Hetty Van Hale

APPOINTED TRUSTEE
(2018 - 2024)

Hetty was appointed to the board as a trustee in December 2018. Hetty has a background in corporate communications and marketing, and also brings with her 23 years governance experience on not-for-profit boards covering a broad industry range, which includes experience on audit and risk committees. Particular interests consist of arts and sports governance.  She has lived in the region since 1995, with a strong history of volunteering for community organisations and events over this time.

Hetty is the current chair of Badminton New Zealand, deputy chair of Winter Games New Zealand, a trustee of Three Lakes Cultural Trust, and a trustee of the Southern Lakes Arts Festival Trust. She has been a past board member of Wanaka Wastebusters, Mt Aspiring College Foundation, Lake Wanaka Tourism, Project Crimson, and the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre of NZ.

She has a BA in Linguistics from Victoria University, a post-graduate Diploma of Information Science from Riverina Institute, NSW, Australia, and Certificate in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors in New Zealand.

She and her husband, John Hare, are keen skiers and mountain bikers, and in their spare time enjoy getting out into nature throughout our region.