Pastor Peter Tate

Chaplaincy New Zealand Director

I have pastored three churches within the Assemblies of God movement and am an ex-Executive member of AGNZ. I have a real passion to see Chaplaincy take its place as a force for good in our communities, and for Chaplaincy NZ to provide excellent ongoing support and resources for our hard working chaplains wherever they may be working.

Mina Acraman

Pastor Whiromena Acraman (Mina) Ngati Whakaue, Ngati Pikiao, Ngai Tuhoe. is on the AGNZ national executive and acts as the Chaplaincy liaison to the executive as well as being a CNZ board member. One of her responsibilities has been the development of Māori ministries within the Assemblies of God setting up a National Hui; ‘Te Haerenga’ and a Wanaga ;‘Te Rōpū Pou Muramura’ whose purpose is to build confidence and competence in Maori identity, theology, ministry and Te Reo.

Katrina Birchall

Katrina and her husband have been Directors/owners of their own businesses for over 36 years, and have recently sold.  Having previously farmed in the Waikato District have more recently downsized and moved to a property in South Auckland and continue breeding a herd of Australia Lowline Angus. Complete retirement is out of the question.

Katrina is passionate about Chaplaincy and is an Alphacrucis trained and qualified chaplain and member of Chaplaincy New Zealand.  She is a strong advocate for Chaplains working in pastoral carefor their churches and the wider community and would love to inspire and champion people to discover their full potential in this area.

Pastor Steve Allen

Steve has been a Board Member of CNZ for several years now and is passionate about training our Chaplains to be the best they can be.  Steve is also a lecturer at Alphacrucis College.

Stuart Harrison

Stuart is the Chief Financial Officer of Cornerstone Healthcare Property Fund - an Australian based business focused on investing in medical and healthcare properties. Stuart is an accomplished senior executive with over three decades of financial reporting and management experience within the chartered accountancy, utilities, hospitality and property industries.

Annette Tate

Administrator

I am the administrator for Chaplaincy New Zealand and consider it my pleasure and privilege to support chaplains in their various roles in Aotearoa. I completed the Diploma in Christian studies in Chaplaincy in 2012 and was the spiritual care coordinator at the Otago Community Hospice for many years before relocating to Raglan early in 2021 to be closer to family.