STAFF DIRECTORY

Te Wharau School is a state primary school that caters for students from Year 0 to Year 6. Located in Kaiti, sunny Gisborne suburb, we have 20+ teachers and 5+ support staff focused on providing our roll of approximately 500 students with a quality education in a safe environment. Follow the links below to read profiles of our staff.

 Steve Berezowski   Principal  principal@tewharau.school.nz
 Vicky Meade DP Junior Department  vicky.meade@tewharau.school.nz
 Sharelle Donaldson  DP Senior Department   sharelle.donaldson@tewharau.school.nz
   
  Meg Brooks   Lead Teacher - Year 1 - Room 2  meg.brooks@tewharau.school.nz
 Vanessa Falanitama  Teacher - Year 1 - Room 1 vanessa.falanitama@tewharau.school.nz
 Kate Walker Teacher -  Year 1 - Room 3 kate.walker@tewharau.school.nz        
 Kate Williams Teacher -  Year 1 - Room 3 kate.williams@tewharau.school.nz        
 Clare Gierc   Teacher - Year 1 - Room 4  clare.gierc@tewharau.school.nz
 Lil Rangihuna-Apouri  Teacher - Year 1 - Room 5 lil.rangihunaaupouri@tewharau.school.nz 
   
 Aubrey Ria  Classroom Release Teacher aubrey.ria@tewharau.school.nz
 Maiko Lewis-Whaanga     Classroom Release Teacher - Room 22 maiko.lewis@tewharau.school.nz
    
 Jan Stirton     Teacher - Year 2 - Room 6  jan.stirton@tewharau.school.nz
Abby Hope  Teacher - Year 2 - Room 7  abby.hope@tewharau.school.nz
 Frie Askew-Smith Teacher - Year 2 - Room 8frie.askew-smith@tewharau.school.nz
 Janelle ProfittLead Teacher - Year 2 - Room 8janelle.profitt@tewharau.school.nz
  
 
   
 Melissa Brown Lead  Teacher - Year 3 - Room 9  melissa.brown@tewharau.school.nz
 Steve Roberts   Teacher - Year 3 - Room 10  steve.roberts@tewharau.school.nz
 Catherine Roberts   Teacher - Year 3 - Room 10 catherine.roberts@tewharau.school.nz
Trixie GranTeacher - Year 3 - Room 11trixie.gran@tewharau.school.nz
   
 Jamie Kelly   Teacher - Year 3/4 - Room 12   jamie.kelly@tewharau.school.nz
  Val Aben   Teacher - Year 4 - Room 13 valerie.aben@tewharau.school.nz
 Holly Leighton    Lead Teacher - Year 4 - Room 14  holly.leighton@tewharau.school.nz
 Leah Wilkie Teacher - Year 4 - Room 15 leah.wilkie@tewharau.school.nz
    
 Kirstin Sheehan  Teacher - Year 5 - Room 16  kirstin.sheehan@tewharau.school.nz
 Kim Perano  Lead Teacher - Year 5 - Room 17 kim.perano@tewharau.school.nz
 Sharni Wainohu  Teacher - Year 5 - Room 18  sharni.wainohu@tewharau.school.nz
     
Kiri Collier Teacher - Year 5/6 - Room 19 kiri.collier@tewharau.school.nz 
 Heather Black  Teacher - Year 6 - Room 20   heather.black@tewharau.school.nz
Amanda Franz  Teacher - Year 6 - Room 21 amanda.franz@tewharau.school.nz
  Lydia RichterLead Teacher - Year 6 - Room 22lydia.richter@tewharau.school.nz



Jo Larsen   Specialist Teacher - Reading and ESOL   jo.larsen@tewharau.school.nz

   
 Emma O'Hara  Teacher Aide  emma.o'hara@tewharau.school.nz
 Gill Foothead  Teacher Aide  gill.foothead@tewharau.school.nz
 Ngaroma Ngata  Teacher Aide  ngaroma.ngata@tewharau.school.nz
 Cory Reihana  Teacher Aide  cory.reihana@tewharau.school.nz
 Joenella Hiko Teacher Aide  joenella.hiko@tewharau.school.nz
 Desiree Braybrook           Teacher Aide desiree.braybrook@tewharau.school.nz
 Jess Cairns     Teacher Aide jess.cairns@tewharau.school.nz
 Melissa Brunt Teacher Aide 
   
 Margie Rickard  Reading Coordinator/Teacher Aide  margie.rickard@tewharau.school.nz
 Jonette Rudge  Reading Coordinator/Teacher Aide  jonette.rudge@tewharau.school.nz
   
 Kay Scragg    Resource Manager  kay.scragg@tewharau.school.nz
 Racheal Reynolds  Library Assistant  racheal.reynolds@tewharau.school.nz
 William Aston  ICT Technician  admin@tewharau.school.nz 
   
 Trudy Benson Office Administrator   trudy.benson@tewharau.school.nz
 Piki Raureti Office Assistant   piki.raureti@tewharau.school.nz
 Rhonda Jones Finance Administrator   rhonda.jones@tewharau.school.nz
   
   
 Sam Kirikino Caretaker   sam.kirikino@tewharau.school.nz
 Richard Alexander Gardnerrichard.alexander@tewharau.school.nz
 Megan Quinlivan Sports Coordinator  sports.coordinator@tewharau.school.nz



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