Alumni News
David Harrowfield
(Inaugural Trust Executive Officer)
David has recently assisted the Trust with
Scott’s Discovery hut Conservation Management Plan due to be launched in the coming months.
He has also been helping an author with a proposed biography on Ernest Edward Mills Joyce, the noted Antarctic Royal Navy Petty Officer, and is busy with his coauthor on the second draft for a paper on Inexpressible Island.
Josiah Tualamali’i
(Inspiring Explorer 2026)
Josiah and film partner Benji Timu released their new short film Tautoko The Panthers — 2024.
This short film shows the lead up and how Josiah and Benji led friends and communities to #TautokoThePanthers after a public call in 2021 for a Dawn Raids apology tied to their 50th anniversary. Their short film was also screened at Black Grace Niu Dawn Festival coinciding with New Zealand Samoan Language week.
Hans Masunu
(Young Inspiring Explorer 2024)
Hans (left) was part of our Young Inspiring Explorers™ Summit in 2024 where young people aged 11–14 from all over New Zealand came to Christchurch (NZ), Antarctic gateway city, to develop their ‘Explorer Mindset’ and engage with Antarctica’s history.
Now, Hans was able to take his youngest brother to the Antarctic Centre in Christchurch and taught him all the cool things he learnt on the summit. Hans said his brother especially loved the Hagglunds and huskies and now gets excited every time they drive past!
Owain John
(Inspiring Explorer 2020)
Owain has recently launched a mobile sauna in Christchurch (NZ) and had fun supporting the New Zealand Antarctic Society Polar Plunge in New Brighton to celebrate the winter solstice.
Check out their Instagram @oceanembersauna and website Ocean Ember Sauna | Wood-fired mobile sauna
Patrick Power
(Cape Adare Project Manager and former GM Programmes)
In the role of Antarctic Operations Manager, Earth Sciences NZ, Paddy was part of the SWAIS2C team that collected samples in West Antarctica last summer, 700km from Scott Base, and safely flew them back to New Zealand.
The samples were extracted from under 500m of ice and 200m of bedrock to analyse evidence of when ice melted in the past, to predict future sea level rise.
Read more about this at 1news.co.nz
