Our Teaching Staff 2025

To contact a member of staff you can email them – their email address will be firstname_lastname@raglanarea.school.nz

Senior Leadership Team

• Louisa Barham (Principal)

• Quenten Browne (Deputy Principal Kura Tuakana – Years 9-13 / Acting Principal Terms 2,3 and 4)

• Haylee Webber (Deputy Principal Kura Teina – Years 0-8 / Deputy Principal schoolwide Terms 2,3 and 4)

Kura Teina – Te Rōpū Aroha Ki Te Reo Kaiako (Māori Full Immersion classes)

• Juanita Asi (Team Leader TRAKTR, Y0-3 kaiako) 

• Aroha McQueen (Y4-6 kaiako) 

Kura Teina – Mainstream Years 0-8 Teachers

• Hilary Elliot (Classroom Release Teacher Y3&4, Curriculum Leader Y0-6)

• Steph de Besten (Learning Support and Enrolments Years 0-6)

• Nicole Bell (Team Leader Y0-2, Y0-1 teacher) 

• Lisa Brunel (Y0-1 teacher)

• Sheree Gibson (Y2 teacher)

• Grace Winter (Y2 teacher)

• Celia Risbridger (Classroom Release Teacher Y0-2)

• Rebecca Hishon (Structured Literacy teacher)

• Kieran Hallgate (Team Manager Y3&4, Y3&4 teacher) 

• Kim Geros (Y3&4 teacher)

• Emily Meleshenko & Annie Stuart Job Share (Y3&4 teachers)

• Christine Prouse (Y3&4 teacher)

• Alison Hewett (Team Leader Y5&6, Y5&6 teacher) 

• Amy Haswell (Y5&6 teacher)

• Simon Thompson (Y5&6 teacher) 

• Nick Wilson &  Lisa Mitchell Job Share (Y5&6 teachers)

• Victoria Cooper (Classroom Release Teacher Y5&6)

• David O’Loughlin (Team Manager Y7&8, Y7&8 teacher) 

• Serita Drewery (Y7&8 teacher) 

• Eddie Martinez (Y7&8 teacher) 

• Felipe Queriquelli (Y7&8 teacher) 

Kura Tuakana – MainstreamYears 7-13 Lead Teachers

• Gwyn Brodie (Learning Support and Enrolments Years 7-13)

• Joseph Rao (Y9&10 Dean, Social Sciences teacher)

• Linda Holmes (Y11 Dean, Lead Teacher Social Sciences,)

• Stevie Gardiner (Y12 Dean, Food Tech, Hospitality teacher)

• Pauline Sweetman (Y13 Dean, Gateway, Careers, Correspondence teacher)

Kura Tuakana – MainstreamYears 7-13 Teachers

• Betty Diprose (Counselling)

• Natasha Rao (Counselling)

• Ariana Millward (Lead teacher Te Reo Māori, Te Reo Māori, teacher))

• Liam Coulden-Lavers (Lead Teacher Outdoor Education )

• Briar Heinrich (Health & PE, English teacher)

• TJ Pemberton (Lead Teacher HPE & Sports)

• Lee Copson (Lead Teacher Science, Physics & Chemistry teacher)

• Karen Woodcock (Lead Teacher English)

• Sandra Jonas (Lead Teacher Maths)

• TO BE CONFIRMED (Y9-11 Maths teacher)

• Angela Prain (Lead Teacher Enviroschools: Science, Biology, Horticulture teacher)

• Levonne Dodunski (Visual Arts teacher)

• Brendon Rickard (Lead Teacher The Arts, Music Teacher)

• Ruth Hare (Dance & Drama teacher)

• Adrian Reeves (Lead Teacher Technology, Materials Technology teacher)

• Matt Stockton (Digital Technology Teacher)

• Deane Hishon (Surfing Academy, Graphics teacher)

• Larry Fisher (Surfing Academy, HPE teacher)