NZOIA Staff and Board
Of the industry, for the industry
Penny HollandOperations Manager
Alpine, Kayak, Rock Instructor & Assessor. Penny became interested in outdoor recreation while at Otago University and began instructing through teaching Outdoor Education. Since then she has worked at Outward Bound, as a glacier guide, and latterly at Aoraki Polytechnic as Team Leader. Penny continues to be an avid rock climber and her twelve year old daughter has been to Arapiles 4 times! Penny is also into mountain biking, sailing, skiing, kayaking and pretty much anything in the outdoors.
admin@nzoia.org.nz
03 5390509
Sonya SutherlandBusiness Manager
Sonya is an Aoraki and CPIT graduate, who specialised in Rock, Kayak and Bush. She has been instructing in the outdoor and recreation sector for 15 years and has organised a number of events. A passion for personal devlopment and the outdoors has seen her work for organisations such as Outward Bound, Chch YMCA, Foundation for Youth Development and Sport Tasman. Married to another outdoor instructor, with two children, Sonya is often out on family adventures in the hills tramping, mountain biking, orienteering and skiing.
accounts@nzoia.org.nz
03 5390509
027 5390509
Pip RussellAssessment Coordinator
Pip has worked in the outdoor industry for over 15 years within NZ and overseas. From glacier guiding in her earlier years to the more recent contracts with Antarctica NZ and World Challenge, Pip calls herself a jack of all trades and master of none…but whatever the adventure, she’s in! Joining the NZOIA team has meant Pip has traded the pack and boots for a skirt and desk and while a bit of a shock initially, Pip is loving remaining connected to an industry she feels so passionately about while being in a completely new role. When she’s not in the office, she’s enjoying time at home in Golden Bay, hitting up the Rameka on her bike or the limestone cliffs and swimming holes of Paynes Ford.
admin@nzoia.org.nz
03 5390509
Naomi DakinAdministration Assistant
Naomi has recently joined the NZOIA team as our new Admin superstar! Alongside her part-time role with NZOIA, Naomi also works as a Yoga Therapist. She has in the past lived in Whistler teaching snowboarding, spent a year living in South Korea where she explored the multitude of crags, and hung out in the French Alps for more time in the snow. She loves living in Nelson, in her yurt, and get’s into the mountains as often as she can, either tramping, mountain biking or climbing.
admin@nzoia.org.nz
03 5390509
Deb Hurdle provides Executive Services to NZOIA through Recreation Aotearoa.
NZOIA Board
Gemma ParkinChair - Elected Board Member
Board Portfolio group: Operational Excellence; Membership and Advocacy
Great Barrier Island
gemmap@hillaryoutdoors.co.nz
021 907695
Gill WrattAppointed Board Member
Board Portfolio group: Operational Excellence
Nelson
gill.wratt@gilando.co.nz
021 548110
Travis DonoghueAppointed Board Member
Board Portfolio group: Operational Excellence; Qualifications and Standards
Waipa, Waikato
travis.donoghue@thlonline.com
021 824 791
Noel SaxonAppointed Board Member
Board Portfolio group: Membership and Advocacy
Queenstown
noel@ultimatehikes.co.nz
027 2255957
Jo ThompsonElected Board Member
Board Portfolio group: Qualifications and Standards
Dunedin
jo.thompson2017@gmail.com
027 4154103
Matt BarkerElected Board Member
Board Portfolio group: Membership and Advocacy
Auckland
matt.barker@aut.ac.nz
021 2981214
Tim WillsElected Board Member
Board Portfolio group: Qualifications and Standards
Auckland
tim@adventurespecialties.co.nz
027 245 2692
