To recognize the life and art of Colin McCahon
The Trust
The McCahon House Trust was established in 1998 'to recognise the life and art of Colin McCahon through a residency of international standing and to preserve the McCahon House as a place for the public to visit'

Emma Fitts, White Azales 1 & 2 in the Bunkroom, 2018. Photo Credit: Neeve Woodward.
The McCahon House Trust was established in 1998 'to recognise the life and art of Colin McCahon through a residency of international standing and to preserve the McCahon House as a place for the public to visit'
Patrons
Rt Hon Helen Clark ONZ SSI
Former Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage
Sir Bob Harvey
Chairperson Waterfront Auckland
Former Mayor Waitākere City Auckland
Author
Treasurer
Graeme Heap
Chartered Accountant, retired (40 years experience)
Trustees
Lisa Bates MNZM, Chair
Trustee Mackelvie Trust, Friends of St David’s, Former Board Member NZSO, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Regional Facilities Auckland, Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision, The Big Idea Charitable Trust
Charlotte Hellaby, Deputy-Chair
Former Deputy Chair Saint Cuthbert's College and Vice-Chair Auckland Decorative and Fine Arts Society
Greg Ambler
Specialist trust, estate and succession solicitor at TGT Legal
Graeme Burgess
Conservation Architect
Sue Gardiner MNZM
Chair Chartwell Charitable Trust, Co-Director Chartwell Collection Trust, Trustee Auckland Art Gallery Foundation, Member University of Auckland Centre for Arts and Social Transformation (CAST) Advisory Board, former Trustee Artspace Aotearoa and Eden Arts Community Arts Trust. Art writer and art tour guide.
Kathryn Roberts
Former Tax Partner PWC
Deborah Rolland
Art patron. Former senior academic Unitec Institute of Technology.
Kim Smith
Art patron. Trustee Objectspace, Vice President Costume and Textile Association of NZ
Staff:
Vivienne Stone - Executive Director
Tamara Rakich - Business Manager
Yoojung Suh - Public Programmes Manager
Jack Hadley - Public Programmes / Education Manager
Elisabeth Kwan - Gate Project Producer, Gate dinner and video production
Debra East - McCahon House Museum Docent