Our Staff 2022
Leadership Team
MEL CROSBIE
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Mrs Crosbie is the kindest and funniest principal on the planet - Carlisle
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Mrs Crosbie is the boss of the world -Year 1
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She always does fun stuff with us, like going down the mudslide. She even threw mud at us! - Room 13
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Mrs Crosbie is really nice and always says hello to us. She is hardworking and has lots of funs ideas for our school - Room 10
Mel Crosbie - Principal
FIONA SOUTHGATE
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Mrs Southgate can run really fast around the school! - Year 1
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She always look as after us and she helps us to respect our school. She plays fun games in our assemblies - George
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She works hard and is a loving and kind person - Room 10
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She spends her time dealing with problems around the school - Finley
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Mrs Southgate makes me smile. She is everything that is good, a really positive person - Jiho
Fiona Southgate - Deputy Principal
Head of Junior/Purapura School
JACKI HARRISON
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Mrs Harrison is a great Deputy Principal. She is so hardworking - Alyssa
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She deals with our problems and is helpful with our learning - Will
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She dressed up as an alien in assembly - she is so funny - Cooper
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Mrs Harrison is.very good at keeping secrets - Jiho
Jacki Harrison - Deputy Principal
Head of Middle/Teina School
RUTH TAYOR
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Mrs Taylor is a sporty, hardworking and cheerful teacher who is mostly known for managing our sporting activities. She makes it a lot of fun - Cody
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Mrs Taylor is a kind and loving person. She makes our days better by creating great activities like maths and athletics day - Lariah
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She encourages everybody to take part in all events. She also helps with camps - Bella
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She is a very intelligent person, who does a lot to keep the school a tidy and healthy place - Connor
Ruth Taylor - Associate Principal
Head of Senior/Tuakana School
Junior school
Purapura Year 0,1 and 2 Heads of Teaching and Learning
GILL STEEL
Gill Steel - Year 0 and 1
Head of Teaching and Learning for New Entrants, school transition and community
Middle School
Teina Year 3 and 4
Head of Teaching and Learning
Senior School Tuakana Year 5 and 6
Head of Teaching and Learning
Whole School Leaders of Learning
JOANN BEVENS
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Mrs Bevens is like a chatter box of learning - Romi
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Mrs Bevens is creative, like an artist - Annabel
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Mrs Bevens is a master at learning -Hunter
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Mrs Bevens is like a fairy princess, because she is kind - Isabelle
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Mrs Bevens is a like a book, she can teach us to read - Alanys
Joann Bevens
Across School Kahui Ako Literacy Lead
DAGMAR GOODALL
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Mrs Goodall is kind and funny and she helps us with our English - Room 11
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Mrs Goodall always listens to us and she is so funny - Benjamin
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She is smart and amazing at English. She takes us to the beach for picnics -Jiho
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Mrs Goodall is a nice teacher who loves to write - Rachel
Dagmar Goodall
Whole school Literacy Lead
KIRSTEN KIATA
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Mrs Kiata is an extremely great teacher and she has an amazing personality.
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She is very calm as a teacher and netball coach.
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Mrs Kiata is very intelligent and she can do what ever she believes. She is really positive towards us.
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Mrs Kiata teaches us lots of things, especially maths!
Kirsten Kiata
Whole School Math Lead
Teaching Staff
BELINDA VRETROS
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She helps me to learn - Emma
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She teaches me so many things. I really love to do Maths with her - Indie
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She always looks after us and takes care of us - Hunter
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She lets us do exciting things and she lets us even do things by ourselves - Alice
Belinda Vrettos - Year 1
Room 1
MICHELLE RAE
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I love the way she teaches all about letters - Caleb
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She teaches me know to write - Summer
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She teaches me right throughout the whole day - Avayan
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Sometimes she lets me play with the dress ups - Hudson
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I love Mrs Rae’s smile - Laison
Michelle Rae - Year 1
Room 3
Room 5
Room 6
DENISE AYRES
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She is the greatest teacher ever - Lily
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She is always so nice and kind - Vibhav
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She gives us a present when we fill up our sticker chart - Jett
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She gives us marbles when we show good manners. We get to put them in the marble jar and then sit on the tiger. - Isaiah
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She is very tall and has a beautiful smi- Marni
Denise Ayres - Year 2
Room 11
CHLOE RICE
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She is kind because she is a good person - Casey
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She teaches us how to use the ipads - Zacharey
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She is always nice and plays games with us - Shiloh
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She teaches me and is helping me to learn how to read - Lilah
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I love her when she gets us to make pictures - Leo
Chloe Rice - Year 1
Room 13
NIKKI VAN DER STAR
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She is a very kind, patient and understanding teacher so everyone listens to her.
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She is fair to everyone. she promotes a classroom culture where everyone feels valued and respected.
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She is fun and passionate when it comes to teaching us. she's really organised and extra efficient! She loves the classroom to be tidy.
