Meet our Board of Trustees
Our Board of Trustees is dedicated to removing barriers to education and to provide all students with a safe environment to learn, grow and embrace our character school through Te Reo Māori.
Kyle Amopiu
Board Chairman
Greg Brown
Parent Representative
April Silveira
Staff Representative
Arama Ngapo-Lipscombe
Parent Representative
Louis Armstrong
Parent Representative
Keith Silveira
Principal
Meet our Senior Management team
Our senior management team work closely together to ensure our kura runs safely and smoothly whilst striving to provide the best education possible for all tamariki that attend our kura.
Keith Silveira
Principal
Tiaki Gillett
Assistant Principal
HOD - Kura Teina Year 1-5
Aaron Koopu
Assistant Principal
HOD - Wharekura Year 9-13
April Silveira
Deputy Principal
Samantha Waitai-Terekia
Assistant Principal
HOD - Kura Waenga Year 6-8
Meet our Teaching team
Here are our knowledgable and friendly teaching staff who are the core of our kura. We are very fortunate to have an array of teachers dedicated to nurturing all tamariki with specific learning programmes to help progress all of their learning needs.
Faye Harris
Pipipaopao
Kura Teina - Tau 0-1
Marcella Manihera-Rolls
Teina 2
Kura Teina - Tau 2
Laurence Moeke
Tuakana 1
Kura Teina - Tau 3-4
Veronica Tiatoa
Tuakana 2
Kura Teina - Tau 3-4
Te Arohanui Waikato
Tuakana 3
Kura Teina - Tau 3-4
Tiaki Gillett
Kura Teina - HOD
Samantha Waitai-Terekia
Rangi Matawai
Kura waenga - HOD
Puna Loughlin
Rangi - Te - Wawana
Kura Waenga Year 6-8
Patricia Hancy
Tauru-Rangi
Kura Waenga Tau 6-8
Bronwyn Simmonds
Rangi-Mataura
Kura Waenga Tau 6-8
Hemaima Rikihana
Wharekura
Tau 9
Te Whare Kotua Hare
Wharekura
Tau 9
Jodie Mason
Wharekura
Tau 10
Khaysharn Kingi-Takoko
Wharekura
Tau 10
Kayla Ratima
Wharekura
Tau 11
Taumata Solomon
Wharekura
Tau 11
Tania Green
Wharekura
Tau 12
Chase Kennedy
Wharekura
Tau 12
Emerson Rikiriki
Wharekura
Tau 13
Aaron Koopu
Wharekura - HOD
Tau 13
Meet our Support staff
Our support staff team are dedicated to helping students, whanau and staff.
Janelle Hotham
Executive Officer
Tatiana Kaponga
Office Assistant
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Daeja-Bernice Kaponga
Kura Teina
Teacher Aide/Sports Coordinator
Teremoana Gillet-Graham
Kura Teina - Teacher Aide
Bridget Koopu
Dining Room Manager
Muriel Rata-Savage
Dining Room Assistant
Steven Senior
Caretaker
Tohi Koopu
Groundsman/Bus Driver
Maree Savage
Office Manager
Kauri Tepana
Kura Teina - Teacher Aide
Caleb Peke
Kura Waenga
Teacher Aide/Sports Coordinator
Kristen Karauna
Wharekura - Sports Coordinator
Michelle Woodhouse
Dining room assistant
Kelvin Haumaha
Vehicle Manager
Richard O'brien
Bus Driver
Madhwan Nair
Bus Driver