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  • Dr Samuel Carpenter BA/LLB, PGDipArts, MA, PhD (History)

    • Research and Professional Teaching Fellow

    Dr Samuel Carpenter specialises in Church History with a focus on New Zealand religious and political history. He leads the Te Rongopai ki Aotearoa Project, researching relationships between Christianity and Māori society. A former lawyer and senior historian in the Wellington Treaty sector, Sam’s PhD (2021) explored early New Zealand political thought. He is also a founding trustee of Karuwhā…

  • Rev. Dr Karen Kemp BTheol, MA, DMin

    • Senior Lecturer (Interdisciplinary Studies / Pastoral Theology) | Senior Coach (Centre for Church Leadership)

    Karen Kemp is a Senior Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies and Pastoral Theology, Pastoral Leadership Lead, and Senior Coach at Laidlaw’s Centre for Church Leadership. An ordained Anglican minister, she teaches leadership, spiritual formation, conflict transformation, and ministry supervision, equipping emerging church leaders for adaptive ministry in local and global contexts.

  • Dr Roshan Allpress BA (Hons) (Canterbury), DPhil (Oxford), FRHistS, MInstD

    • National Principal/CEO

    Dr Roshan Allpress is National Principal/Chief Executive of Laidlaw College. He holds degrees in History from Canterbury and Oxford, with research interests spanning the history of social and cultural reform, evangelicalism and religious reform, the origins of philanthropy and humanitarianism, and the intersections of theology and political economic thought. Roshan helped found and lead the Compass Foundation (now Venn Foundation),…

  • Zara Maslin CertTh, CerYthWk, CertTeReoMāori, DipMin, BSocServ

    • Youth Work Lead | Professional Teaching Fellow (Theology)

    Zara leads Laidlaw College’s Youth Work programmes and teaches youth and young adult practical theology papers. She is committed to helping students apply classroom learning in practical ministry, modelling loyal leadership, character development, and proactive wellbeing. Zara previously taught at the Henderson campus and now teaches from Christchurch.