Our People

C.A, P.P - Director

Trudi grew up on a dairy farm just north of Whangarei. She went to Northland Polytechnic to attain her Chartered Accounting qualification.  Trudi is married to Pete and they have two teenage children.  They moved to Te Puke in 2001 where she started working at BRG. In 2003 Trudi became a partner and in 2012 became the sole owner of the business, until April 2014 when Martin also joined Trudi as an owner.

Dairy Farm accounting is a real passion for Trudi. She has been able to take the practical knowledge gained from growing up on a dairy farm and apply that when talking to her clients. Trudi sees an important role is to come up with practical and innovative solutions to help her clients through the challenges and joys of owning and operating a business.

During her spare time Trudi enjoys reading, relaxing by the beach in summer, skiing in winter and tramping - though with two teenage children that spare time can sometimes be limited!

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Karyn joined the BRG Accounting Team in 2001. Since that time Karyn has developed a close working relationship with a great many clients.

Being from farming stock Karyn brings a practical, number eight wire attitude to the office - nothing is impossible!!! 
Outside work Karyn tries to keep track of her three emerging adult children and of course all of the hangers on that go with that age group. She also enjoys disappearing off to Marokopa whenever she can for long, relaxing breaks.

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Vicki became part of the BRG Accounting Team in late 2001 and as such is very much part of the BRG team. She has good all round knowledge in all aspects of day to day accounting – plus she keeps the tidiest desk in the office!

A keen interest in Squash as a player and committee member has kept her out of mischief over the years. The whole family loves to escape down the East Coast at Christmas with family and friends.

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Charlotte joined BRG in April 2013 as a Client Manager. For the last couple of years Charlotte has been working for a firm of Chartered Accountants in Whakatane.

Charlotte and her parents migrated from the UK when Charlotte was 11. She now lives at Pukehina with her husband Lee. Charlotte passed her Xero Certification test with flying colours!

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Cindy joined the BRG Go-To Team in March 2014.  Before having children she worked for Chartered Accountant’s in Hamilton. In the last few years she has actually run a small accounting practice on her own out of Matamata using Xero – including Workflow Max.

Cindy, her husband and three boys (8,7,5) have recently moved from Matamata to Pukehina.

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Leonie started with BRG in 2006 as a Client Services Co-ordinator and then in 2007 moved into the role of Office Manager. Prior to working at BRG Leonie had spent 11 years as PA to the CEO of Comvita.


Sporting activities have been the main 'spare time' focus of the Hinaki household for many years with Kim being a rugby obsessed husband and their two sporty kids. Leonie is still waging war with the constant battle to 'keep fit!'  

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Dani joined the BRG team in 2008 in a part time role and then in 2009 moved into the role as Receptionist and Business Services Administrator.

One of Dani's greatest achievements over the last few years was to buy her own home. While she still has other goals on her horizons, becoming a home owner has allowed Dani to further her interests in gardening and horticulture. Her other interests include natural therapies and of course visiting our lovely BOP beaches.

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Ange joined BRG in June 2013 as a Client Relationship Manager. This is a completely new role within BRG and will see Ange overseeing things such as helping new clients to BRG make that transition simple, managing marketing bits and pieces, overseeing our Client Service Plans and generally making sure we all do what we have said we are going to do! 

She is married to Trent and they have two young children, so doesn't have much spare time but can occasionally be found at the gym.

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Shannon is a local lass and joined our Ledge Bookkeeping Division in 2013.  She comes with a varied accounting and admin background.  Also she's recently finished her Bachelor of Business Studies in Accountancy.

Shannon has a young daughter that she spends time taxiing around.

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