Vice President
Annette Johnston FPSNZ
Tauranga
e: salons@photography.org.nz

Annette has served on volunteer committees for more than thirty-five years. She has been a committee member, a secretary, a vice president and a president. She is a Life Member of both Tauranga Performing Arts Association, having served on their committee for twenty years, ten as President, and Tauranga Photographic Society with ten years’ service as a committee member, Vice President for three years, and President for five years.

Annette is also a PSNZ Fellow, a member of the Judge Accreditation Panel, a mentor to trainee judges and a PSNZ Accredited judge.She was on the NZ Camera selection panel for three years, and of late she has both judged the Sony National Exhibition and convened the 2023 iteration.

Annette is thankful for the opportunities she has been given within her time as a photographer; many of those opportunities coming to her thanks to the generosity of volunteers within the Photographic Society of New Zealand Inc. She therefore considers it a privilege to be able to offer her service to this organisation.

Annette is also currently the Councillor for Salons.

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Treasurer
Maartje Morton
Whanganui
e: treasurer@photography.org.nz

Maartje has recently joined Council as Treasurer.  In this capacity Maartje is responsible for all number related activities for the Society. This role constitutes part of the Executive Officer team and in this capacity Maartje will contribute to the development of strategy and governance for the Society.

Maartje’s combined professional qualifications and teaching experience will allow her to fill the role of Treasurer admirably.  She will work closely with the newly appointed Bookkeeper who handles the day to day transactional requirements.

Maartje will budgeting and financial advice for all PSNZ hosted events including the conventions and the Workshop Series.  She will be responsible for producing the Society’s Annual Financial Report as well as lodging all financial reports with the Charity Services.

Now retired, Maartje’s teaching career spanned over 30 years with 16 of those as a Deputy Principal at a local secondary girl’s college. Her main teaching subjects were Accounting, Economics and ESOL. She is well versed in people management, administration, and preparation of accounts and financial reports.

Secretary
Janet Munnings LPSNZ LRPS
e: secretary@photography.org.nz

Janet has recently taken on the role of secretary.

She has lived in NZ for the last 17 years having moved from the UK with her husband.

She has been a member of the Hibiscus Coast Photographic Society, North Shore Photographic Society and Henderson clubs for many years and took on the roles of Secretary and is a past President at North Shore.

Janet achieved Licentiate in both PSNZ and RPS. She is a PSNZ accredited judge and mentor.

Councillors

Annette Johnston FPSNZ
Tauranga
e: salons@photography.org.nz

 

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Christopher Blincoe APSNZ
Auckland

Chris has a had a professional background in the trustee, charitable sector, and financial services industry, spanning some 40 years.

Prior to retirement in February 2020, he was the Philanthropy Manager for Perpetual Guardian for over 12 years. In this capacity, he was responsible for overseeing the large number of charitable trusts under administration; assessed and evaluated the granting and distribution of funds and provided strategic direction and advice.

Some of the organisations he have been privileged to work closely with, and support through the granting of funds includes medical and health research, education, social services, and the arts.

Having stepped down from several trustee and board appointments after retirement, he currently remains Chair of the Auckland City Mission Foundation, maintaining a strong emphasis on its financial and Investment policy and overall governance, and continues to serve as a longstanding trustee on the Board of the Hearing Research Foundation of NZ and the Deafness Research Foundation.

He has been a member of the Auckland Photographic Society since 2010, and a PSNZ member for almost 14 years. He was delighted to be awarded his Associate honours distinction in 2023.

Chris' photographic genre is primarily monochrome, with emphasis on landscape, architecture, and street photography. He enjoys continually learning and pushing myself to adopt and perfect new methods in post processing specifically for his abstract landscape images.

In 2023 Chris enjoyed several successes with several monochrome images in overseas salons and exhibitions.
As well as photography his interests include travel, music, reading and family.

Chris feels his collective skills and experience would contribute to the ongoing success of PSNZ Council.

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Nicole Tai LPSNZ
Motueka
e: membership@photography.org.nz

Nicole has always enjoyed photography, a passion influenced early on by her father and nurtured through family travels. However, it wasn’t until she moved to Hokitika in 2015 that her interest truly flourished. With time away from her full-time role as a Quantity Surveyor, she took the opportunity to complete an online photography course and joined the Greymouth Photography Club, as well as the Photographic Society of New Zealand in the same year.

Since relocating to Motueka in 2023, Nicole has become a member of both the Nelson Camera Club and the Motueka Camera Club, where she currently serves on the committee. She was awarded her LPSNZ in 2023.

Nicole has been involved in the PSNZ Workshop Series since its inception in 2020 and has enjoyed contributing behind the scenes. Now stepping into her role on the PSNZ Council, she’s excited to take on a more active part. She believes that the only way to learn is to give, and sees this as a meaningful way to support the photographic community that continues to inspire and support her.

