Who is Bear?

My place of belonging is Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand. I’m a first generation kiwi with ancestry from South Africa, Zimbabwe, England, and Ireland. This intergenerational process of re-belonging lives within my skin and in my mahi (work). I value honesty, wholeness, and equity.

My calling is to guide people into a deeper relationship with the world as a way to break intergenerational patterns of separation and violence.

Outside of work I can be found outdoors (paragliding, surfing, climbing), moving my body (dance, yoga, cycling) and expressing myself (photography, poetry, writing).