Our people

Director 

Niki is an educator with over 25 years experience and has taught in Thailand, the UK, Spain and Ōtautahi. She has been in Aotearoa for 15 years and is passionate about students following their passions. As well as looking after the campus, Niki is Deputy Director at Ao Tawhiti, lead school for the campus.

Learning Advisor

With over 25 years experience in education,  Rachel has taught in Lyttelton, Auckland, Wanaka, The Catlins as well as Vanuatu and Tonga.  She is loving  engaging with ākonga and kura collaborating with CAC as well as whānau and community groups interested in taking action with the climate crisis.

Catherine Leeper

 Learning Advisor         

Catherine is a secondary school educator and passionate about many aspects of climate related art, cooking, gardening and aligning NCEA credits with the mahi at CAC. Catherine is part time three days a week. She is enjoying facilitating both kura groups and individual students, from Early Childhood right through to Secondary age, to be creative on campus.