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Debra Metcalf
e: communications@photography.org.nz

Ngāpuhi | Ngāti Whātua | Pākehā

I’m proud to call Northland home, though my life journey has taken me across Aotearoa, from the energy of Auckland to the serenity of the Waikato and the striking landscapes of the Mackenzie Basin. These places
have all played a part in shaping my eye as a photographer.

My creative journey into photography began with curiosity and a love of the natural world. Textures, colours, and shifting moods in nature continue to inspire my work, often blurring the lines between realism
and abstraction. Though still early in my photographic journey, I’ve grown from snapping in auto mode to confidently exploring manual techniques, an achievement that reflects my passion for learning and
discovery.

Outside of photography, I run a boutique business consultancy, supporting clients with simple, practical, and purpose-driven solutions. I bring that same mindset to my role as Communications Councillor for
PSNZ.

I chose to volunteer because I wanted to better understand my membership and how PSNZ operates, and how I could contribute meaningfully to this incredible community. Being part of the Council is not only a way to give back, but also to learn, connect, and help shape the future of PSNZ. My goal is to build a strong, responsive communications strategy
that supports and celebrates our members, amplifies their voices, and fosters connection across the country.

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John Hawkins LPSNZ
Christchurch

John grew up in Dunedin and took a strong interest in black and white photography in his late teens. Self-taught, within a group of likeminded friends, with no inhibitions, he had a lot of fun. Then children came along, still a lot of fun but not a lot of photography.

John learnt the more technical details of photography through Paul Daly at Hagley College night classes, then followed other classmates to the Christchurch Photographic Society (CPS) in 2016 where his skills and knowledge have been fostered by lots of tutorials, field trips and mentoring. In 2019 he won the Laurie Thomas Landscape Salon. He was the CPS open PI secretary for 2 years and is currently club secretary, plus he has been running the Canon Online competition for PSNZ for the last 2 years.

John started work in civil engineering and quickly transferred to IT where he has worked through the ranks of developer, business analyst and eventually manager of a team of 40 application specialist. The skills he acquired along the way has served him well in managing the Canon Online competition, and will transfer nicely to managing New Zealand Camera and CameraTalk.

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Mark Burgess FPSNZ
Auckland
e: workshops@photography.org.nz

Mark has been active in photography for the last ten years and gained his APSNZ in 2022. He has over thirty years’ experience in product commercialisation and market development focusing on technologies supporting innovation in business.

Mark is active in the photographic community having served as a committee member for the Auckland Photographic Society, and part of the organising team of the Auckland Convention in 2017, Taupo Regional in 2021, and Rotorua National in 2022 (unfortunately, the last two events were cancelled due to Covid), where his main responsibility was organising Convention field trips.

Having travelled widely throughout New Zealand, Mark has a good understanding of workshop locations. This knowledge, coupled with his experience in organising field trips and skills in mentoring, will be invaluable to PSNZ in his role as Councillor for Workshops.

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Lynda Mowat LPSNZ
Hamilton
e: events@photography.org.nz

Lynda has served on a variety of interest based committees since first being elected treasurer for the local swimming club at age 17. More recently, she was honoured with a life membership to The Phoenix Dog Training club in Hamilton, after taking classes, and working on the committee in the role of secretary for several years.

Lynda’s passion for recording visual stories began as a child, with documenting photos taken by others. Her own photographic journey became more focused about 15 years ago when she sought to capture better photos of her son on the rugby field. But once the children left home, the pets were fair game, and a love of pet photography was born, leading on to nature, and a variety of other genres.

Lynda joined the Waikato Photographic Society in Hamilton, serving on the committee, and then filling the role of secretary, for a number of years. She also joined Cambridge club and in 2021, but following a move to live more rurally, joined Te Awamutu Camera Club, where she is the current competition secretary.

Lynda was awarded her LPSNZ in 2020, and became a PSNZ accredited judge in 2023.

As a member of PSNZ since 2016, and with a firm belief that everyone has something to give, Lynda is delighted to have the opportunity to ‘give back’ through her role on PSNZ council.

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PSNZ Patron

Bev Sinclair
Whanganui

Bev Sinclair was appointed patron of the Society, on the retirement of John Boyd, at the AGM earlier this year. Bev has been a supporter of PSNZ for over 40 years, starting her involvement with it through her membership of the Whanganui Camera Club, which she joined when she married and moved to Whanganui.

Bev has contributed to the organisation of regional and national PSNZ conventions through her leading role in the Whanganui Camera Club. She has been president of the club three times since 1974 and is currently the Club’s patron.

When PSNZ celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2003, Bev was invited to collate a comprehensive history of the society to commemorate the occasion. It was published with that year’s PSNZ Members’ gallery of images. In 2019 Bev also wrote a history of the Whanganui Camera Club, ‘Capturing the Light’ (the club’s early motto), for the club’s 125 th anniversary.

She looks forward to the ongoing association with PSNZ in her role as patron.