Our Team

Lloyd Harwood - Community Arts Manager | Arts Council Nelson

Lloyd has worked with marginalised members of the community for nearly 40 years utilising community arts as a vehicle to break down barriers of discrimination and nurture inclusivity, activate engagement, and build social wellbeing. After migrating to New Zealand in 1987, he spent ten years managing a community-based arts activity centre in central Wellington which, whilst having an open-door policy, focussed on providing a safe and accessible creative space for psychiatric survivors, many of whom were displaced through the closure of residential institutions at that time.

Soon after moving to Nelson in 1997, he became and maintains the position of Community Arts Manager of Arts Council Nelson. Over this time, he has actively encouraged, supported and initiated a wide variety of creative projects across a diverse range of ages and cultural sectors.

Anna Fyfe, Manager | Multicultural Nelson Tasman

Anna has worked in the newcomer/settlement sector for over 20 years, both in New Zealand and London, and has held a particular interest in supporting migrants and refugees around employment issues. She spent 10 years working at the non-profit Auckland Regional Migrant Services (now Belong Aotearoa) after moving home to NZ from London in 2005 and was also on the board of the Auckland Refugee Council and a volunteer with Refugees as Survivors. Since moving to Nelson in 2017, Anna has worked as an employment coach for highly skilled migrants at an immigration firm, whilst continuing to volunteer with organisations such as the Red Cross to assist with refugee settlement. She returned to the not-for-profit sector as manager of Multicultural Nelson Tasman in June 2021.

Anna is passionate about NZ’s diversity and the immense value it adds to the country, and close contact with new migrants and refugees from an array of backgrounds has given her a sound understanding of both the highs and lows of the settlement process and of the support required to ensure that newcomers thrive and feel a sense of belonging in Aotearoa.

Karen Darling - Researcher

Karen has had a varied and interesting background in community projects in Aotearoa and overseas. Karen studied Tourism and Recreation Management at Lincoln University and since then has lived and worked overseas for a number of years before returning with her family to live in Aotearoa.

She has worked in the Multicultural sector in Aotearoa over the past 15 years, including 5 years as National Manager of New Zealand Newcomers Network Trust, various community research projects, and currently as Chair of Victory Boxing Charitable Trust.

When overseas she lived in Botswana, St Vincent and the Grenadines, the UK, and Australia. She worked with local tourism providers to grow community businesses such as inbound travel into the Okavango Delta, working with local tourism trusts (mokoro safaris, air and land safaris).

She has worked with tourist operators developing packages and marketing strategies in the Caribbean, in the Marlborough Sounds, and with a large ski company in Te Waipounamu, Aotearoa.

Since arriving in Whakatū she has been involved with Multicultural Nelson Tasman, New Zealand Newcomers Network Trust, and as a volunteer at other local organisations. She spent four years studying Te Reo Māori at Te Pūkenga, Whakatū, having completed Te Pōkaitahi Reo to Level 3, and Te Haeta Toi Maori Level 3.

Karen was one of the researchers on the Shared Communities Engagement Document that helped secure the funding for the Shared Communities Initiative. She has a very multicultural family and is passionate about combating racism and working towards providing opportunities and improving the quality of life for migrants and former refugees in our community.