About the Abide Charitable Trust Board

GM

Greg Milner-White

Chairperson

Greg is a Local Government expert working in a senior leadership role at Auckland Transport. He brings demonstrated strength in infrastructure, transport and property projects across both the private and public sectors, together with commercial law skills and sophisticated stakeholder management in complex environments.

Greg's professional highlights include serving as Principal Development Advisor for the City Rail Link — New Zealand's largest ever infrastructure project. He has accumulated significant experience with major capital projects including procurement advisory, project control and cost management, and has extensive professional networks across Auckland's regulatory and economic landscape.

A natural leader with strong relationship-building skills, Greg is passionate about community service and giving back. He and his GP wife live in Auckland and are blessed with two children.

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Ngaire Lasika

Board Member

Ngaire is a long-serving member of the Strive Community Trust board, which her mother Sophie Muru founded — a community organisation she holds dear to her heart. She is well regarded within Tainui iwi and serves on the Te Puea Memorial Marae Board of Trustees, as well as managing Te Manukanuka o Hoturoa Marae.

Ngaire brings deep Government and Local Government connections and phenomenal networks within te ao Māori. She brings the wisdom and compassion of a kuia (elder female), together with a strong alignment between her professional life and her faith. Her extensive experience spans operations management and the governance of community housing providers and not-for-profit organisations.

Ngaire is blessed with a number of wonderful tamariki and mokopuna, who are a source of great joy and inspiration to her work in service of community.

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Rev. Onosai'i Auva'a

Board Member

Onosai'i is an ordained Anglican Minister and serves as Chaplain and Senior Leadership Team member at King's School, Remuera. He holds a Bachelor of Theology and has held leadership roles with the Anglican Church in Schools. He comes from a remarkable family of clergy — his father Enosa is a Presbyterian Minister in Tauranga, and he has other fanau who are ordained in different denominations.

Prior to ordination, Onosai'i represented the Blues, Auckland and Counties Manukau in rugby union, and Sale Sharks in the English Premiership. He was a gold medallist with the New Zealand Men's Rugby Sevens team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Beyond his athletic prowess, he led King's School's Jazz Band and is an accomplished musician and vocalist — having recorded a contemporary acoustic worship album.

Onosai'i has served in governance and senior leadership roles for Catholic and Anglican schools, and held multiple roles within his Papatoetoe Rugby Football Club. He is passionate about building the Church through sport and music. He and Amy are blessed with four sons.

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Ammon Acarapi

Board Member

Ammon is one of New Zealand's pre-eminent mortgage brokers, specialising in property finance, land development, construction lending, and complex property investment debt and equity financing. He is a director of a LoanMarket entity specialising in property finance and of Pasifika Property Services.

An accomplished property investor and developer in his own right, Ammon was born and bred in Hamilton with family throughout New Zealand and Bolivia. He brings a genuinely Pasifika and ecumenical perspective to the Board, with a deep passion for serving the Kingdom across denominational lines.

Ammon is a director with significant experience in commercial property finance structuring and is well connected across the New Zealand property development and finance sectors. He is blessed with three adult children in their twenties.