Staff Contacts

Senior Leadership

Mrs Jane Stanley

Mrs Jane Stanley

Principal
BPhEd, PGDip Ed, Dip Tchg
Mr David Burton

Mr David Burton

Associate Principal Assessment and Reporting, Year 13 students
BA, Dip Tchg
Email
Ms Nicky Whitham-Blackwell

Ms Nicky Whitham-Blackwell

Associate Principal Pedagogy, Year 13 students
MEdL (1st Class Hons) BA, Dip Tchg
Email
Mr Paul Davis

Mr Paul Davis

Deputy Principal Learning Environment, School Operations, Year 12 students
MSc (1st Class Hons) (Chem), BSc, Dip Tchg, Cert. Occupational Health and Safety
Email
Ms Sarah Hooper

Ms Sarah Hooper

Deputy Principal Leadership Curriculum, Year 11 students
BA, Dip Tchg, MProfStudsEd (1st Class Honors)
Email
Ms Rachel Bickerstaffe

Ms Rachel Bickerstaffe

Deputy Principal Student Leadership and Welfare, Year 9 students
BA, Dip Tchg, Post Grad Cert in Career Development
Email
Ms Donna Pike

Ms Donna Pike

Assistant Principal, Senior Leadership Administration
Sec School Tchg Dip, Tchers Dip. Typwrtg. Tchers Dip, Trained Tchers Cert
Email
Ms Jane Donald

Ms Jane Donald

Assistant Principal, Year 10 students
BSc, Grad Dip Tchg
Email

Deans

Alice Burnett
Dean of Māori Students
BSpSt
Lesila Tu’itupou Kutu
Dean of Pasifika Students
Mrs Katie Pearson
Dean – Akoranga, TIC Media Studies, English
BA, Grad Dip Tchg
Miss Ashley Longstaff
Dean – Akoranga
BDes (Hons) GDip Secondary Tchg
Ms Auteletoa Tanimo
Dean – Hauraki, TIC Year 12 Outdoor Education.
BA, Grad Dip Tchg
Ms Louise Clouston
Dean – Hauraki
DipCA , BHIM, Post Grad Dip Sec teaching
Mrs Kate Lawrence
Dean – Onewa, English
BA, Grad Dip Tchg
Ms Courtenay See
Dean – Onewa, PE Health
BSc, BEd, MEd
Miss Rachel Carson
Dean – Pupuke, Assistant HOD Music
BMUS, Grad Dip Tchg
Mrs Hi Sung Son
Dean – Pupuke, Visual Arts, Technology
BFA, Grad Dip Tchg
Ms Elaine Xu
Dean – Wairau, Mathematics and Statistics
BE (Hons), Grad Dip Teaching
Miss Danielle Johnson
Dean – Wairau
BEd PE 
Chantelle Wang
Dean of International Students

Administration

Ms Marie Mckerrow
EA to Principal, Secretary School Board
Mrs Kate Page
Reception
Ext 730
Ms Carla Bickerdike
Enrolment Officer/Education Support Officer/Data Manager
Ext 750
Karen Carson
Sports Facilities & Event Centre Administrator
Ext 731
Mrs Ann Muir
Staff Room
Mrs Jo-Anne Hutchinson
Reprographics
Mrs Moira Clarke
Event Centre and Sports Facilities Manager
Ext 769
Ms Jaimee Pike
Attendance Officer
Ext 727
Ms Kasey Lui
Music Administrator
Ext. 284
Mrs Camila Tornquist
Finance and Business Manager
Ext 762
Mrs Shona Nolan
Accounts
Ext 739
Mrs Karen Stevenson
Accounts
Ext 737

Marketing & Communications

Ms Bridget Ellis-Pegler
Communications & Marketing Manager
Ext 701
Mr Dean Flyger
Community Relationship Manager
Ext. 213
Mrs Aimee Wheeler
Graphic Design & Marketing
Ms Cathy Roughan
Alumni Co-ordinator

ICT

Mr Dan Benadie
AT/IT Manager

Heads of Faculty

Greg Burnard
Head of Faculty Social Science
Dr Lucy Boyd-Bell
Assistant Head of Faculty Science
Eimear Harridge
Assistant Head of Faculty Language Acquisition & Literature
Ms Sue Higgins
Head of Faculty Mathematics
Ms Niyothi Nathaniel
Assistant Head of Faculty Mathematics
BSc (Applied Mathematics), Grad Dip Tchg
Alwyn Nicol
Head of Faculty Science
CChemMRSC, CSci, MSc, PGDE
Aarti Singh        
Assistant Head of Faculty Social Science
Mrs Carol Wright
Head of Faculty Language Acquisition & Literature
MA, BA, Grad Dip Tchg (Secondary)

