Our Kupe Partners
We wish to extend our sincere gratitude to the very generous Sponsors who have made this exciting initiative possible, the members of our Advisory Group who offer support and direction to the Kupe Programme Team and the inspirational mentors who have agreed to volunteer their time and expertise to support our Kupe Leadership scholars.
Founding Sponsor | McCall MacBain Foundation
Canadian philanthropists John and Marcy McCall MacBain have gifted over $1 million to the University of Auckland to launch the Kupe Leadership Scholarships. This is the latest in the more than NZ$275 million worth of donations made by McCall MacBain's foundation since 2007, which included an unprecedented NZ$150 million gift to Oxford University's Rhodes Scholarships. As a recipient of a Rhodes scholarship himself, John has first-hand experience of how scholarships of this nature can change lives and is passionate about creating similar opportunities for others. “These scholarships aim to create the next generation of explorers in innovation and discovery for a new future,” he says. “The McCall MacBain Foundation is proud to be a funder of the Kupe Scholarships.” The McCall MacBain Foundation has provided seed funding for the Kupe Leadership Scholarships, which are being supported by a number of generous philanthropic donors, as outlined below.
Sponsors of the 2022 Kupe Leadership Scholarship
McCall MacBain Foundation | Biggar Family Trust |
Fady Mishriki | Heartland Bank |
John Turnbull Estate | Ralph & Eve Seelye Trust |
Stuart Feigin | William Chick Trust |
Wright Family Foundation |
Mentors of the 2022 Kupe Leadership Scholars
Dr Andrew Chen, Venture partner Matū, Koi Tū Centre for Informed Futures
Chlöe Swarbrick, MP for Auckland Central, Green Party
Dr Dale Bramley, CEO of the Waitematā District Health Board
Dr Elizabeth Berryman, CEO & Founder channl
Jacinta Fitzgerald, Founder of Make Good & Programme Director of Mindful Fashion NZ
Joanne Reidy, General Manager Māori Te Tāpui Atawhai/Auckland City Mission
Dr Makarena Dudley, Clinical Neuropsychologist and Senior Lecturer at The University of Auckland
Dr Mataroria Lyndon, Co-founder and clinical director for primary healthcare provider Tend and Senior Lecturer at The University of Auckland
Dr Michelle Dickinson MNZM, Nanogirl Labs, nanotechnologist, science educator, author, television presenter
Michelle Sharp, CEO of Unicef
Miriam Dean CNZM QC, Barrister, Director, Reviewer, Mediator & Arbitrator
Sir Peter Gluckman KNZM FRSNZ, Director of Koi Tū (Centre for Informed Futures) and inaugural Chief Science Advisor to the NZ Government
Dr Peter O'Connor, Director of the Centre for Arts and Social Transformation
Pip Cheshire, Gold medal winning Architect, writer and former President of the New Zealand Institute of Architects
Rod Oram, New Zealand journalist and commentator, Edmund Hillary fellow
Sharon Shea MNZM, Co-chair Māori Health Authority, Shea Pita & Associates
Kupe Advisory Group
Andrew Barnes | Dr Bridget Kool |
Professor Brigid Carroll | Charlotte Lockhart |
David Downs (Executive Chair) | Grant Biggar |
Mattie Wall | Maru Nihoniho |
Dr Michelle Johansson | Vanessa Stoddart |
McCall MacBain Foundation | Biggar Family Trust |
Heartland Bank | Hugh Fletcher |
John Turnbull Estate | Ralph & Eve Seelye Trust |
September Giving Trust | Stuart Feigin |
William Chick Trust | Wright Family Foundation |
Woolf Fisher Trust |
Dr Audrey Aumua |
Bruce Aitken |
Deidre Vercoe |
Hoana Pearson, QSO |
Sir Kim Workman, KNZM |
Louise Marra |
Maanu Paul, ONZM |
Dr Mark Sagar |
Dr Michelle Dickinson, MNZM |
Nikki Kaye |
Sir Peter Gluckman, KNZM FRS FRSNZ |
Pip Cheshire |
Rod Oram |
Professor Stuart McNaughton, ONZM |
Troy Brockbank |
Tupe Solomon Tanoa'i |
McCall MacBain Foundation | Biggar Family Trust |
Heartland Bank | Hugh Fletcher |
Ralph & Eve Seelye Trust | Richard Sorrenson & Helen Sword |
September Giving Trust | Stuart Feigin |
William Chick Trust |
University of Auckland Foundation |
Bruce Aitken |
Chloe Wright |
Chris Clay |
Dr Des Gorman |
Dr Innes Asher |
Dr Kim McGregor, QSO |
Linda Tuhiwai Smith, CNZM, FRSNZ |
Lynette Stewart, CNZM |
Mark Powell |
Nichola McCall |
Dr Nikki Turner |
Pip Cheshire |
Qiane Matata-sipu |
Sir Richard Faull, KNZM FRSNZ |
Tracey McIntosh, MNZM |
McCall MacBain Foundation | Biggar Family Trust |
Bruce Aitken | Fran & Geoff Ricketts |
Heartland Bank | Hugh Fletcher |
Ralph & Eve Seelye Trust | Richard Sorrenson & Helen Sword |
September Giving Trust | Stuart Feigin |
William Chick Trust |
Professor Alistair Woodward | Andrew Patterson |
Dame Anne Salmond, FRSNZ | Elisabeth Vaneveld, MNZM |
Dr Jenny Harper MNZM | Jess Hindin |
Kerry Ann Stanton | Minnie Baragwanath MNZM |
Pat Snedden MNZM | Pauline Winter QSO |
Philip Coombe | Pip Cheshire |
Rod Oram | Associate Professor Dr Siouxsie Wiles MNZM |