Our Staff

Classroom Teachers:

Nicola Blight: Year 1 - Rm 1
Popy Thomsett-Taylor (on maternity leave)
Josephine McKendrey: New Entrant - Rm 2
Lata Laing: Year 1-3 - Rm 4
Kim Hankins (Reading Recovery Training): Year 2-3 - Rm 5
& Robin Fisher (Reading Recovery)
Cassandra Johnson: Year 2-3 - Rm 6
Rose Keegan: Year 4-5 - Rm 7
Siale Sipley: Year 4-6 - Rm 8 Fanau Pasifika
Pania Smith: Year 1-6 - Rm 11 Whanau Awahou (Level 2)
Carron Ye: Year 4-5 - Rm 13
Ruth Lemon: Year 5-6 - Rm 10 Whanau Rumaki (Level 1)
Tracey Black: Year 6 - Rm 14
Ehita Putaka: New Entrant & Year 1 - Rm 16 Whanau Rumaki (Level 1)
Natalie Muller: Year 1-2 - Rm 15 Whanau Rumaki (Level 1)
Erina Henare-Aperahama: Year 3-4 - Rm 9 Whanau Rumaki (Level 1)
Karen Russell: Director of Maori Medium Education & Maori Mainstream

Other Teaching Staff:

Hoana Pearson: Principal
Josephine McKendrey: Deputy Principal & Classroom Teacher
Sheila Buchanan: Assistant Principal, Whanau Marama Leader, Special Needs & Library
Wilson Tawhiti: English Transition & Classroom Release
Paul Reeder: Literacy Intervention Maori Medium, Sports Coordinator, Reading
Recovery, Awahou Team Leadership

Support Staff:

Maryanne Poi: Administration
Julie McGrail: Receptionist
Elizabeth McKendrey: Financial Officer
Ally Kemplen: Special Needs Support & Liaison, After School Care
Helen Ngariki: Resources, Visual Arts & After School Care
Angela Terei: After School Care
Marie Gallichan: Library

Property Staff:

Ross Lay: Property Management/Grounds
Daryl Tapsell: Part-time Property
Piri Ngariki: Cleaner Supervisor
Talita Sanft: Cleaner

Board Of Trustees

Board members are: Hoana Pearson (Principal), Christine Herzog & Te Kawehau Hoskins, (Co Chairs), Greg McAllister (Treasurer), Josephine McKendrey (Staff Rep), Mark McCarthy, Jason Black, Ruth Samson, Pirihira Hollings, Jaylene Wehipeihana, Malama Atutolu, Laurel McCulloch, Rhiannon Thomson, Veronica Culpan.

The Board meets each month, usually on the third Monday, at 7.00 pm. Meetings, which are held in the school staffroom, are open to the public. You, and your ideas, are most welcome.