Lincoln North – a creative and practical project director-artist with qualifications in architecture, fine art and project management Lincoln has worked across the not-for-profit, tertiary education and commercial sectors delivering built environment projects of scale and complexity. An Australian born Māori-Pakeha his work is in projects as vehicles for connection, with extensive experience in community consultation, project planning and governance, values-based business cases, funding & contract procurement, and iterative design and project management processes.
As Development Manager at Nyamba Buru Yawuru (2012-2017) Lincoln worked on Shared Equity Housing, Birragun Buru subdivision, Liyan Ngan Nyiwrra (Yawuru Well-Being Centre) and a region wide consultation for the Kimberley Cultural Interpretive Centre.
More recently as Project Director at Victoria University of Wellington (2018-2022) Lincoln oversaw an $80m annual budget for delivery of campus development projects including Ngā Mokopuna ($60m redevelopment of Te Herenga Waka Marae as a Living Building™) and the National Music Centre ($150m tripartite between VUW, NZ Symphony Orchestra, and Wellington City Council).
He has also served as an Independent Director at Nyamba Buru Yawuru and was part of a team that lead a report into the future of Victoria University of Wellington in a post covid-19 world. He established Kōraki Consulting in 2022, working in New Zealand and the Kimberley, and resides on small acreage in South-West WA.
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.