Our Staff
Senior Leadership Team

Daniel Wilson (DWN)
Principal

Hannah Banks (HBS)
Acting Principal

Jane Townsend (JTD)
Deputy Principal, PEHO

Rowan Taigel (RTL)
Deputy Principal, English

Trevor Olley (TOY)
Deputy Principal

Gavin Millar (GMR)
Acting Deputy Principal, International Student Director
Heads of Learning Areas

Ben Crawford (BCD)
Head of Mathematics

Brennan Geddes (BGS)
Head of PEHO

Damian Roughan (DRN)
Head of Technology

Glenn Cheyne (GCE)
Head of Social Sciences

Hamish McLellan (HMN)
Head of Science

Leisa McCauley (LMY)
Head of English

Rob Ikink (RIK)
Head of Te Huarahi

Verity Davidson (VDN)
Head of Arts
deans

Dixie McDonald (DXM)
Cygnus Dean, English

Rachael Purdie (RPE)
Aquila Dean, Mathematics

Sam Maitland (SMD)
Phoenix Dean, Technology

Stacey Gundry (SGY)
Draco Dean, Technology, Arts

Trudy Harvey (THY)
Pegasus Dean, English
Guidance and Support

Alana Wall (AWL)
Careers Advisor

Alice Scott (AST)
Careers Advisor

Alison Westerby (AWY)
Learning Support

Emillie MacRitchie (EME)
Counsellor

Julie Raharuhi (JRI)
Learning Support

Kathy Sherwood (KSD)
Transition Manager, Special Assessment Conditions

Linda McDougall (LML)
Head of Counselling

Lou White-Pawson (LPN)
Counsellor

Sue Ford (SFD)
Head of Learning Support
Teaching Staff

Abbe West (AWT)
PEHO, Te Huarahi

Adam Crichton (ACN)
Science

Alana Wall (AWL)
Te Huarahi, Gateway

Alice Scott (AST)
Te Huarahi

Amanda Kirkham (AKM)
Social Sciences

Amanda Walker (AWA)
Social Sciences

Amanda Wharton (AWN)
English

Amelia Bright (ABT)
Social Sciences

Andrew Ricciardi (ARI)
Mathematics

Andy Walker (AWK)
Arts (Music)

Anna King (AKG)
Social Sciences

Anna Playford (APD)
Mathematics

Ashley Whitehead (AWD)
Head of Subject (OED)

Beth Cuizon (BCN)
Social Sciences, Te Huarahi

Bruno Watkins (BWA)

Carl Sheehan (CSN)
Science

Catharine Wood (CWD)
Te Huarahi

Chanel Ngaruhe (CNE)
Te Huarahi

Colin Gravett (CGT)
Technology, PEHO

Corrin Vedder (CVR)
English

Courtney Gravett (CGR)
Mathematics

Cristina Armstrong (CAG)
Science, Te Huarahi

Cushla Laufkotter (CLR)
Technology (Textiles)

David Munro (DMO)
Mathematics

Dayarnn Nowell (DNL)
Te Huarahi

Dayna Whiting (DWG)

Dennis Kale (DKE)

Diana Maskill (DML)
Head of Subject (Visual Art)

Duncan McKinlay

Eddie Pattillo (EPO)
Technology (Digital)

Emma White (EWE)
English

Esther Hancock (EHK)
Science

Gaye Bloomfield (GBD)

Gerd Banke (GBE)
Science

Geri Sheppard (GSD)
Technology, Arts

Glenis Paul (GPL)
Science

Graeme Bloomfield (GBL)

Heidrun Berl (HBL)
Te Huarahi, English

Henry Jones (HJS)
Technology (Hard Materials)

Jacqueline de Jong (JDG)
Mathematics

Jana Polglase (JPE)
Arts (Dance)

Jason Innes (JIS)
Technology (Hospitality)

John Cubanski (JCI)
Science

Jolene Cotton (JCN)

Josephine Savage (JSE)

Julia Brown (JBW)
Science

Julia Hodgson (JHN)

Karl Nicholls (KNS)
English, Arts

Katherine Ferguson (KFN)

Kay Mackenzie (KME)
Arts (Music)

Kristel Leijten

Lauren Mekalick (LMK)

Lauren Prestidge (LPE)
English, Social Sciences

Lisa Ganassin (LGN)

Lucy Buckley (LBY)

Mark Lewers (MLS)
Science

Matt Robinson (MRN)
Technology (Hospitality)

Matthew Penney (MPY)
Science

Michaela Nicholas
Head of Subject (Hospitality)

Michelle Ainley (MAY)
Mathematics

Missy Seymour (MSR)
Mathematics

Murray King (MKG)
Te Huarahi

Natasha Cardwell (NCL)
Technology (Hard Materials)

Nathan Gargiulo (NGO)
Social Sciences

Nicole Hecht (NHT)
English

Nigel Lineham (NLM)
Te Huarahi

Paula Garnham (PGM)
English

Rachael Queree (RQE)
Social Sciences

Russell Maxwell (RML)
Technology (Hard Materials)

Ruth Dixon (RDN)
English

Sally Josenhans (SJS)

Shannen Banks (SBS)
Social Sciences

Shellee Hall (SHH)
Head of Subject (ESOL)

Shirree Hodgkinson (SHN)
Mathematics

Simon Patel (SPL)
Science

Stacey Holbrook (SHK)

Stephen Teece (STE)

Sterling Cathman (SCN)

Steve Malthus (SMS)
Mathematics

Tania Radman (TRN)
Arts (Visual Art)

Tristan Wharton (TWN)
Mathematics

Whaearua Ross-Hotene (WRE)
Te Huarahi

Zoe Walker (ZWR)
Support Staff

Ana Brito De Stanley
Bilingual Learning Assistant

Andrea Hawkes
Accounts Administrator

Andy Hewison
Learning Assistant

Ben Fenselau
Pathways/Learning Assistant

Ben Wright
Learning Assistant

Beth Brockie
Learning Assistant

Brendan Crichton
Director of Sport

Carrie Wilson
Attendance Officer

Chloe Burns-Candy
Learning Assistant

Brendan Crichton
Director of Sport

Carrie Wilson
Attendance Officer

Chloe Burns-Candy
Learning Assistant
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