Meet the Team
Living to learn. Learning to live.
Ko ake, ka ora, ka ora, ka ako.
Senior Leadership Team
Principal: Andy Ashworth
Deputy Principal: Janna Bailey
Deputy Principal: Sam Dearlove
Secondary Teachers
Wendy Thomason – E-Learning, STAR and Gateway
Linda Moser – English (Years 7 - 13), Literacy (Years 9 -13)
Maurice Marquet – Maruia - Year 7 and 8, Senior Junior Syndicate Leader, Dean of Years 8 - 10, Area Sports Tournament
Chris Wallis - Maths (Years 9 -13), Numeracy (Years 9-13), Timetabling
Lisa Holstein – Science (Years 7-13), Technology (Years 9 and 10), Health and Safety
Robert Tilse - Technology and BCATS (Years 7-13)
Jessie Gibbs - Outdoor Education
Melissa Waite - Health
Sara Flintoft - SENCO Co-ordinator
Primary Teachers
Grace Poppelwell – Matiri - New Entrants
Lisa Hill – Mangles - Year 1 and 2
Ms Kathryn Dron - Buller - Year 2 and 3, Cultural Pedagogy
Mrs Kafula Olsen – Tutaki - Year 4 and 5, Junior Syndicate Leader and Junior Literacy
Les Ashworth - Matakitaki - Years 5
Elsie Moore – Owen - Years 6 and 7, Bus Controller
Maurice Marquet– Maruia - Year 7 and 8, Senior Junior Syndicate Leader, Dean of Years 8 - 10, Area Sports Tournament
Virginia Tilse - Classroom Release Teacher, Literacy Years 1 - 8, Sustainability, Bus Co-Ordinator
Caitlin Young - Junior/Year 9 & 10 Music
Cam Stewart - PE & Junior ODED
Dyan Blick - Te Reo and Tikanga
Sara Flintoft - SENCO Co-ordinator
Learning Assistants - Primary/Secondary Support
Tessa Whitnall Kate Trainor
Bevalyn Tinetti Luping Wang
Michelle Elliott Hayley Smith
Cam Stewart Solana Pettus
Joe Papps
Non-Teaching Staff
Executive Officer: Tracy Younger
Office Administrator: Kathryn Mason
Office Assistant: Sandy Brown
Library Assistant: Lois Kinzett
Sports Co-ordinator: Peter Grigg
Counsellor: Melinda Bradshaw
Caretaker: Hammer Wilson
Assistant Caretaker: Jim Breach
Groundsman: Chris Parkinson
School Nurse: Melanie Sutton
Cleaning Staff: Michelle Elliott and Samuel Olsen
ICT: Rob Hughes