Governance Group
Melanie Mark-Shadbolt
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Ngāti Porou, Te Arawa, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Te Atiawa
Co-Chair
Melanie is an indigenous environmental advocate who is a co-founder and the CEO of Te Tira Whakamātaki, a Māori environmental not-for-profit and home of the Māori biosecurity network. She is also the Deputy Secretary Māori Rights & Interests at the Ministry for the Environment and was formerly Kaihautū Ngātahi Director Māori of the Biological Heritage National Science Challenge.