Zelda Nielsen - Year 3 and 4
Room 19
STEPHANIE WILLIAMS
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Miss Williams is very kind and fun. She is creative and makes games that are fun to play. Sophie
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Miss Williams helps people with their work and she makes math fun to learn. She is the best teacher ever. - Joni
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Miss Williams is kind. She makes me happy - Sophia
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Miss Williams is a star and the best teacher because she is nice and cares about us - Aya
Stephanie Williams - Year 3 and 4
Room 20
NATHAN HANWELL
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Mr. Hanwell's soul is filled with comedy and joy. He's immaculately dressed.- Elsa
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Mr. Hanwell is one of the fastest teachers in the school! He loves to make all of his students laugh out loud and make them feel good about themselves. - Maddie
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I think Mr. Hanwell is a nice, funny teacher. He always turns the bad things good - Lukas
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His love for teaching is phenomenal. His soul holds love and happiness. - Jamie
Nathan Hanwell - Year 6
Room 21
HELEN CAMMELL
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Ms Cammell is fantastic - like a shooting star
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'Ms Cammell is very funny and she teaches me lots. I think she sparkles. She is very kind
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Ms Cammell is amazing, awesome and spectacular
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She helps me with my work
Helen Cammell - Year 6
Room 25
LISA ANDERSON
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I like it when Ms Anderson teaches us maths - Kaden
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I like reading with Ms Anderson - Thomas
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Ms Anderson is a very good teacher because she does lots of kind things for us - Miette
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Ms Anderson is kind and funny - Amber
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Ms Anderson is beautiful - Amelia
Kelly Henton - Year 6
Room 23
RUTH TREVATHAN
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Mrs Trevathan is funny, intelligent and good at been really creative to help us learn.
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Mrs Trevathan is an excellent teacher who doesn't do boring things. Everyday we do something different, she is very smart and can answer most of our questions.
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Mrs Trevathan is a calm, kind teacher with a level of patience. I would personally recommend her.
Ruth Trevathan - Year 5
Room 26
KIRSTEN KIATA
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Mrs Kiata is an extremely great teacher and she has an amazing personality.
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She is very calm as a teacher and netball coach.
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Mrs Kiata is very intelligent and she can do what ever she believes. She is really positive towards us.
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Mrs Kiata teaches us lots of things, especially maths!
Kirsten Kiata - Year 5
Room 24
LAURA THRUSH
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She is humorous and always makes learning fun. She is kind hearted and adores her students no matter what. - Sophie
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She's nice and helpful and she is the best teacher and you will love her. She is funny too. - Brody
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She is funny and she is a mathematician. A bit bossy too. But a shiny personality and an open heart- Ben
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She loves to listen to music, and loves to sing.- Mine
Laura Thrush - Year 5
Room 27
LAURA THRUSH
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She is humorous and always makes learning fun. She is kind hearted and adores her students no matter what. - Sophie
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She's nice and helpful and she is the best teacher and you will love her. She is funny too. - Brody
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She is funny and she is a mathematician. A bit bossy too. But a shiny personality and an open heart- Ben
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She loves to listen to music, and loves to sing.- Mine
Isobel Neville
Classroom Release Teacher
Support Staff
LISA WILLIAMS
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Lisa is a wonderful teacher aide. She always has a smile on her face and she is so lovely and kind.She does all she can for the school -Brooke
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Lisa has a cool laugh and is a really kind library lady - Year 1
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Lisa is pretty and makes us smile. - Georgia
Lisa Williams -Teacher Aide
JUANITA MILLS
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Juanita - is resilient because she keeps on working even though her arm is sore - Year 1
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Juanita is smart, kind and caring. She works so hard in the TA room and looks after me at play and when I'm sad - Cooper
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Juanita is kind and helpful in our class - Udo
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Juanita lets us play with her special lego set and she helps everyone with their work and helps us to solve our problems - Malachi
Juanita Mills - Teacher Aide
HAYLEY MAHURU
Hayley is friendly and always has a smile on her face - Bella
We love having Hayley in our class. She is smart and funny with a silly sense of humour. Hayley is kind, helpful, cheerful and we are very lucky to have her. We like it when she gets the giggles - Charlotte
Halyey is very beautiful and I like Hayley very much - JP
Hayley is really kind and always says nice things to people - Year 1
Hayley Mahuru - Teacher Aide
MARGARET HERON
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Margaret - is a great story teller and she is really nice - Year 1
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Margaret is kind and helpful. She helps us with our writing - Sophie
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She helps us heaps when we're struggling - Azaliah
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Margaret is a really amazing lady and she helps everybody - Hunter
Margaret Heron - Teacher Aide
SUE ROBINSON
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Sue is kind to all of us and she keeps us entertained at After School Care -Room 11
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Sue is lovely and she sacrifices her time to take us out to the playground - Will
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Sue is very caring and very good at playing cards with us - Jiho
Sue Robinson
Reception / School Care
JENNY VINCENT
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Jenny - is the nice lady in the office who tells us stories about her chickens and dogs - Year 1
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Jenny is good on computers and she is kind when we are sick - Room 10
Bronwyn Swaffield
Reception / Medical
Julia Bell
GATE
Gifted and Talented Program
ANA CAROLL
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Whaea Ana is really good on the guitar and she teaches us lots of Maori words - Georgia
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She is so good at teaching us and is never bossy - Emma
Whaea Ana Kapa Haka Lead
RICHIE BOUTELL
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Richie is kind and he helps the school a lot. He is a very good caretaker who is happy all of the time -Joni and Lucas
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Richie helps to keep our school safe and tidy - Year 1
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He gets our balls back when they're kicked over the fence and makes the mud slide. He fixes the toilets and gives us house points - Room 11