EarthDiverse

Hannah Huggan is the Director of the Climate Action Hub, a project she founded and developed under the auspices of Go Eco. Hannah’s core beliefs rest in the value of community and mātauranga Māori, and her activism focuses on climate justice—promoting and advocating for a system built by thriving communities. Hannah is studying a Bachelor of Social Sciences with a double major in Political Science and Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato. Hannah identifies as takatāpui and was born to a Scottish father and a Māori mother. An example of her previous work includes the platform, Rangatahi Voices which aims to amplify the voices of youth, supporting them to get involved in social, environmental, and political matters engaged in the kaupapa of decolonisation, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and the need for constitutional transformation. “Learning about my tīpuna, my whenua, and Aotearoa’s history has made the need for climate action and justice much more clear in my mind.”

Nona Morris, MA, is a researcher and diversity educator for EarthDiverse. She has undergraduate degrees in Human Biology and Anthropology, and post-graduate degrees (MA) in Anthropology and Education. She has worked in the field of education for the last 30 years, working across all sectors from early childhood through university and adult mentoring, and has taught in a variety of fields including biology, ecology, social science, research methodology, and learning and assessment practice. She also teaches in the early childhood and primary school sectors. Prior to moving to New Zealand, Nona has lived, studied and worked in Kenya, Tanzania, Liberia, Pakistan, Nepal and the USA. She has experience in cross-cultural communication, facilitation, experiential education, service-based learning, and curriculum design and implementation. Her passion for social and environmental justice and for working with youth has led to her involvement with various local community groups, including NZ Scouts, school parent groups, Playcentre, ethnic and arts groups, and ecological restoration projects. Nona comes from and lives in a multicultural family, is married, and is a mum to two talented Wellington-based university-aged sons. Nona currently runs our Teacher Training Professional Development programme in tandem with Amondi Ouko-Mowbray, and is a key member of our management team.