Meet The WEKA Team

Matthew Peppercorn

Matthew is a mental health nurse and educator with over twenty-five years of experience in both the Hospital and NGO sector. As a consequence of his work, he became mentally distressed and experienced the pathway of realisation and discovering a route to wellness.

Richard Humphrey

Richard has worked in a variety of occupations; soldier, stuntman, arborist, academic and counsellor. He currently works as a lecturer at Otago Polytechnic, where he lectures in exercise and health, also working as an ethicist. Richard has two sons, and his hobbies include DJing, reading and spending time with his dogs.

Jade Morgan

A journey of reconnection to Te Ao Māori has been the making of Rue-Jade Morgan (Jade). His disrupted childhood saw him incarcerated by the age of 19. He began practicing mau rākau and immersing himself in tikanga and tradition, a transformation that set him on a completely different path.