Our Team
Dr Kyle Eggleton
Dr Kyle Eggleton has been a Board member and the Chairperson of the Bream Bay Community Support Trust since 2020. Kyle is a rural general practitioner working part time in the Hokianga and the Associate Dean of rural health at the University of Auckland. Kyle’s qualifications include a medical degree, master’s degree in medical science and public health and a Doctor of Philosophy in Māori health.
Kyle is a Nova Scotian descendent whose ancestors arrived in Northland on the Breadalbane and the Spray in the 1850’s. Kyle has lived in Ruakākā for 20 years and was a local doctor for most of that time. Kyle is motivated to address issues such as social injustice, racism, poverty and inequities and he believes that communities have the strength to address these issues if they are resourced and supported. Kyle’s hopes and aspirations, as a Bream Bay Community Support Trust member, is that the Trust will be a vibrant centre of the community that helps to facilitate responses to these bigger picture issues.
Board Chair
Board Members
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Dr Lisa Watson
Ko Manaia te maunga
Ko Whangārei Te renga Paraoa te moana
Ko Takahiwai te whenua
Ko Rangiora te whare tūpuna
Ko Patuharakeke te hapū
Ko Ngāti Wai me Ngāpuhi ngā iwiMy whānau are from Takahiwai and I have lived in Takahiwai for over 30 years. I enjoy my mahi in education and have been very lucky to teach in kura in my rohe supporting the educational aspirations of my whānau and the wider community. I enjoy being a member of the Board of Trustees for the Bream Bay Community support Trust as I like to support positive initiatives in our community for good health and wellbeing. A whakataukī that speaks to my heart about our community is this,
He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata! He tangata! He tangata! What is the most important thing in the world? It is people! It is people! It is people! This whakatauki talks to the importance of human connection and relationships. This is what creates community and enables people to flourish. It values the human being in all of us and reminds us of what is most important – it is people.
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Tivaan Doak-Smith
Ko Manaia te maunga
Ko Terenga Paraoa te moana
Ko Takahiwai te marae
Ko Patuharakeke te hapu
Ko Ngapuhi te iwi
Ko Tivaan Doak-Smith toku ingoa
Kia ora my name is Tivaan and I have been serving on the Bream Bay Trust board since 2021. I am born and bred in the Ruakākā and am currently teaching at Te Kura Tuarua o Te Whanga a Tamure/Bream Bay College. I am involved with the Takahiwai Netball Club and have been since I was young. I am a proud marae girl who hails from the mighty Takahiwai, these are the people that have made me who I am.
Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi: with my food basket and your food basket the people will thrive.
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Bruce Alan Paton
Born in Paparoa in 1968 to parents Barrie and Lorraine Paton (nee Finlayson), Bruce grew up on the family dairy farm in Kamo. He attended Hurapaki School, Kamo Intermediate and Kamo High Schools, and graduated from Massey University with a Bachelor of Agriculture in Production Management. Bruce married Julie in 1991 and they have four children – Tessa, Izzy, Jack and Angus, who all attended Ruakaka Primary School and Bream Bay College.
Bruce began work as a Sports field Manager for Auckland City Council in 1990 and left in 1993 to work as a sharemilker on the family farm in Mata, near Ruakaka and has been dairy farming ever since, on properties in Ruakaka, One Tree Point, Donnelly’s Crossing, Kaiwaka and Tapora. He and Julie have won numerous farming awards including the national sharemilker of the year.
Bruce was chair of Ruakaka Primary’s board of trustees for 12 years and sat on the Ruakaka Recreation Centre Committee for three years. He is very keen on all sports, in particular hockey and cricket. He helped establish the men’s Bream Bay hockey team in 1995 and has played for the club ever since. He restarted the Bream Bay Cricket Club in 2006 which he has also played for since. Has president of both Bream Bay Hockey and Cricket Clubs for several years and held other positions on those club’s committees and has coached hockey and cricket (including age group representative) for more than 15 years. He currently coaches the Bream Bay Div 1 women’s team and plays both indoor and field cricket for Bream Bay as well as the men’s Div 2 hockey team.
Bruce is passionate about supporting the Bream Bay and wider Northland community. His competitive yet compassionate nature means he is always looking for the winning solutions to people’s issues. His experience in business and in community services will help him be a constructive team member for the Bream Bay Trust.
Sharon Russell
ph: 027 444 1488
Kia ora, my name is Sharon Russell, and I was appointed as CEO of the Bream Bay Community Support Trust in April 2022.
I am a registered nurse with 32 years’ experience and have held senior management roles for past 22 years in health in the private and public sectors.
My previous role, as Clinical Manager for Ki A Ora Ngatiwai, Mäori Health Provider and delivering Mobile Primary Health care throughout the Ngatiwai rohe who continues to offer whanau ora clinics in Bream Bay weekly from the Bream Bay Trust .
I whakapapa to Patuharakeke and Ngatiwai and enjoyed raising my son and daughter while living in One Tree Point.
Our team is committed to ensure that the Bream Bay Community Support Trust is a hub for everyone.
I want to hear your voice and work in partnership with you to provide a place to access support services locally, and to provide an opportunity for the people of Bream Bay to network and feel supported.
Chief Executive
Our Team
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Donna Young
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Erini Pearse
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Jo Labedzki
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Tui Roman Jnr
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Muzza Epiha Foote
Male Youth Worker
ph: 027 205 6700
e: youthworkermale@bbtrust.org.nz
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Erini Hart
Female Youth Worker
ph: 027 250 5706
e: youthworker@bbtrust.org.nz
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Charlie Davies
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Jade George
Community Connector
ph: 021 359 1299
e: jade@bbtrust.org.nz
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Yvonne Ashby
Counsellor
ph: 021 201 2653
e: y.ashby@bbtrust.org.nz
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Marcia Underwood
Counsellor
m.underwood@bbtrust.org.nz
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Dianne Simpson
Registered Social Worker
ph: 027 226 1066
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