James Souter

James Souter

James is a Teacher at Te  Waka Unau school in Christchurch. In 2022, James joined the BLAKE Inspire for Teachers programme. James is passionate about environmental education, including how to offer students meaningful experiential learning opportunities through a...
Kelly Porima

Kelly Porima

Kelly Porima is the science teacher at Fairfield Intermediate School – a big multicultural school based in Hamilton. In 2022 Kelly joined the BLAKE inspire for teachers programme. She left this programme inspired and ready to create an impact in her community....
Ihaia Rollo

Ihaia Rollo

Ihaia is a Teacher at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Wānanga Whare Tapere o Takitimu – a total immersion Māori school based in Hastings. In 2019, Ihaia joined the BLAKE Inspire for Teachers along with 28 other teachers, and returned as a support staff during the BLAKE...
Helen Dobbin

Helen Dobbin

Helen is the Environmental Science teacher at Whakatane Intermediate school. Environmental Science is one of five technology subjects at the school. In this role Helen has the opportunity to teach every student for 15 hours of environmental science each year....
Belle Campbell

Belle Campbell

Belle is a Visual Arts, Digital Technologies, and Environmental Education Specialist Teacher at Takapuna Normal Intermediate School in Auckland. Throughout her 12 years of teaching, she taught in Australia and New Zealand across all curriculum levels from Years 1 to...