Introducing our newest MCC team members

Dana Carter

Dana Carter has just started as a staff member for MCC. She will be helping with communications for the collective including this newsletter, facebook and events.

Dana lives in Motueka with her two children Eva and Lily, husband James and new little puppy Tua. Dana is the chair of the Motueka South School Board. She is passionate about looking after the environment and loves living in Te Tau Ihu (top of the south).

Dana has a background in environmental planning, team leadership, board governance and environmental education. Mostly recently she was the coordinator of the nature connection programme at Whenua Iti and helped connect Tamariki with restoration projects around the Tasman District. 

Dana would love to hear from you if you have a story or photos to share about the catchment. Please contact her on dana@motuekacatchment.org.nz.

Marios Gavalas

Marios Gavalas has lived in Ngātīmoti for 15 years and feels a strong connection to the awa. He swims regularly in the waters, walks his dog along the banks and plants trees in the catchment.

Through working with Tasman Environmental Trust, he helped coordinate the funding application which now enables the collective. Working together for catchment health involves bringing together many groups and his role as administrator helps volunteers, groups and event organisers carry out their mahi.

He has a background in adventure tourism, guiding and writing. He believes the whakatauki ‘Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au’ (I am the river and the river is me) will help the Motueka Catchment Collective in its aims.