Board of Management

Aoraki Dragons Board 2024-25

 Principal Office Bearers:

  • President - Noel Anderton 
  • Secretary - Amy Meikle-McClurg
  • Treasurer - Chris Sheppard

Additional elected officers (Directors):

  • Events: Karen Lloyd-Griffiths (interim) plus a team including Daz and Zinaya Le-Malu.
    Note Kalia Wiley has stood down while having a new baby, and starting a new Team (Ignite). 
  • Boats and Equipment: Peter Mitchell (with Karen Lloyd-Griffiths)
  • Funding: Daz Le-Malu
  • Development - Schools, Regional Rep program: Mike Robinson, and 
  • Development - Growth, Promotions, Media: Gilly McGill

Non elected secondments:

  • Equipment and Boats - 

Past Board Members

The following is to be confirmed (esp the dates).

Name

Role

From

To

Meri Gibson

President

2007

2016

Noel Anderton

Secretary

2007

2016

Noel Anderton

President

2021

2025

Terry Coyle

Treasurer

2007

2008

Rick Smith

Boats/Eqpt, Events

2007

2017

Rick Smith

Events

2020

?

Peter Mitchell

Events

2007

2014

Peter Mitchell

Events

2018

2018

Peter Mitchell

Equipment

2021

2025

Scott Johnson

Junior Dev

2007

?

Lorraine Flintoft

Special Interests

2007

2014

Julian Yee

Dev/Promotions

2007

2012

Vai Papali’i

Dev/Promotions

2007

2008

Janice Melville

Treasurer

2009

?

Rebecca Polachek

Comms

2009

?

Glenn Dickie

Junior Dev

2010

?

Rosalie Mehlhopt

Special Interests

2012

2017

Caleb Te Kahu

Junior Dev

2013

?

Dale Hewinson

Boats/Eqpt

2014

?

Andy Jones

Dev

2014

?

Reon Tiweka

Dev

2015

2015

Ian Macbeth

Dev, Sec, President

2015

2019

Steve Greaves.

Equipment

2016

?

Mike Robinson

Events

2018

2021

Mike Robinson

Events

2022

-

Gavin Ryan

President

2017

May 2019

Cherie Prangnell

Boats/Eqpt

 

?

Isaac Sutherland

Dev

2019

?

Racheal Slatem

Treasurer

2018

Oct 2019

Marie Childs

President

2019

2021

Amber Murphy

Secretary

2019

?

Teagan Killick

Dev

2019

?

Chris Sheppard

Treasurer

2019

?

Harmony Areli

Secretary

2021

Oct 2022

Sione Areli

Dev/Promotions

2021

Jan 2023

Amy McClurg

Secretary

2022

2025

Karen Lloyd-Griffiths

Events

2024

-

Gilly McGill

Dev (PR Comms, Growth)

2024

-

Daz Le-Malu

Funding

2023

2025

 

Life Membership

While not necessarily members of Board, Aoraki grants Life Membership from time to time. Generally this is to a person (or by excepption, a group) that has provided exceptional service to the sport in the Aoraki region. These have included Noel Anderton, Meri Gibson, Scruff Hewinson, Rick Smith, Janice Melville, Peter Mitchell and Evan Roper.