Board of Trustees
(as at May 2024)
Mr C Mackle | Presiding Member/Co-opted |
Mrs J Fissenden | Principal |
Miss C Davis | Staff Representative |
Miss A King | Student Representative |
Mr W Doughty | ParentRepresentative |
Mr P Kearney | ParentRepresentative |
Mr C Lister | ParentRepresentative |
Ms M Manawatu | Runanga Representative |
Ms M Clayton | Runanga Representative |
Ms R Manawatu | Runanga Representative |
Staff
(as at January 2024)
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Senior Leadership Team
![]() | Mrs J Fissenden | PhD, MSc(Hons), DipTchg | Principal Teaching Science |
![]() | Mr M Lawrie | BBA, GradDipTchg | Deputy Principal Teaching Japanese and Mathematics |
![]() | Mr S Gough | BA Classics and English, GradDipTchg&Lng | Deputy Principal Teaching English and Social Sciences |
Heads of Department
(in alphabetical order)
![]() | Mr B Christian | BA Te Reo Maori, BA Religious Studies, PostGradDipTchg | Te Reo Māori |
![]() | Miss C Davis | Bachelor of Health Science Majoring in Education. GradDipTch&Lng | Health & Physical Education |
![]() | Mr E Lamond | BA(Hons.), BSc, MTchLn | Mathematics |
Mr A Lean | BSc(Hons), PGCEn | Social Sciences | |
![]() | Ms A Lidbetter | BIS, GradDipTchg(Primary) | Year 7/8/Digital Technology/Kahui Ako Within School Leader |
![]() | Mrs M Reid | BSc, PostGradDipSci, MA, DipTchg | Science |
Mrs L Te Moananui | BAHons, MAEd (First Class Hons), GradDipTchg | Visual Arts | |
![]() | Ms J Mallinder | Dip Teach, Dip Counselling, Reg Couns NZAC | Counsellor Teaching Health |
Teaching Staff
(in alphabetical order)
![]() | Mrs I Anderson | BA, PostGradDipGuidance, DipTchg | English |
![]() | Ms K Callow | BTchg&Lng(Primary), DipMāori Studies | Year 7/8 Homeroom/Social Sciences/Te Reo |
![]() | Mr M Capiendo | BSEdMath (Hons), MaEdMath, EdDEducationalManagement | Mathematics |
![]() | Miss I Fissenden | BAgribusiness and a GradDipLnTchg (Sec) | Agriculture/Business Studies/Science |
![]() | Mr A Larkin | B.Sc. in Chemistry, MTch | Science |
Mr D Mallinder | BEd, TchgCert | Science | |
![]() | Miss K Nemeth | BEd (Primary) | Year 7/8 Homeroom/Music |
![]() | Mr B Norozi-Iranzad | BEd Tchg, Bachelor of Sport & Leisure Studies | Years 7-9 Dean/Year 7 Homeroom/Digital Technology |
![]() | Mr H Pearson | BA(History), DipTchg | Years 10-12 Dean/Social Sciences – History & Classics |
![]() | Mrs K Ruiz Morales | BEd (English) | Visual Arts |
![]() | Miss E Smith | PostGradDipSecondary Teaching | Year 13 Dean/Cooking & Hospitality |
![]() | Mr A Te Moananui | BEd (Physical Education)GradDipTchg&Lng(Sec), MEd with Second Class Honours (endorsed in Hoaka Pounamu: Te Re Bilingual & Immersion Teaching) | Physical Education/Health Science |
![]() | Mr A Wood | BSR(OED), GradDipTchg & Lng(Sec) | Physical Education/Outdoor/Health |
![]() | Mr D Young | BPhed, DipTchg | Technology Hard Materials & Graphics |
Support Staff
(in alphabetical order)
![]() | Mrs J Dasler | Principal’s PA/Board Secretary/Finances | |
Ms C Dawes | Cleaner | ||
Miss V Crosby | Teacher Aide | ||
Ms L Fisher | Teacher Aide | ||
![]() | Ms A Fissenden | Diploma of Business Management | Gateway/STAR |
Mrs A Heger | RN | Nurse | |
![]() | Mrs C Laugesen | BSc Marine & Freshwater Biology & MSc Ocean Acidification | Sports Co-ordinator/Attendance Officer/ Office Administrator |
![]() | Mr J Lintott | Caretaker | |
![]() | Mrs R Lintott | Cleaner/Admin Support | |
Ms J Riordan | BA Tchg&Lng (Primary) | Learning Support Coordinator | |
Mrs S Scott | Certificate of Dental Nursing | Student Administrator | |
![]() | Mrs R South | Librarian | |
![]() | Mr P Sutton | BSc. PG.Dip.Sci, GradDipICTEd, Dip.Tch | Science Laboratory Manager |
Mrs C Taylor | Teacher Aide |

Middle Row: Katherine Ruiz Morales, Jayne Mallinder, Jeanette Dasler, Imogen Fissenden, Peter Sutton, Alicia Baanders (Student Teacher) (Student Teacher), Sandra Scott, Ronda South, Michael Capiendo, Irene Anderson, Kataraina Callow.
Front Row: Eilish Smith, Badiullah Norozi-Iranzad, Harry Pearson, Shawn Gough, Jo Fissenden, Michael Lawrie, Ezra Lamond, Casey Davis, Melissa Reid, Averil Lidbetter.
Absent: Vicky Crosby, Cindy Dawes, Lou Fisher, Amy Heger, Alasdair Lean, David Mallinder, Jacinta Riordan, Colleen Taylor, Lucy Te Moananui.