Heads of Department

Ms Claire Gilbert
HOD Junior English
BA, Grad Dip Tchg, CLTA
Claire Guy
TIC ESOL
Mrs Elyse Heslop
HOD Visual Arts
BA, MEdLd
Mr Eddie Hudson
HOD Te Reo Māori
BPhEd, Dip Tchg
Ms Kate Luisetti
HOD Technology
BCApSc, Dip Tchg
Ms Fiona Mackie
HOD Library
Dip Teaching, BA(LIS)
Ms MJ Milburn
HOD Senior Literature
BA(Hons), MA, GDip Tchg
Mrs Michelle Ogilvie
HOD PE & Sport
Ms Carrie Song
HOD Languages
BA, Post Grad Cert in Edu
Mrs Fiona Wilson
HOD Music
MA (Musiceduc), BMus, Dip Tchg 

Learning Enhancement

Mrs Julie Mulcahy
HOD of Learning Enhancement and SENCo
BEd, PG Dip Educ, Dip Tchg

Teaching Staff

Ms Reema Abueideh
Mathematics and Statistics
Mr Will Anderton
Technology
Christine Aspden (Chrissy)                           
Mathematics
Mrs Lizzie Beaumont
Technology
Ms Geetu Bhanot
Science
Ms Devanshi Bhavsar
Science, Biology, STEAM, STEAM Programme Coordinator for 2024, Across School Lead for Te Kāhui Ako o Pupuke.
Dr Stephen Bier
Mathematics, Physics and STEAM
Mr Kendall Blue
TIC Earth & Space Science
Mrs Rebecca Bouterey On Maternity Leave
PE Health
Miss Tayla Boyd On Maternity Leave
PE Health
Mr Martin Brennan
English
Ms Kay Brown On Refreshment Leave
TIC Classical Studies, Social Sciences
Mr Greg Burnard
Social Sciences
Mrs Deborah Cachopa
Science, TIC Scholarship
Ms Ella Campbell
Social Sciences
Ms Belinda Cannan
TIC Drama
Miss Rachel Carson
Dean – Pupuke, Assistant HOD Music
BMUS, Grad Dip Tchg
Miss Louise Clouston
Technology and TIC Hospitality
Ms Madison Coelho
Science, Biology, STEAM
Mrs Anna Cooper
Visual Arts
Mrs Frances Cross
Health & PE
Miss Renae Dodds
PE Health
Mrs Helen Drabble
Languages
Mr Charles Dugmore
English
Ms Jane Edge
English
Ms Leah Fletcher
Social Sciences
Mrs Myra Francis
Languages, Social Studies and ESOL
Mr Joaquin Gines
Spanish
Mr Leo Goh
Social Science (Economics)
Mrs Dorinda Grobler
Business Studies
Mr Iain Guthrie
Social Sciences and Business Studies
Ms Kasey Hani Lui
Music Administrator
Ms Rebecca Hay
Technology, TIC Digital Technology 
Ms Ruby Hermansen
Social Studies
Ms Anna Hernandez
English
Mr Stacey Hooks
Social Sciences
Mr Jono Howan
Music, STEAM
Mr Marwan Juma
Science, Biology
Miss Jiyoung Jun
Science
Ms Karen Kennedy
Te Reo Māori
Ms Sun Mee Kim
Mathematics and Statistics
Miss Sumin Kim
Science
Sarisha Kormal
English
Mrs Kate Lawrence
Dean – Onewa, English
BA, Grad Dip Tchg
Ms Kat Lee
English, Specialist Classroom Teacher
Ms Joo Yeon Lee
Music, Mathematics
Ms Beatrice O Lee Puetting
Mathematics
Ms Catherine Lin
Mathematics and Statistics
Mrs Ruth Linnell
English
Ms Ashley Longstaff
Technology
Ms Akira Maharaj
Science
Mrs Farah Majid
Science
Mrs Lizzi McCormack
Mathematics and Statistics
Miss Ashley McKenzie
PE Health and Within School Lead (WSL) for the Pupuke Kahui Ako
Mrs Bethan Meikle
Technology
Ms Pamela Meyer (Maternity Leave)
PE Health
Ms Maureen Mitchley
Mathematics and Statistics
Ms Nina Monk
English
Mrs Melissa Nielsen (Maternity Leave)
PE Health
Ms Lisa Oddy
Visual Arts
Kasia O’Neill 
Mathematics and Statistics
Mr Jono Palmer
Mathematics and Statistics
Ms Olga Pascan
English
Mrs Katie Pearson
Dean – Akoranga, TIC Media Studies, English
BA, Grad Dip Tchg
Miss Holly Pearson
PE Health
Mrs Gail Pocock
PE Health
Mr Dan Rennie
Business Studies
Mr Victor Rosendale
ESOL, Social Sciences
Ms Amanda Rubick
Mathematics and Statistics
Mr Kameron Sadler
Social Sciences
Mr Brett Scoones
Science
Ms Courtenay See
Dean – Onewa, PE Health
BSc, BEd, MEd
Mrs Kate Segetin
Technology
Mrs Sheela Shankar
Business Studies, Technology
Ms Irena Smolko
Mathematics and Statistics
Mrs Hi Sung Son
Dean – Pupuke, Visual Arts, Technology
BFA, Grad Dip Tchg
Miss Catherine Stokes
Biology and TIC Junior Science
Mrs Rico Sugiyama
Mathematics and Statistics, Languages
Mr Paul Summerville
TIC Design & Visual Communication, Principal’s Nominee (Acting)
Ms Toa Tanimo
PE Health, Pasifika Mentor, Outdoor Education
Ms Amy Thomas
English
Mr Geoff Thompson
Social Science (Business)
Ms Susana Tomaz (Study Leave)
STEAM
Mrs Alex van der Loos
TIC Year 12 Chemistry 
Ms Courtney van Raalte
Media Studies, English
Miss Carmina Villaruel 
Social Sciences
Mrs Giesela Visser-Heydon
Dance
Ms Liz Waite
English
Ms Sarah Ward
English
Ms Morgan Wensley (Maternity Leave)
Social Sciences
Mr Simon Whittam
Social Sciences
Ms Ella Wilson
Social Sciences
Mr Rik Wilson
Visual Arts
Ms Sarah Woodward
Social Sciences
Ms Elaine Xu
Dean – Wairau, Mathematics and Statistics
BE (Hons), Grad Dip Teaching
Dr Yongbin Zhao          
Mathematics and Statistics            

