Our Staff
Senior Leadership team

Daniel Wilson (DWN)
Principal, Kahui Ako Lead Principal
daniel.wilson@nayland.school.nz

Hannah Banks (HBS)
Associate Principal, Science

Rowan Taigel (RTL)
Deputy Principal, English

Trevor Olley (TOY)
Deputy Principal

Gavin Millar (GMR)
Assistant Principal, International Student Director

BRUNO WATKINS (BWA)
Assistant Principal, PEHO
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)

ROB IKINK (RIK)

TRUDY HARVEY (THY)

Ross Gerritsen (RGN)
Head of Arts
HOUSE LEADERS

Rachael Purdie (RPE)
Aquila House Leader, Mathematics

Sam Maitland (SMD)
Phoenix House Leader, Technology

STACEY GUNDRY (SGY)

ALANA WALL (AWL)

AMANDA KIRKHAM (AKM)
Phoenix Associate House Leader, Social Sciences

ANNA KING (AKG)
Cygnus House Leader, Social Sciences

BETH CUIZON (BCN)
Cygnus Associate House Leader, Social Sciences, Spanish

DAVID MUNRO (DMO)
Pegasus House Leader, Mathematics

DUNCAN MCKINLAY (DMY)
Draco Associate House Leader, English

MISSY SEYMOUR (MSR)
Pegasus Associate House Leader, Mathematics
Guidance & Support

ALANA WALL (AWL)

ALICE SCOTT (AST)

ALISON WESTERBY (AWY)

KATHY SHERWOOD (KSD)
Special Assessment Conditions Coordinator

LINDA MCDOUGALL (LML)
Head of Counselling

LOU WHITE-PAWSON (LPN)
Counsellor

SUE FORD (SFD)
Head of Learning Support

ANDREA HAWKES (AHS)
Accounts Administrator, Pathways/Trades & Careers Coordinator

Kelly Rogers (KRS)
School Nurse

Krystal Liebezeit (KLT)
House Leader Support Worker

Sherree Flatman (SFN)
Counselling Receptionist

Sophia Morris (SMO)
Transition & International Manager

Miriam Restieaux (MRX)

Felicity Yellin (FYN)

Moira Raumati (MRI)
Teachers

ABBE WEST (AWT)
PEHO, IOS

ADAM CRICHTON (ACN)
Science

AMANDA KIRKHAM (AKM)
Phoenix Associate House Leader, Social Sciences

AMANDA WALKER (AWA)
Social Sciences

AMANDA WHARTON (AWN)
English

AMELIA BRIGHT (ABT)
Social Sciences

Andrew Nyhoff (ANF)
Science

ANDREW RICCIARDI (ARI)
Mathematics

ANDY WALKER (AWK)
Arts (Music)

ANNA KING (AKG)
Cygnus House Leader, Social Sciences

ANNA PLAYFORD (APD)
Mathematics

Annie Watson-Kidd (AWI)

ASHLEY WHITEHEAD (AWD)
Head of Subject (OED) – on leave 2022

BETH CUIZON (BCN)
Cygnus Associate House Leader, Social Sciences, Spanish

CARL SHEEHAN (CSN)
Science

CATHARINE WOOD (CWD)
Te Huarahi, Pathways

CHANEL NGARUHE (CNE)
Te Reo Māori

Colin Frewin (CFN)
Science, Head of Primary Industries

COLIN GRAVETT (CGT)
PEHO, Technology

CORRIN VEDDER (CVR)
English

COURTNEY GRAVETT (CGR)
Mathematics

CUSHLA LAUFKOTTER (CLR)
Technology (Textiles)

DAVID MUNRO (DMO)
Pegasus House Leader, Mathematics

DAYARNN NOWELL (DNL)
Te Huarahi

Debbie Swainston (DSN)

DENNIS KALE (DKE)
Physical Education & Health

DIANA MASKILL (DML)
Head of Subject (Visual Art)

Dixie McDonald (DXM)
English

DUNCAN MCKINLAY (DMY)
Draco Associate House Leader, English

Eloise Nevin (ENN)
Head of Digital Technologies

EMMA WHITE (EWE)
English

GAYE BLOOMFIELD (GBD)

Georgina Lee (GLE)
Social Sciences

GERD BANKE (GBE)
Science

GLENIS PAUL (GPL)
Science

GRAEME BLOOMFIELD (GBL)

HEIDRUN BERL (HBL)

HENRY JONES (HJS)
Head of Subject (Hard Materials)

JACQUELINE DE JONG (JDG)
Mathematics

JANA POLGLASE (JPE)
Head of Subject (Dance)

JASON INNES (JIS)
Technology (Hospitality)

JOHN CUBANSKI (JCI)
Science

John Valentine (JVE)
Science, PEHO

John Walker (JWR)
Mathematics

JOLENE COTTON (JCN)
Physical Education & Health

JOSEPHINE SAVAGE (JSE)

