Richard is an policy analyst and environmentalist. Prior to the Be A Tidy Kiwi reboot, he was a Ministerial Liaison and Senior Advisor on Energy Efficiency helping craft policy to encourage more efficient use of energy in Aotearoa. Prior to that he was managing health projects in far off conflict zones for Médecins Sans Frontières. 

In all cases behaviour change was an underlying objective - encouraging people to do the right thing with their health, energy or rubbish, regardless of their circumstances. Richard is currently the Chair of PlanetFM which is a non-profit community based radio station offering broadcast facilities to community groups and individuals who otherwise have little or no access to the airwaves.

He is also Chair of the Grafton Residents Association.

Ewan was born in Scotland and educated in London, England. His leadership roles have called on his international networks and deep technical expertise in marketing and advertising from his base in London where he founded WAG Marketing and Advertising Agency. Since relocating to New Zealand with his family in 2015, he joined Brandworld, a division of the Clemenger Group as Business Development Director. 

Ewan’s philanthropic work includes fundraising and support for the leadership teams of the UK Poppy Factory, and as a member of the UK Household Cavalry Fundraising committee. 

His kiwi wife has held high profile roles for major global private sector firms, UK Government and international infrastructure projects such as the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Ewan has three daughters; his youngest is at school in NZ, one works in PR in Sydney and his oldest daughter working at Cambridge University in the UK.

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Iris is a committed environmentalist and has spent more than 2 decades giving her time to the community and fulfilling her passion for people, the environment and sustainability. She is married to Brian and they have 2 children and 2 grandchildren. Iris originally trained as an accountant and a practice manager. 

Her community service history includes: Past Managing Trustee of Tag Out Trust, Patron of the Whau Coastal Walk Environmental Trust, Past Chair and Trustee of EcoMatters, Past Chair of Keep Waitakere Beautiful, Past Trustee of the Weedfree Trust, Olympic Park Trust and Green Bay School Board of Trustees. She is the current Chair of the Tag Out Trust and Be A Tidy Kiwi Trust. 

She was awarded a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her community and the environmental work in 2011 and was runner up to the Senior New Zealander of the Year in 2016. Iris has been a serving JP for 5 years.

After 27 years in Local Government including roles as Deputy Mayor of Waitakere City and Deputy Mayor of Auckland, Penny chosen to leave Auckland Council in October 2019. She has taken up a variety of governance and practical roles back in community. She is a board member of Kianga Ora (formally Housing NZ) and Link People focusing on Housing for people with lived experience of mental health or homelessness. She is a Systems Innovator with Healthy Families Waitakere and works one day a week with Auckland Council’s Waste team. 

Penny’s passion for waste minimisation and environmental advocacy have been a major focus for her work. She is a member of many community organisations and a keen volunteer in her community of West Auckland.  Penny lives with her husband in Te Atatu Peninsula. They have two grown up sons and 3 beloved grandchildren.

Ross is a businessman, previous local government politician and is an environmentalist. Ross has been the co-owner of a family food business for 28 years with prior business experience specialising in corporate industrial relations and human resources management. He served as a city councillor with Waitakere City Council for 6 years and Auckland Council for 6 years, chairing the Finance and Performance Committee with both councils. He also served as President of West Auckland’s Portage Licensing Trust for over 20 years. 

His formal education culminated with several degrees majoring in economics, accounting and political science. He enjoyed over 4 years of back packing travel, manual/labouring employment and cultural experiences in United States, Latin America, Asia, Orient, Africa, Europe, Australia and the Pacific. His community service experience includes school boards, sports club committees, arts projects, and the development of the following trusts: Lopdell House, Olympic Park, Te Whau Coastal Environment Walkway and Be A Tidy Kiwi.

Sharon is a staunch Westie and is passionate about her community and people. She is involved in various community organisations including Be A Tidy Kiwi, EcoMatters, Glen Eden Railway Restoration Trust, Ranui Community Centre, Safer West Community Trust, Swanson Railway Station Trust, Violence Free Communities and the Waitākere Branch of Forest & Bird. 

Sharon works full time as PA to the Waitākere Ranges Local Board based in Glen Eden. She was awarded a Queens Service Medal for services to her community in June 2013 and completed a Be Leadership programme the same year. She went on to write her life story, which she launched in August 2018 and become a Justice of the Peace in December 2019.

Tony has 40 years’ experience in managing community infrastructure assets and services including: 3-Waters, Parks, Transport, Fleet management and Property for Waitakere City Council. He champions embedding non-asset solutions in asset management through initiatives such as water and travel demand management and public-community partnerships to deliver projects. 

Tony’s expertise includes integrated infrastructure management plans, strategic thinking, innovation, stakeholder inclusion, and utilising the Logical framework Approach (LFA) to broker agreed outcomes. He is an experienced facilitator in working with organisations to identify the drivers and solutions for systems using the LFA, defined as “a quality-based understanding of planning, based on a participatory and transparent planning process, aimed towards the needs of partners and target groups, in which the key elements of a project are agreed on step by step, in teams, with those concerned, and recorded transparently”. 

Tony’s aim as part of Be A Tidy Kiwi is to contribute to improving the environment