Wakatipu High School Staff

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Senior Leadership Team

Oded Nathan

Principal

Lee Hiestand

Associate Principal

​Ryan Gilbertson

Deputy Principal

​Craig Morrison

Deputy Principal

Melanie Ward

Deputy Principal

James Field-Mitchell

Assistant Principal

Beth Newmarch

Assistant Principal

Andrea ​Wilton-Connell

Business Manager

Deans

Nick Sinnamon

Arthur House

Meadow Koslen Ridd

Duncan House

Kyle Jackson

Fox House and Lead Dean

Nicole Marr

Hay House 

Beth Newmarch

Mackenzie House

Name Email Position
Abbey Brown
HoLA - Arts, Assistant Dean - Fox
Davi Amorim
Itinerant Music Teacher
Jake Hansen
Assistant HoLA - Arts
Julie Hamilton
Visual Arts
Leo McMenamin
Arts - Music
Leslie Koehn
Arts
Lisa Duncan
Relief Teacher
Lucy Buckley
Technology and Arts
Melanie Ward
Deputy Principal
Natasha Matla
Relief Teacher
Nicole Marr
Dean - Hay House, Arts and Technology
Rosa Scott
Assistant Dean - Arthur, Visual Arts
Name Email Position
Mandy Everett
Relief Teacher
Name Email Position
Beth Newmarch
Dean - Mackenzie, English
Cat Bass
Assistant HoLA - English
Chris Mathews
English
Craig Jack
HoLA - English
Dominique Larouche
English
Freya Wooby
Teacher - English
Geoff Bird
Media Studies
Jordan Coats
English
Katie Tomkins
TIC Literacy, Kāhui Ako (Across Community)
Kimberley Davis
English
Kirsty Jamieson-Gough
English
Owen Roberts-Day
English
Partibha Khokra
English
Ryan Narvasa
Teacher of English
Sarah File
Literacy Specialist/Teacher
Sarah Marshall
Social Sciences
Steve Temple
English
Wendy Kwan
Lead Teacher of ESOL and International and Migrant Student Advisor
Name Email Position
Craig Box
Cafe Manager/Cook
pcMedia Support
Administrator
Name Email Position
Andrew Regan
Outdoor Ed, Health and PE, EOTC
Cara Sibtsen
HoLA - Health and PE
Conner Hamlin
Health & PE
David Lowe
Assistant HoLA - Health & PE
David Moseley
Outdoor Ed, Health and PE
Emma Smith
Health & PE
Hannah Jarmany
Health & PE, Science
Ken McIntyre
Outdoor Ed, Health and PE
Laura Nathan
Health & PE
Libby Clifton
Health & PE
Sam King
Health & PE
Stella Lonsdale
Health & PE
Name Email Position
Charmaine Denney
Teacher - Languages
Christine Fitzpatrick
Relief Teacher
Freya Wooby
Teacher - English
Guillaume Charton
HoLA - Languages
Jack Jaeger
Teacher - Languages
Juliette Cooke
Assistant HoLA - Languages
Mariela Mondaca
Languages - Spanish
Sarah File
Literacy Specialist/Teacher
Sione Niupalau
Assistant Dean - Hay, Languages
Wendy Kwan
Lead Teacher of ESOL and International and Migrant Student Advisor
Zita Arnold
Relief Teacher
Name Email Position
Amy Weir
Teacher - Mathematics
Anjana Kumari
Mathematics
Bailey Soper
Social Sciences, Mathematics
Bas Mertens
Mathematics
Dax Richards
Mathematics, NZQA
Emma Purdue
Mathematics and Science
Fariba Motlagh
Mathematics
Greg Lockhart
Mathematics and Science
Harriet Luxton
Mathematics
Juliet Jones
Assistant HoLA - Mathematics
Kay Holst
Mathematics
Kyle Jackson
Dean - Fox House, Mathematics
Lara Cordonni
HoLA - Maths
