Our team

Tracey is a qualified Social Worker with over 20 years’ experience and background of management in the NGO sector. She worked at de Paul House then had 10 years of experience with Women’s Refuge (3 of these for National Office) and has been with the NSWC since 2010. Tracey’s passion is working to alleviate family violence and to improve the welfare of women and children. She is mother to Ben and grandmother to Jasper.

Born near London in the UK, she emigrated to New Zealand with her family in 1998. As a mature student, she gained a Diploma in Violence & Trauma Studies at AUT. Married with three adult children, her aspiration to work with women was realised when she joined the North Shore Women’s Centre in August 2010

Jude joined the Centre in 2019 year and works part-time. Jude has expertise in family violence abuse and trauma. Before joining us, she spent 20 years managing a Women and Children’s safe-house. Jude is passionate about supporting and advising woman so they can make informed choices to improve their lives. She enjoys working with women who have anxiety and complex needs. Jude is an advocate for managing stress, in conjunction with, a holistic view to self-care. At present conducting initial assessments for clients.

Pauline joined the centre in March 2021 and works part-time.
She is following her passion for helping women and community and is generally the first point of contact. Pauline is currently studying Te Reo Maori and really enjoying it. Pauline lives on the Hibiscus Coast with her husband.

Chris joined the Centre in 2020 and is works part-time. She is a registered Social Worker with over 20 years’ experience and has a background of working with older adults, particularly focused on elder abuse. She is married with one adult son. Chris works toward providing a safe and supportive environment for women to explore their options to achieve their full potential.

Julia joined the Centre in 2009. She is mainly supporting clients Korean (and other Asian clients) and she has experience as a school counsellor. She works with a wide range of issues including depression, anger, grief & loss, self-esteem and relationship issues. She has a passion for empowering people and working in a Client-Centred way. She graduated B. Counselling at Laidlaw, PGDip. in counselling, and Master of Social Practice (Hons) at Unitec.

Kerstin joined the Centre in 2023. She has over 15 year’s experience working in different areas of the social work field; including schools, care and protection and residential services. She feels passionate about empowering women and families to be the best they can be. Working from a strengths-based, solution focused and trauma informed approach. Outside of work she loves spending time with family and being in nature as well as reading, being creative and doing puzzles.

Susan has a long involvement with non-profit organisations in a wide range of both voluntary and paid roles. Susan has been providing financial support to the NSWC since early 2018.

Susan is married with three adult children and has lived on the North Shore for over twenty years.

Lorraine has been involved in Community work for more than 35 years. Her wealth of experience includes various roles within the Centre over the years including Co-ordinator as well as Chair of the Board of Trustees

Jenni Pollock, MNZAC has been a Counsellor and Group Worker with over 30 year’s experience working for several NGO`s.

Jenni works in practical creative and holistic ways with a variety of issues including Anxiety, Grief, Depression, Family Violence and Anger.

Whanau and friends, the bush and the sea, feed her soul.

Seno joined the Centre in 2023.  Born in Tonga, she migrated to NZ in 1986 and has been a counsellor since 2011. Seno holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling from University of Auckland and recently completed a Master of Psychotherapy degree from AUT.

Seno values diversity and works with ethnic communities on a variety of issues including relationship, trauma, grief, anxiety and depression and works to help women address personal life challenges.

Her hobbies are gardening, reading, crafting travelling, music, culture and anything relating to spirituality and soul care.

Julie graduated from Otago University with a Law and Commerce Degree and works primarily in Family law/Property law/ PPPR Law for Gold Legal. Julie is passionate about people and helping them through what can be difficult times. Julie believes it is important to serve in the community that she lives. Outside of work, Julie enjoys movies, reading and live theatre. Julie’s partner is Samoan and many weekends are spent on the sideline of local league games and assisting young pasifika players

Shannon has taught students from 5-13 years old in New Zealand and London for over 10 years, before moving to her current position as Deputy Principal at Murrays Bay Intermediate School since 2004. Shannon holds a Diploma in Teaching, Bachelor of Teaching and Learning, Diploma in Special Education and Diploma in Child Protection. She lives with her husband Terry and variety of animals on a life style block in Puhoi. Travel, design and landscaping are passions.

Prachi is passionate about domestic violence prevention and safety of women and children in New Zealand. After arriving in Aotearoa in 2009, Prachi has been working in the domestic violence sector in Auckland. Currently, she is the Coordinator for Te Rito Rodney Family Violence Prevention Project. Prachi has a Masters’ degree in Sociology and has a background of working in the child rights advocacy sector in India. Prachi lives on the North Shore with her husband, two beautiful children and a cat.

Rana spent 11 years working at the sharp end of family, intimate partner violence as an advocate for women and children with women’s refuge. With a background in administration, funding and office management Rana now happily spends her days, in schools predominantly, teaching girls and women to recognise abuse, to use their very powerful voices and self-defence skills.

Rana has 2 lovely daughters, 4 full on mokopuna, a cat and a new pup

Justine joined the Board in February 2023 after practising as a Registered Social Worker at the Centre since April 2012. She is now working as a Contract Social Worker completing assessment, rehabilitation and disability support services on behalf of Geneva Healthcare. Her husband is Cook Island Maori, she has two adult children and 3 grandchildren. Justine’s desire is to provide the support and resources to empower women to reach their full potential

Elisiva is an Early childhood teacher. Teaching has been a passion of Elisiva for over 15 years. She is now currently a Centre Manager at a small mixed aged. not for profit community early learning centre. Elisiva is passionate about teaching especially in a not for profit community centre. Empowering our tamariki to be confident, capable and inclusive in a diverse environment in all ages is one of her philosophies in teaching.

Elisiva’s background is Tongan and is number 3 in a family of 7 siblings, she loves a quiet environment, good friends and family and enjoys spending time away as a recharge.