Rebecca Webb

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Kia ora! I grew up in Kirikiriroa Hamilton and have gone between there and Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland during my time in Aotearoa (I also had a brief stint in the UK). Now my little whānau live in West Auckland. I am a trained Baptist pastor and I love the church, the beautiful vision of God’s people uniting together for his mission in the world. I believe creation care is part of our individual and corporate mission as God’s people and should be part of our churches kaupapa. I am passionate about minimising waste and our carbon footprint to preserve this beautiful place we call home. My background is in the medical sciences, particularly brain-wave monitoring in anaesthesia and obstetric vital sign monitoring. I’m interested in the intersection of faith and science, such as in eco-theology, and have written on engaging Moral Foundations Theory to understand Tall Poppy Syndrome, and how Praise Psychology can help us know how to affirm each other in the church. I enjoy being outside and you’ll often find me walking, running, swimming, or biking, enjoying God’s creation.

Mo Morgan

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Mo works for A Rocha as the Eco Church Regional Coordinator for the lower North Island. Mo is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. She lives in Whanganui with her husband Kirk and their three teenage children. Prior to working for Arocha she has been a parish minister, National Youth Coordinator, piano teacher, and local church youth worker. Mo has a lot of experience speaking and facilitating groups. She is passionate about encouraging churches and groups to engage with Creation Care as an intrinsic part of what it means to follow Jesus and be the church. She is a strong advocate for youth and children’s ministry and is particularly passionate about encouraging all-age Creation Care initiatives.

Ripeka Templeton Bijl

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Ripeka Templeton Bijl, Ngāti Mutunga, Te Atiawa, Ngāti Kahungunu, is of Māori, English
and Scottish descent, grew up in Stuttgart and London, and trained at The Oxford School of
Drama, before returning to Aotearoa to act at in Shakespeare at Pop-Up Globe. She is a
Tikanga Māori ordinand at St John’s and the student representative on Te Kaunihera (the
college’s governance board). She and her husband have one darling daughter and a
mischievous dog. Ripeka dreams of a liberal and creative church where all are truly
supported and welcomed.

Amber Jones

Amber Jones

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Amber is the Karioi Kids & Rangers After School Programme Coordinator with the Karioi Project. Amber’s love of life shines through in all she does. While working on the Karioi Project she easily balances children’s learning while maintaining the fun factor. She’s quick with a smile to assure even the most timid child that they are heard, supported and welcome. When not teaching for Karioi, Amber is a qualified early childhood educator which explains her incredible patience and care. Her off-the-clock fun includes being a professional massage therapist, lover of live music, mountain biker and a keen surfer.

More information about the Karioi project team can be found on the Karioi website.

Gray Baldwin

Gray Baldwin

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Gray Baldwin is a Waikato based farmer growing maize, breeding Wagyu calves and milking 850 Jersey cows. In 2009 he and his wife Marilyn were supreme winners in the Waikato Ballance Farm Environment Awards. They have since developed a constructed wetland on their farm and joined the Pokaiwhenua StreamCare group. Gray is a director of Trinity Lands Ltd, Farmlands Co-Operative and is Parish Council Chair at St Pauls Anglican-Methodist Church in Putaruru. He holds an M.Agr.Sc (Massey) and an M.Theol (Otago).

Georgia Cummings

Georgia Cummings

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A trained terrestrial ecologist, Georgia specialises in monitoring and managing our native pekapeka. She is equally passionate about working with native flora and fauna of all shapes and sizes across the motu. When Georgia moved to Whāingaroa, she volunteered as a ‘burrow buddy’ and she is now stoked to be applying her ecology expertise to protecting the ōi as the Karioi Project’s seabird ranger. When not clambering around the cliffs checking burrows, you’ll find her in the surf or exploring te taiao with her son.

Beulah Wood

Beulah Wood

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Beulah Wood is currently an active member and on the leadership team of A Rocha’s Auckland local group. She is retired from work as a writer and lecturer. She was a lecturer at the South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies in Bangalore, India. She continues to write for India and the Auckland local group, and teaches preaching for Baptist women in Auckland, New Zealand. Beulah is also an avid birdwatcher and sometimes lead birdwatching groups.