2023 Te Mata Staff

Principal

Patrice O'Connor - principal@temata.school.nz


Deputy Principals
Rebecca Northe (not pictured) - rnorthe@temata.school.nz

Sam Chatfield - schatfield@temata.school.nz


Office/Administration

Administration Manager / Finances

Megan Boaler - admin@temata.school.nz


Enrolments / Administration

Karlee Tipu - ktipu@temata.school.nz

Librarian / Media & Marketing / Office

Nicki Gibson - librarian@temata.school.nz

Year 0/1 Team 

Team Leader Year 0: Brenda Skelton

Team Leader Year 1: Michelle Hancock


Tuatahi Kids - Rm 5

Brenda Skelton - bskelton@temata.school.nz


Our Place - Rm 8 and 9

Michelle Hancock - mhancock@temata.school.nz

Nikita Hall - nhall@temata.school.nz

Kate Cash - kcash@temata.school.nz

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Kākano Kids - Rm 10 and 11

Diana Mills - dmills@temata.school.nz

Philippa Spencer - pspencer@temata.school.nz

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Sarah Taylor - staylor@temata.school.nz

Year 2

Team Leader:  Anna van de Steeg


Kiwiana Kids - Rm 1 and 2

Adrienne Hurley - ahurley@temata.school.nz

Melanie Theron - mtheron@temata.school.nz


Rainbow Ropu - Rm 3 and 4

Anna van de Steeg - avandesteeg@temata.school.nz

Amy McLennan - amclennan@temata.school.nz​​​​​​​


Year 3

Team Leader: Alysha Winson


Mahi Tahi - Rm 13 and 14

Alysha Winson - awinson@temata.school.nz

​​​​​​​Maddy McNeill - mmcneill@temata.school.nz

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Te Ako Zone - Rm 26 and 27

Katrina van der Gulik- kvandergulik@temata.school.nz

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Sarah Taylor - staylor@temata.school.nz

​​​​​​​Petra Cawood - pcawood@temata.school.nz

Year 4

Team Leader:  Jo Phillips

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Kōwhai Zone - Rm 12

Jo Phillips - jphillips@temata.school.nz


Learning Zone - Rm 15 and 16

Kirk Smith - ksmith@temata.school.nz

Catherine Barbosa - cbarbosa@temata.school.nz

Debbie Gough - dgough@temata.school.nz​​​​​​​

Year 5

Team Leader: Deb Moss


Chalet 1 - Rm 17 and 18

Deb Moss - dmoss@temata.school.nz

Tori Lind - vlind@temata.school.nz


Chalet 2 - Rm 23 and 24

Casey Stephenson - cstephenson@temata.school.nz

Jodie Ashby - jashby@temata.school.nz

Keri Benefield - kbenefield@temata.school.nz

Year 6

Team Leader: Danielle Burroughs


Rm 39 - Rm 19 and 20

Danielle Burroughs - dburroughs@temata.school.nz​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​Alicia Russell - arussell@temata.school.nz


Koru Suite - Rm 21 and 22

Sharron Tomlinson - stomlinson@temata.school.nz

Lynne Legarth - llegarth@temata.school.nz

Science/Technology Specialist Teachers
Penny Chatfield - Science - (The Think Tank) and Sports Co-ordinator - pchatfield@temata.school.nz

Andrea Morgan - Science (Room 25) - amorgan@temata.school.nz


Teacher Aides/Support Staff

Hannah Abrams
Naomi Bixley
Sharnita Chadwick
Janelle Evans
Evelyn Jirkowsky
Donna Reid
Cindy Remihana
​​​​​​​Chris Richardson
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Caretaker

Gus Keip - gkeip@temata.school.nz