Staff Profiles

Tina Lincoln – Development Manager (SAMS)

Tina has 24 years’ experience in the disability sector and has been with SAMS for 17 years. Tina believes everyone should be treated equally and have opportunities in the community.

Tina has a wide range of experience – having a family member with a disability and experience in Social Services. Tine is currently a member of the Establishment Unit Community Steering group, and was also a member of the National Co-design Transformation Team for Enabling Good Lives (2017 – 2018) and a Co-facilitator for the mid-central Regional Leadership group (2018 – 2022).

Tina lives in Palmerston North and enjoys her journey with her links to Te Atiawa whanau.

Moemoe Muliaumaseali’i – Whanau Member Facilitator (SAMS)

I am of Māori and Pasifika descent and as a mother of three including one with additional needs, I am passionate about ensuring whānau know what’s available to them to increase their choices.

I’m a board member of the Brain Injured Children Trust and a full-time support for my son, supporting him with his intensive neuro-developmental therapy program. I am also a part of the Enabling Good Lives Waikato Family Core Group and serve in my church as a youth advisor.

I’m enjoying working with SAMS and Care Matters offering a perspective of a young mother for the Aotearoa that I would like my son to live in now and in the future.

Lianne Clarke – Family Member Facilitator (SAMS)

Lianne is a teacher, a mum and keenly interested in ensuring all people have access to the information they need to make choices in their lives.

Lianne has worked for SAMS for over 23 years, but her primary experience comes from being a family member of people who access services. Lianne lives in Auckland.

Neum Muliaumasealii – Whanau Member Facilitator (SAMS)

I am a husband to an amazing wife and father to 3 beautiful children.

My youngest son (8yrs) has a disability which has driven my passion and led me to work alongside disability organizations and has roles such as the Pasifika representative for Enabling Good Lives Waikato Leadership group.

I am a registered Social Worker that has experience in residential care, disability support, and ACC rehabilitation programs.

Shona Cook – Facilitator/Trainer (Parent to Parent)

Shona is a teacher and a mum who believes in the philosophy that knowledge is power and that it is important for people to have information and knowledge to make informed choices.

Shona has a wide range of experiences from being an Early Childhood teacher to currently working as a family/whanau worker and some experience working in the disability sector, as well as her experiences of being the parent of a family member who accesses services.

Shona has been a support parent and a trainer for Parent to Parent for a number of years. Shona lives in Invercargill.

Grant Morris – Facilitator/Trainer (Parent to Parent)

Grant has been involved in SibSupportNZ since 1995. He has a younger sister with special needs and was the first sibling leader in 1995 and the first sibling facilitator in 1997. More recently, Grant has focused on training facilitators and leaders and running the Wellington camps and sibdays.

Grant is a senior lecturer in law at Victoria University specialising in legal history and dispute resolution. He lives in Wellington and is married with two daughters, aged 3 and 6.

Ann Campbell – Facilitator/Trainer (Parent to Parent)

Ann has been involved with Parent to Parent as a Support Parent since the late 1990s when she lived in Hamilton where she also worked at the McKenzie centre as an Early Intervention teacher. Ann has six adult children with a daughter in Hamilton who lives independently in her own home and is supported through the Community Living Trust .

Ann currently works as an Early Intervention teacher for the Ministry of Education, Special Education in Christchurch. Ann has a passion for working alongside children and their families. Ann lives in Christchurch.