Our Team

Tool enthusiast and eclectic hobbyist, Ed lives in a laboratory, inventing obscure sonic instruments and exploring abstract forms. Ed is always happy to help when you have a problem, so come find him at the tool library and tell him about your project!

I‘m a Newtown creative who likes volunteering and I needed to learn about tools to become more self-sufficient. Access not ownership is our mighty mantra and the NTL toolUniverse is mighty helpful so I spread the word as much as possible. It's a great team, and a resource with benefits on a great scale: the regular Repair Cafes being another fabulous project. I am investing in not only my upskilling, but yours, and our children’s. I love having littlies come in and help get the tools, see them used in their homes and returning them. They are learning not to shop!

Eryn is the slightly scruffy punk of the Newtown Community Centre – a people person and passionate advocate. She’s got “mad Aroha” for inclusion, art, community, music, conversation and laughter. As an artist she loves to make stuff, as NCCC coordinator she loves to make stuff happen!

Argentinian living in NZ. Her background is in community development through local action, permaculture, and creative activism. She is a group facilitator that helps cultivate collaborative culture through values-driven behaviours.

Rosemary Patterson is a passionate gardener, outdoors enthusiast and Librarian. She got involved to show support for such a rad Library and loves to hear about all the interesting projects our members are getting up to.

Always working with her hands, Charlotte spends most of her time working with glass and is passionate about keeping heritage craft skills alive. She constantly has a project on the go and is excited to find out what crafty projects others are up to.

Ellie is one of the Kaiwhakahaere/Coordinators at the NCCC. She would like to live under the ocean, but until she grows gills, she is loving being a part of the Newtown community. When she’s not snorkelling, you’ll find her attempting to do the mahi to be a decent Tiriti partner, supporting grassroots activism and drinking coffee. She loves the Newtown Tool Library, thinks the mahi they do to make tools accessible is rad and aspires to one day be confident enough to use more than a hammer!

Freya is a maker of things: house vans, cakes, crochet, gardens, the list goes on. She is usually obsessively making something. She jumped at the opportunity of helping with the tool library's existence and loves turning up on a Saturday to hear all about what people have made with the tools they borrowed. 

Ben Phillips was born in Newtown to a gardener and a librarian so has DIY and cataloging in the blood. He still lives close by with his family and is trying to finish all those little projects while excitedly starting new ones. He has a background in environmental management and zero waste and works as a builder/landscaper around Wellington.

Renee is a coffee fiend and one day aspires to join the circus (not very realistically). She is passionate about community development (some would say that she's all things Newtown) and loved being a part of the team at the Community Centre. 

Renee has been a massive support to the Newtown Tool Library and we have a huge appreciation for her and her mahi.