Lincoln North –(Ngāti Uenukukōpako) - is a creative and practical project director with qualifications in fine art, architecture, and project management. Lincoln has worked across the not-for-profit, tertiary education and commercial sectors on either side of the ditch delivering built environment projects of scale and complexity, with a focus on sustainable, place-based solutions and local capacity building.
Lincoln has held senior roles as a Project Director with 25 years’ experience in community engagement, project planning, documentation and governance, procurement, design and construction management, and iterative project management processes.
Highlight projects over the last 15 years include:
Liyan Ngan Nyiwrra (Yawuru Well-Being Centre), Broome WA
Birragun Buru subdivision and Shared Equity Housing Scheme, Broome WA
Community Engagement for feasibility phase of the Kimberley Cultural Interpretive Centre, Broome WA
Ngā Mokopuna - $60m redevelopment of Te Herenga Waka Marae as a Living Building™, Wellington, New Zealand
Centre for Media Innovation Research – $3m fit-out for a virtual reality medical research centre.
National Music Centre - $150m redevelopment of the Wellington Town Hall by the Wellington City Council, Victoria University of Wellington and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Wellington, New Zealand.
Lincoln has also served as an Independent Director, establishing Kōraki Consulting in 2022. He now resides on small acreage on Wadandi-Pibulmen Boodja.
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Brendan Renkin – a plain-speaking lawyer-linguist with qualifications in law, international community development, indigenous governance, mediation, monitoring, evaluation, and linguistics
Brendan is not your ordinary lawyer. Admitted to practice in 2006 he has worked in commercial law and native title law and as general counsel, before running his own legal practice for over 10 years. Finding the narrowness of legal analysis and advice frustrating to helping solve most challenges, Brendan undertook further study and obtained qualifications in mediation, facilitation, and corporate governance.
Brendan has held senior executive and governance roles at several prominent indigenous organisations, including roles as a senior advisor, community development manager and as a non-executive director.
As a consultant Brendan has worked with a range of government and community organisations to improve governance, support short and long-term planning, design and build programs, secure funding, review performance and identify key factors to success.