Lee Hiestand
Associate Principal, Mathematics
Lucas Duarte
Mathematics
Mark Baldwin
Mathematics, Systems & Data
Meadow Koslen Ridd
Dean - Duncan, Mathematics
Peter Old
Mathematics
Rowan Cane
Mathematics
Sahar Lin
Mathematics
Sarah Heydinger
Teacher - Mathematics
Vicki Elliott
Mathematics
Name Email Position
Ann-Kathrin Bruce
Teacher Aide
Belinda Brittain
Youth Worker and Admin Assistant (Systems and Data)
Bronte Hattingh
Teacher Aide
Cakes Hirokawa
ORS Teacher Aide
Caroline Fossey-Smith
Alternative Education Youth Worker
Dan Bocatios
Health and PE Teaching Assistant
Ella Pountney
ORS Lead Teacher
Ellie Hopgood
Teacher Aide
Gemma Boel
HoLA - SLS, Social Sciences
Gemma Carter
Careers Counsellor and Gateway Teacher
Iona Baring
ORS Teacher Aide
Karen Ellis
SENCo
Kirsten Turner
ORS Teacher Aide
Lea Lawniczak
LEAP & Transition Facilitator and Careers Counsellor
Natalie Roberts-Day
Teacher Aide and Alumni Coordinator
Penny Hearn
SAC Coordinator, Distance Learning Coordinator, Trades Academy
Zara Kingsbury Hale
Teacher Aide
Name Email Position
Ben Kunath
Science
Bron Rankin
Teacher - Science
Brooke Lawry
Psychology and Science
Dawn Aspin
HoLA Science
Eleanor Quaid
Science
Emma Purdue
Mathematics and Science
Fran McLachlan
Science Technician
Greg Lockhart
Mathematics and Science
Hannah Jarmany
Health & PE, Science
Joe Bruce
Assistant Dean - Duncan, Science
Katelyn Gunson
Science
Kayleigh Murray
HOLA - Science, Physics
Nick Sinnamon
Dean - Arthur House, Science
Nikki Dukes
Science, Social Sciences
Noni Gabb
Assistant HoLA - Science
Rashida Longley
Dean - Science
Rose Kidd
Science
Rosemary McCartney
Science Technician
Tammy Beale
Science
Toni O'Sullivan
Science
Zach Coats
Science
Name Email Position
Annette Bashford
Relief Teacher
Arthur Reeves
Assistant HoLA Social Sciences, Gifted Coordinator
Brooke Lawry
Psychology and Science
Chrystal Gardiner
Social Sciences
Craig Morrison
Deputy Principal
Erin Sefo
HoLA - Social Sciences
Gemma Boel
HoLA - SLS, Social Sciences
James Field-Mitchell
Assistant Principal
John Obermeier
Economics, Social Sciences
Kristin Dobbie
Social Sciences
Lisa Graydon
Business Studies/Commerce
Marcus Matamua
Assistant Dean - Mackenzie, Business Studies/Commerce
Megan Mackie
Social Sciences
Michael LaPierre
Social Sciences - Geography
Nicole Ashby
Assistant HoLA - Social Sciences, History
Nikki Dukes
Science, Social Sciences
Ryan Gilbertson
Deputy Principal, Kaihapai Maori
Sarah Marshall
Social Sciences
Name Email Position
Annaliese Seedall
Technology, Specialist Classroom Teacher
Ben Cook
Technology
Cam Murphy
Assistant HoLA - Technology
Conleth McLarnon
Relief Teacher, Technology
David Harding
HoLA - Technology
Harriet Hone
Technology, Stars Liaison Teacher, DoE
Hugo Molloy
Teacher of Social Sciences
Jenny Whitehouse
Technology
Kate Webster
Assistant HoLA - Technology
Lee Hart
Relief Teacher
Lucy Buckley
Technology and Arts
Lynda Sheridan
Teacher - Technology
Nicole Anderson
Technology
Nicole Marr
Dean - Hay House, Arts and Technology
Sahar Lin
Mathematics