JULIA HODGSON (JHN)
Physical Education & Health

Julia Martin (JMN)
Spanish

KARL NICHOLLS (KNS)
English

KATHERINE FERGUSON (KFN)

KAY MACKENZIE (KME)
Head of Subject (Music)

Kevin Roughton (KRN)
Technology (Hard Materials)

KRISTEL LEIJTEN (KLN)
Acting Head of Subject (OED)

LAUREN MEKALICK (LMK)

LAUREN PRESTIDGE (LPE)
Social Sciences, English

LISA GANASSIN (LGN)
Arts (Visual Art)

LUCY BUCKLEY (LBY)
Arts (Visual Art)

MARK LEWERS (MLS)
Science

MATT PENNEY (MPY)
Science

MATT ROBINSON (MRN)
Technology (Hospitality)

Meagan Jeffrey (MJY)

Melody Grant (MGT)

MICHAELA NICHOLAS (MNS)
Head of Subject (Hospitality)

MICHELLE AINLEY (MAY)
Mathematics

MISSY SEYMOUR (MSR)
Pegasus Associate House Leader, Mathematics

MURRAY KING (MKG)
Te Huarahi (Business Studies)

NATASHA CARDWELL (NCL)
Technology (Hard Materials)

NATHAN GARGIULO (NGO)
Social Sciences

Nick Prebble (NPE)
Social Sciences, PEHO

NICOLE HECHT (NHT)
English

NIGEL LINEHAM (NLM)
Te Huarahi

Nigel Weeks (NWS)
Arts (Music)

RACHAEL QUEREE (RQE)
Social Sciences

RUSSELL MAXWELL (RML)
Technology (Hard Materials)

RUTH DIXON (RDN)
English

SALLY JOSENHANS (SJS)
Outdoor Education

Sam Maitland (SMD)
Phoenix House Leader, Technology

SHELLEE HALL (SHH)
Head of Subject (ESOL)

SHIRREE HODGKINSON (SHN)
Mathematics

SIMON PATEL (SPL)
Science

STACEY GUNDRY (SGY)

STACEY HOLBROOK (SHK)

STEPHEN TEECE (STE)
Physical Education & Health

STEVE MALTHUS (SMS)
Mathematics

Tami Mansfield (TMD)
Arts (Drama), English

TANIA RADMAN (TRN)
Visual Art

Tara Clement (TCT)
Science

TRISTAN WHARTON (TWN)
Mathematics

VERITY DAVIDSON (VDN)

ZOE WALKER (ZWR)
Support Staff

Amanda Ledger (ALR)
Arts Assistant

ANA BRITO DE STANLEY (ABO)
Bilingual Learning Assistant

ANDREA HAWKES (AHS)
Accounts Administrator, Pathways/Trades & Careers Coordinator

ANDY HEWISON (AHN)
Learning Assistant

Beccy Myers (RMS)
Learning Assistant

BEN WRIGHT (BWT)
Learning Assistant

BETH BROCKIE (BBE)
Learning Assistant

BRENDAN CRICHTON (BCR)
Director of Sport

CARRIE WILSON (CWN)
Student Support Centre Manager

Chloe Crichton (CCN)
Learning Assistant

Denise Parkin (DPN)
Learning Assistant

Dianne Holland (DHD)
Receptionist

Donna King (DKG)
HR & Payroll Administrator

Eloise Van Velthooven (EVN)
Sports Coordinator

Emma Goble (EGE)
Student Support Centre Administrator

Fiona Crichton (FCN)
Learning Hub Manager/ Correspondence Coordinator

Janice Johnson (JJN)
Learning Assistant

John Hall (JHL)
Business Manager

Jules Ferguson Brill (JFE)
Performing Arts Administrator

Katie Tyrrell (KTL)
Hospitality & Textiles Assistant

Laura Phipps (LPS)
Learning Assistant

Lisa Tunnicliff (LTF)
Finance Administrator

Louise Currin (LCN)
Attendance Administrator

Merryn Royal (MRL)
Gardener

Miriam Burgess (MBS)
Learning Assistant

Nic Rout (NRT)
Learning Assistant

Nick Georgakis (NGS)
Property Maintenance Manager

Oscar Hadley (OHY)
Outdoor Education Instructor/Technician

Pip Bowman (PBN)
Attendance Officer

Sandra McGregor (SMR)
Science Technician/Lab Manager

SARAH LUTON (SLN)
PA – Senior Leadership Team

Simon Woodbridge (SWE)
Assistant Caretaker

Siobhan Gerritsen (SGE)
Learning Assistant

Sue Sinclair (SSR)
Learning Assistant

Tracey Winslade (TWE)
Librarian