Nau mai haere mai. Welcome to our place.
We are a values-based charitable trust based in Aotearoa New Zealand & we have two BIG goals.
To provide healthy, long-term rental homes for people who others might exclude. Whare Kaitiaki Aotearoa
To support innovative groups of local people working for equity, environments and health in South Asia. International Partners for Justice
OUR HISTORY
Tambourine Trust is a charitable trust, which was created in 2012 when a group of friends asked how they could contribute to a more equitable, just and peaceful world. Gathering shared values, experiences and resources, Tambourine was born!
Everything we do is based on relationships and values. We work where we are connected - near and far - and do what we can with what we have to give our values life!
WHAT WE DO - NEAR & FAR
Our asset base is a small but growing portfolio of ethical, healthy housing in Aotearoa New Zealand, which we work hard to ensure is accessed by whānau who most need it. The Trust's first asset was a donated house in Maungakiekie One Tree Hill, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Using a mix of thoughtful investment and support from others, we are slowly and ethically increasing our asset base.
Since 2018, Tambourine’s vision has expanded to ensure our assets in real estate provide housing for people who others might exclude in Te Tai Tokerau Northland. This decision was made in direct response to a national housing crisis, which has reinforced and extended existing inequities in the region. Since 2018, Tambourine has purchased three homes, and built six brand new homes in Whangārei. Follow this link Whare Kaitiaki Aotearoa for more info.
For Tambourine anyone can be a neighbour. But, some people in some places always miss out, so our global vision is to partner with and fund small innovative groups with shared values in South Asia. We support these organisations as they work to find new ways to restore their own people’s connection to each other, their communities and their environments. Tambourine encourages self-determination for local people to create and reach their own goals. We currently have three partners in South Asia (India and Cambodia). Follow this link International Partners for Justice for more info.
We at Tambourine dream of a world where people and groups EVERYWHERE - START where they are, USE what they have & DO what they can to help restore relationships, communities and environments.
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Kaaren Mathias
Kaaren is a public health doctor who is passionate about health equity, community mental health systems and participation.
She is married to Jeph and after 15 years working in India, they returned to New Zealand with their four rangatahi in 2020.
Life in abundance and health for all are guiding maxims for Kaaren who teaches and researches in Public Health at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand and Lead advisor to Burans (www.burans.org), a community mental health initiative in Uttarakhand, India.
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Jeph Mathias
Jeph is an Indian/New Zealander and married to Kaaren, they are parents of four amazing rangatahi/young people.
By dint of experience even more than formal education, Jeph works as a community development specialist in complex contexts with a focus on program evaluation, outcome mapping.
Based with Kaaren in Ōtautahi/Christchurch, New Zealand after 15 years in India, he is genuinely trying to make a positive, if small, contribution to this gorgeous planet and our contrary species.
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Amanda Raymond
Amanda is passionate about our personal and communal connection to each other, the environment and to God.
She is drawn to work with others toward transformation that brings greater wellbeing and equity.
Her journey has led her to live and engage in a variety of contexts; from dusty slum communities in Indian mega cities to communities of hospitality in New Zealand to ancient Himalayan villages facing new threats.
She and her husband have two children who keep them looking to the future, tending hope and love.
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Grant Bayldon
In his work for international development and human rights over the years, Grant has been confronted almost daily with the needs and inequalities of the world.
Despite this he counts himself as a prisoner of hope, constantly inspired by the people he works with and for.
Grant lives in the burbs of Auckland and has one wife, four children, 50,000 bees, six chickens and one dog.
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Leanne Faull
Based in Whangārei, Te Tai Tokerau, Leanne strives to improve health equity for vulnerable populations as a as Nurse Practitioner and in her teaching role at Massey University.
A strong desire for justice and a worldview shaped by her Pasifika (Samoan) background, faith, and her most important role - mother to her tamariki, Leanne hopes that her community contributions will help in someway to improve the world for children like them.
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Kelly Comery
Kel has deep sense of responsibility to ‘love thy neighbour’ by responding to the injustices of this world.
As health professionals, Kel and her husband spent a decade or so living intentionally in areas of high need, both internationally and within Aotearoa.
In 2018, her family put down roots in Te Tai Tokerau, Northland, Aotearoa - returning to her husband’s childhood home - a place they all LOVE.
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Rachel Fowler
Inspired by Isaiah 52:7, Rachel is passionate about bringing hope, peace, and practical support to communities. Alongside her corporate career, she serves in the not-for-profit sector and treasures her most important role as a wife and mum of four children.
A Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ governance and risk experience, Rachel is a former Director at PwC. She has supported Women’s Refuge NZ and played a key role in developing Houkura’s Te Tiriti o Waitangi Audit Framework, which has helped local governments strengthen their Tiriti commitments since 2012.
Rachel currently chairs the Whangārei District Council Risk and Audit Committee and is a member of the Institute of Directors.
