters or unprecedented events and faciliate an emergency hub in the event of such a disaster.
I am also a board member of the Southern Lakes AA (automobile association not Alcoholics Anonymous; I have 4 kids… sometimes I need a drink!).
Seeing kids thrive and participate, particularly in sport, is my real bucket filler and I love Central Otago for all that it offers our families. Bringing my kids up here makes me feel incredibly lucky.
Talking is one of my favourite hobbies according to my kids, and I love nothing better than a yarn in the supermarket aisle, much to their annoyance at times! But I’m always up for a chat, whatever the topic, and that’s one reason why the Council role is a great fit for me.
I’m strong willed and I’m loyal, and I stand up for what I believe in. I will call out poor behaviour and I will not tolerate people that do not treat each other with respect. I’m a team worker but also not afraid to go it alone.
I’m a fierce Cromwell ambassador!
