About us

Anna Mowat

Anna is a contractor under Real Collective where she holds tamariki and whānau at the heart of all her mahi. She has been leading Sparklers (alongside Aaron and Meg) from its creation, writing its predominant content for it's first 7 years. Her favourite projects include Tākai, Real Parents and working alongside Drs Lucy Hone and Denise Quinlan supporting the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience. 

Anna’s background is in English and psychology. She lives a country life and moves from gumboots to creative spaces in a flash.

Her superpower is that she cares enormously about Aotearoa tamariki and all of you who support them. 

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Aaron Hāpuku 

Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Tahinga.

Aaron has a background in kapa haka and Māori performing arts, traditional Māori weaponry (Taura Pouwhakarae - Te Whare Tū Taua o Aotearoa) and is a member of Te Ahikaaroa regularly performing at Te Matatini.

Aaron has a degree in Māori Performing Arts, a Masters in Public Health and is a current PhD student, lecturer and researcher at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha - University of Canterbury.

Aaron is a great buddy, and while he is a warrior, he is the most welcoming, humble, caring dude we’re lucky enough to work alongside.

 

Meg Fisher

Meg is our educationalist with the bonus of a background in psychology. She has a passion for tamariki wellbeing and loves supporting others who work with tamariki to do their best mahi.

Meg works across the Bay of Plenty and on her days off gets out for different adventures, goes rafting adventures down the Grand Canyon, surf life saves and inspires us with her courage.

Meg’s been working across Sparklers for the past four years teaching us how challenging it can be in the classroom. She’s creative, energetic and with her wide smile, the friendliest of friendly people we know!

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Logan Moore

With a background in health education and public health, Logan also works across Real Parents creating resources and programmes that support parents to better understand and therefore support tamariki wellbeing. 
Logan has a particular interest in the influence children's literature can have on tamariki, whether that be supporting them in understanding and expressing their emotions, building resilience, or creating an environment of inclusion and acceptance.

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We’ll be the four behind all that is Manahau, alongside our design buddies.