Staff
Staff – 2026
Garth Powell – Principal
Natalie King – Junior School Dean / SENCO
Sarah O’Neill – Middle School Dean
Tōtara – Room 8: Year 4
Janine Clague – Senior School Dean
Kohekohe – Room 1: Year 6
SENIOR TEACHERS
- Kohekohe – Room 1: Year 6 – Janine Clague – Senior School Dean / Inquiry Lead Teacher
- Nīkau – Room 2: Year 6 – Lisa Agnew – Te Ao Māori Co-Lead Teacher
- Pōhutukawa – Room 3: Year 4/5 – Peter Thorn
Kahikatea – Room 4: Year 4/5 – Jo Bryson
jobryson@east-taieri.school.nz
MIDDLE TEAM
- Kānuka – Room 5: Year 2/3 – Hayley Miller
hayleymiller@east-taieri.school.nz
- Kōwhai – Room 6: Year 2/3 – Belinda Duff
- Kawakawa – Room 7: Year 3/4 – Lewis Howell – Kaiārahi Ahurea (Cultural Leadership Lead Teacher) / IT Lead Teacher
- Tōtara – Room 8: Year 4 – Sarah O’Neill – Middle School Dean / Literacy Lead Teacher
JUNIOR TEAM
- Rātā – Room 9: Year 0/1 – TBC
- Rimu – Room 10: Year 0/1 – Anna Devereux
- Mataī – Room 11: Year 1/2 – Emma McDonald
- Mānuka – Room 12: Year 1/2 – Jo Hackfath
- Kauri – Room 13: Year 0 – Sarah Esplin
sarahesplin@east-taieri.school.nz
Office Administrators
Annette MacRae – annette@east-taieri.school.nz
Michelle Day – michelleday@east-taieri.school.nz
Specialist Teachers
Rachel Phillips – PE Specialist and Classroom Release Teacher – Sports Director
Alison Tay – Music Specialist
Denise Hannagan – Learning Support Coordinator
Catherine McRae – Science
catherine@east-taieri.school.nz
Brent Caldwell – Drama
Jessica Hall – Maths Lead Teacher / Accelerated Support Programme
jessicah@east-taieri.school.nz
Kirsten Beeby – Classroom Release Teacher – Room 8
Katey Baxter – Classroom Release Teacher – Room 13 (Thursday) & Room 5 (Friday)
Diane Hyslop – Librarian
Caretaker Ross Ballantyne
Teacher Assistants
Olivia Thomson
Susan Irvine
Tracy Ruddenklau
Donnya Blair
Kate Cotter
Natasha Harvey
Katherine Jefferies
Ashley Dickinson
Gail Matheson
SCHOOL STRUCTURE
Senior School: Rooms 1,2,3,4
Middle School: Rooms 5,6,7,8
Junior School: Rooms 9,10,11,12,13