A New Zealand Māori (Ngāpuhi/Te Rarawa) wāhine, Sarah is a writer and producer who is passionate about the mandate of ‘creating violence-free communities’ and has worked alongside partner Matt Brown to re-define the way we communicate about family violence with creativity and innovation.
Since 2018, Sarah, through ‘She is not your rehab’, has partnered with the NZ Ministry of Social Development as an ambassador for their ‘It’s not OK Campaign’ and was funded to develop and launch an app; InnerBoy to promote accessible healing for indigenous men.
Sarah, and her partner Matt, are also proud ambassadors for the work of Aviva Families, a family violence service centre in Christchurch, NZ, and for MATE; a program within a domestic violence research department at Griffith University in Australia.
Sarah and her partner Matt became members of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2022.