THETA BOARD & STAFF
THETA is a registered charitable trust, governed by a board of eight members including a Kaitiaki. The current board members are as listed.
Jamie Reidie – Chair & Treasurer
Jamie is the current Chair and Treasurer of THETA, and Partner of Polson Higgs Business Advisors. Originally from Invercargill, Jamie remained in Dunedin after graduating from the University of Otago and joined Polson Higgs in 2010 after returning from his travels overseas.
Jamie enjoys travelling, walking and house renovating. He is also an avid reader and along with his husband, Garth is a foster parent for teenagers.
Isaiah (Izy) Okeroa – Kaitiaki & Trustee
aranaki, Ngāti Ruanui, Waikato ki Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Porou hoki.
I tipu ake ia i Waihōpai, kei Ōtepoti e noho ana inaianei. Kei te mahi ia ki te hōhipera, hei Kaiawhina Māori mō Te Ara Haurora, he wāhi e tūtaki ai te ao kikokiko me te ao wairua. I reira, ka kawea te manaaki, te aroha me te āhuru mōwai ki ngā whānau e noho ana hei Tūroro/Tangata Whaiora. He ringatoi hoki ia, i te tau 2023, kua oti i a ia tāna tāhū paetahi o toi ataata i te taha o te Kura Toi o Ōtepoti. E tū ana ia hei te Kaitiaki Māori o THETA, Nōna te whiwhi, Nōna te waimārie hoki.
Izy is the Kaitiaki Māori for THETA and was born and raised in Invercargill.
He works at Dunedin Public Hospital as a Kaiawhina for Te Ara Hauora - Māori health unit, supporting the cultural safety and well-being of Māori inpatients and staff. Izy is also an artist, having completed his BVA (Honours) at the Dunedin School of Art. His practice spans across moving image, sound, and weaving, and is fuelled by the articulation of his Māoritanga, Takatāpuitanga, and whakapapa.
Mike O'Brien – Trustee
Mike is a THETA Trustee and former Chair. As a Registered Nurse he has held a variety of specialist nursing roles, working both in New Zealand, the Pacific, and further afield. He is the Te Waipounamu Clinical Director, Nursing, for National Public Health Service. He has also worked as a Health Promotion Advisor and has a Master of Public Health from the University of Otago School of Medicine in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine.
In his free time Mike enjoys the outdoors with his wife and children, whether it's community tree plantings, surfing at the beach, or rock climbing in the hills.
Suzanne Little – Trustee
Suzanne Little is an Associate Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Otago.
Her research areas include Practice and Performance as Research, reflective practice, witnessing and spectatorship, trauma and violence in Performance, mobilities and performance, refugee representation in Performance and care ethics and politics. Suzanne’s work has been published in international journals such as Performance Research and International Theatre Review as well as in books. Her most recent publication is the book Performance, Resistance and Refugees (Routledge, 2023) co-edited with Caroline Wake and Samid Suliman. Suzanne presents papers at conferences and served as the Vice President of The Australasian Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies Association (ADSA) – the peak representative body for the region. She is the director of the interdisciplinary ‘Performance of the Real’ University of Otago Research Theme https://www.otago.ac.nz/performance-of-the-real/index.html.
Suzanne trained as a visual artist, filmmaker and theatre practitioner and has worked as an actor, director, producer, production designer, illustrator, voice and acting coach and marketing manager. Suzanne is the co-founder of Vena Cava Theatre Company and The Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble.
Dr. Molly Mullen - Trustee
A senior lecturer in applied theatre and participatory arts at Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland, Molly brings over ten years of experience producing theatre education, youth theatre, community arts and children’s theatre projects in the UK and New Zealand. Originally from the UK, Molly has been living in Aotearoa since 2009 in Tāmaki Makaurau with her two children and partner.
Molly is known for her research in the diverse economies of applied theatre and community-based arts practice, which examines the intersection of policy, funding and practice. Her wider research examines the interrelationships between theatre and arts participation and ecology, economy, social justice and wellbeing.
Become a Trustee
THETA delivers the longstanding and important sexual health programme Sexwise to rangatahi, with opportunities to expand into more programmes with new communities. We employ one full time manager, and contract director/s and actor/facilitators to tour for part of the year. THETA is currently looking for additional trustees to help guide the organisation, in particular those with financial and/or education experience.
You have the opportunity to collaborate with experts, enhance your governance experience, apply your skills to benefit communities, and receive reimbursement for your time, all in one.
THETA promotes the development of healthy attitudes and behaviours by delivering factual information to encourage critical thinking and to enable young people to make informed lifestyle choices.
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CONTACT
email manager@theta.org.nz
phone +64 22 060 3337
