Our Staff 2026

     Principal​​​​​​​

Deputy Principal

Deputy Principal

  Office / Administration

  Administration Manager / Finance

  Mrs Megan Boaler - admin@temata.school.nz

Enrolments / Administration

Mrs Karlee Tipu - ktipu@temata.school.nz

​​​​​​​Librarian / Media & Marketing

Mrs Nicki Gibson - librarian@temata.school.nz

Junior Team 

Co-Leader: Mrs Michelle Hancock

Co-Leader: Miss Maddie Boaler


Kororā Kids - Rm 5

Mrs Brenda Skelton (Yr 0/1) - bskelton@temata.school.nz


Kākāpō Kids - Rm 6

Mid 2026 (Year 0)


Ruru Rōpū - Rms 8 & 9

Mrs Philippa Spencer (Year 1) - pspencer@temata.school.nz

Mrs Emily Tennant (Year 1 for Term 1) - etennant@temata.school.nz

Mrs Claire Tocker (Year 1 for Term 1) - ctocker@temata.school.nz​​​​​​​

Mrs Michelle Hancock (Year 1 for Terms 2, 3 & 4) - mhancock@temata.school.nz



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Kea Place - Rms 10 & 11​​​​​​​

Mrs Amy McLennan (Year 1) - amclennan@temata.school.nz

Mrs Jan Drake (Year 0 for Term 2) - jdrake@temata.school.nz


Kereru Crew - Rms 3 & 4

Miss Maddie Boaler (Year 2) - maddieboaler@temata.school.nz

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Mrs Sarah Taylor (Year 2) - staylor@temata.school.nz


Kiwi Kids - Rms 1 & 2

Mrs Carla Vossen-Chong (Year 2) - cvossenchong@temata.school.nz

​​​​​​​Mrs Melanie Theron (Year 2) - mtheron@temata.school.nz


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Middle Team

Co-Leader: Mrs ​​​​​​​Alicia Russell

​​​​​​​Co-Leader: Miss Natalie Revell


Kārearea Kids - Rm 12

Mrs Jo Phillips (Year 4) - jphillips@temata.school.nz


Pūkeko Place - Rms 13 & 14

Mrs Catherine Barbosa (Year 3) - cbarbosa@temata.school.nz​​​​​​​

Mrs ​​​​​​​Alicia Russell (Year 4) - arussell@temata.school.nz

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Kākāriki Crew - Rms 15 & 16

Ms Natalie Revell (Year 3) - nrevell@temata.school.nz

Miss Vanessa Murphy (Year 4) - vmurphy@temata.school.nz


Team Takahē - Rms 26 & 27

Mrs Katrina van der Gulik (Year 3) - kvandergulik@temata.school.nz

Mrs ​​​​​​​Petra Cawood (Year 4) - pcawood@temata.school.nz​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Senior Team

Co- Leader: Mrs Danielle Burroughs

Co- Leader: Mrs Deb Moss


Te Whare Kōtuku​​​​​​​ - Rms 17 & 18

Mr Adam Engelke (Year 5) - aengelke@temata.school.nz

​​​​​​​Mrs Jodie Ashby (Year 6) - jashby@temata.school.nz


Kōkako Rõpu - Rms 23 & 24

Miss Becky Koch (Year 5) - bkoch@temata.school.nz

Mr Casey Stephenson (Year 6) - cstephenson@temata.school.nz

Kāhu Rōpū - Rms 19 & 20

Mrs Danielle Burroughs (Year 6) - dburroughs@temata.school.nz​​​​​​​

Whaea Nikita Hall (Year 5) - nhall@temata.school.nz


Kōtare Ruma - Rm 22

Mrs Deb Moss (Year 5) - dmoss@temata.school.nz​​​​​​​

Part Time Teachers​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​Mrs Nic Harty - nharty@temata.school.nz​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​​​​Mrs Diana Mills - dmills@temata.school.nz​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Miss Emily Jancey - ejancey@temata.school.nz

Mrs Lynne Legarth - llegarth@temata.school.nz


Specialist Teachers

Structured Literacy - (Years 0-3)
Mrs Hannah Abrams - habrams@temata.school.nz​​​​​​​

Structured Mathematics - (Years 3-6)
​​​​​​​​​​Mrs Diana Mills - dmills@temata.school.nz

Science & Technology / Sports Co-ordinator - (Moa Ruma)
Mrs Penny Chatfield - pchatfield@temata.school.nz

Science & Technology (Rm 21 - Weka Place)
Mrs Andrea Morgan - amorgan@temata.school.nz

Digital Technologies (Huia Room)
Mrs Haidee Lissington - hlissington@temata.school.nz

Music (Rm 7)
​​​​​​​Mr Danny Preistley - dpreistley@temata.school.nz​​​​​​​


Teacher Aides/Support Staff

Mrs Naomi Bixley
Ms Sharnita Chadwick
Mrs Evelyn Jirkowsky
Mrs Donna Reid
Mrs Cindy Remihana
Mrs Chris Richardson
Ms Debby Polonio​​
Mrs Lizzie Hales

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Caretaker/Grounds

Mr Ross McBride - rmcbride@temata.school.nz
Mrs Jenny O'Sullivan