We are
Susan Brown Trustee Chair
Capers Cafe business owner. Physiotherapist. Celebrant. Mother. Retreat facilitator.
June Grant Founding Trustee
ONZM for services to Maori and Maori Art. Health Promotor Te Arawa, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Tuhourangi/Ngati Wahiao.
Wendy Lewis Founding Trustee
Grandmother and retired Radiographer
Funding Co-ordinator.
Kylie Lang Trustee
Claire Gower-James Manager
Super Hero. She keeps us all organized and takes care of every little precious detail.
Aratika circle of care
Tove Jensen-Munroe Trustee
Greg Taipari Trustee
A former reporter and ministerial press secretary. Currently a communication manager and media advisor.
Sarah Jameson Treasurer
Associate chartered accountant, member of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand.
Barbara Hochstein
Founding Trustee
Guiding Patron
Radiographer and our former chair.
Empowering you to live well
is our mission.
In the belief that attending to our emotional, mental, spiritual and physical health is essential to our wellbeing, Aratika Cancer Trust offers workshops and retreats exploring evidence-based integrative medicine practices to educate and empower people with a cancer diagnosis.
Former Trustees
Britta Norske
Founding Trustee
Meditation & Nutrition
Facilitator
More about Britta on our facilitator biography page.
Doreen Vroom-Barclay
Former Trustee
Local Rotorua business owner from the Netherlands. Cancer thriver, determined and charming.
Mereheeni Hooker
Former Trustee
Guiding light who left us on 14 June 2019. Profoundly missed. Her life was spent in service to education and her Maori community.