Hugh Fraser was our founding chairperson from 2001 until he died on 9 May 2005. His obituary in the New Zealand Herald is here
Pamela Skelton chaired the trust from 2005 until July 2007, when she resigned for health reasons. She has worked as an RMS volunteer with an extended family of Karen refugees from Burma in Beach Haven since they arrived here in 2001. She was a driving force behind the trust's recent fundraising activities.
Note: The normal 'at' sign in our email addresses has been replaced by {at} to reduce spam. If you want to contact us, please replace this with the usual sign for 'at'.
John Houltham has chaired the trust since September 2007. He is a software developer with long experience of South-East Asia, 66B Lynden Ave, Hillcrest, North Shore, 09 480 6468 (home), 021 501 036 jrhoultham{at}xtra.co.nz
Simon Collins (secretary), Refugee Services volunteer support worker and journalist, 14 Paramu Ave, Birkdale, North Shore 0626, 09 483 5911 (home), 09 373 6473 (work), 021 612 423, ehlarandsimon{at}clear.net.nz
Daniel Turkel (treasurer), NZ Burma Support Group treasurer and banker, 09 336 5566 (work), 0274 800 736
Anna Fyfe-Rahal, member of the Auckland Refugee Council and refugee worker in Britain and Auckland, 1/158 Hendon Ave, Mt Albert, Auckland, 09 846 5059 (home), 021 127 2529, annafyferahal{at}yahoo.co.uk
Dr Kulbushan Malhotra (Maung Maung), former radio broadcaster in Burma and India and Buddhist scholar, 58 Shoreham St, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland 0600, 09 828 9156, katyusha{at}value.net.nz
Savita Malhotra, Burma-born Red Cross volunteer, 58 Shoreham St, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland 0600, 09 828 9156, katyusha{at}value.net.nz
Peter Quin, desktop designer/editor, 09 376 3790, 0274 759 159, peter.lightwave{at}paradise.net.nz
Paul Robertson, Amnesty, Pax Christi and Burma Support member, 23 Tauhara St, Green Bay, Auckland, ph/fax 09 827 4503, langdon1956{at}yahoo.co.nz
Fe Sarmiento, community worker, 9 Woodbridge Lane, Milford, North Shore 0620, 09 488 0846, 021 268 0451, fesarmiento2001{at}yahoo.com
Amy Wang, journalist who has visited refugee camps on the Thai/Burmese border, 021 037 3707, wang.chienyu{at}gmail.com
Mike Yoffe, artist, writer and former United Nations development aid manager, 178 Bayswater Ave, Bayswater, North Shore, 09 445 6239, mike{at}yoffe.com
Patron: Beverley, Lady Reeves.
The Friends of Refugees Trust (AK/1179611) was incorporated under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957 on 7 December 2001. It is an approved Donee Organisation under the Income Tax Act 1994.
Our trust deed is here.