Health Centre

Mrs Ashia Ismail-Singer
Health Centre - RN - Senior Nurse
Ms Sally McGhee
Health Centre - Nurse

Counselling

Dr Alison Burke
Head of Counselling (Monday – Thursday)
PhD, MEd(1st Class Hons)-Couns, DipTchng (Sec), BA, MNZAC
Ms Charlotte Anderson
Counsellor (Monday – Friday)
MA Art History, MS Psychology (1st class), PGDip Counselling (Dist), PGDip Tchg, MNZAC (Provisional).
Mrs Miriam Robinson
Counsellor (Monday, Tuesday and Friday)
BA/BSc (Psychology and Statistics), Dip Tchg, PGDip Counselling (Dist), Provisional Member Registered with NZAC
Ms Fleur Piper
Counsellor (Monday – Wednesday)
MMgt (Dist), BA, PGDip Counselling, MNZAC
Ms Frances Farmer
Counsellor (Wednesday and Thursday)
MSc (Hons) Envi Sci, PGCE Sec Geo, PGDip Counselling
Ms Linda Clouston
Counsellor (Thursday and Friday)
MEd (Hons), Dip Ed(Tch), PG Dip Ed (SNRT) , PG Dip Counselling, MNZAC

Careers Department

Ms Liz Woods
Head of Careers 
Dip PE, Dip Tchg, Dip Career Development 
Mrs Kiri Wilson-Cudby
Gateway Coordinator
MA, LLB
Mrs Siobhan McKimmey 
Careers Advisor
BA (English & History), MA (History), Dip. Tchg, Grad. Cert Career Development
Ms Teresa Winstone
Careers and Student Leadership Advisor
BSc, GradDip Educ, MBS, Grad. Cert Career Development

Library

Ms Fiona Mackie
HOD Library
Dip Teaching, BA(LIS)
Mrs Liz Marshall
Librarian
BA, GradDipTchg (Primary)
Ms Holly Haigh-McShane 
Librarian
Ms Carolyn Coster
Library - Textbook Assistant

Sport Department

Ms Leisen Jobe
Head of Faculty: PE, Health and Sport
BPhEd, Dip Tchg
Ms April Ieremia
Director of Sport
BA, Dip Tchg
Ms Liz O’Leary
Sports Manager
Mr Will Lacey
Sports Manager
Mr Ian Bright
Head of Rowing
Ms Ria Nathu
Sports Manager

Property

Mr Rob Nathan
Property Manager
Ext 768
Mr Heta Witika
Caretaker
Mr David Toia
Grounds
Ryo Nakao
Grounds

Support Staff

Mrs Barbara Scholten
Student Business Liaison
Mrs Helena Haycock
Special Assessment Co-Ordinator
Mrs Jan Davidson
Teacher Aide
Mrs Justine Nicholson
Teacher Aide
Mrs Rasika Subasinghe
Science Lab Technician
Ms Jess Banks
Teacher Aide
Ms Rachel Luisetti
Food Technician 
Ms Rebecca Zielinski
Science Lab Technician
Ms Susan Reshef
Teacher Aide

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Various Important Info

Y9 and 10 Students finish early this Thursday.

On the afternoon of Thursday, 21 November, there will be a PPTA Paid Union Meeting for teachers. As a result, Year 9 and 10 students will finish at 12:30 pm, and no classes will run for them in the afternoon.

Students in Years 11, 12, and 13 sitting NCEA exams will not be affected. Exams will continue as scheduled.

If you wish your child to be supervised at school on that afternoon, please contact the school so that arrangements can be made.

Library : Open from 8:00-5:00. All students on study leave can study in the library including. Y9s. The library is a silent study zone from Tuesday, 5 Nov to Thursday, 29 Nov.

Exams & More: For exam dates and ‘end-of-year’ information, click HERE.