Turi joined our Board of Trustees in December 2022 after several years living and working in Australia, including as Priest in Charge of Anglican Parish of Christ Church St Kilda, and later as Incumbent of the Parish.

He has been in ordained ministry since 1990 and has spent much of his time serving communities across Aotearoa, as well as overseas in Australia and Indonesia. His involvement in the church extends from leading congregations, to ministry training and clergy pastoral care, to representing the Anglican Church in Aotearoa at the Anglican Consultative Council sessions held in Jamaica in 2009, and Aotearoa in 2012.

Between 2016 and 2022 Turi was an Examining Chaplain in the Diocese which saw him mentoring candidates for ordination, as well as those recently ordained, to oversee their development and training.

Turi obtained his PhD in 2014 with his thesis entitled Atuatanga: Holding Karaitianatanga and Māoritanga together going forward which he describes this as a summary of his theology.

In addition to his own academic development Turi has held a number of education-based roles, including as a tutor and lecturer in Te Aotahi: Māori Studies Department at the University of Canterbury where he delivered courses focused on Māori history and Tikanga Māori.

In addition to, and as part of his ministry, Turi is a qualified Mental Health First Aider and has trained to support members of the community struggling with the effects of addiction.