Te Waka Kura o Mohua | Golden Bay High School
  • WELCOME
    • Motto and Values
    • Enrolment & Prospectus
    • Uniform Requirements
  • ABOUT US
    • Our Board >
      • 2026 Board Reports
      • 2025 Board Reports
      • 2024 Board Reports
      • 2023 Board Reports
      • 2022 Board Reports
    • Policies & Procedures
    • ERO Report
    • Our Staff
    • Vacancies
    • Office News & Year Dates
    • Attendance Management
    • Report an Absence
    • Newsletter - Goldie
    • BYOD and Wifi
    • Support Us
  • LEARNING
    • Junior Courses - Yr7-10
    • Senior Courses - Yr11-13
    • Careers & Gateway
    • NZQA / NCEA
    • Hospitality / Cookery
    • Aquaculture
    • Workshop Technology
    • Sport and EOTC >
      • Caving
  • CO-CURRICULAR
    • Arts & Culture
    • English
    • Te Reo / Maori
    • Music
    • Physical/Outdoor Education
  • INTERNATIONAL
    • Application Details
    • Costs/Tuition Fees
    • Accommodation
    • International Policies
    • Previous Students
    • Gallery & Drone Footage
  • FACILITIES
    • Computer Network and IT
    • Canteen / Te Whare Kai
    • Library
    • Swimming Pool
  • WELLBEING
    • Guidance Network
    • Guidance Counsellor
    • Health Nurse
    • Student/Whānau Support Hub
  • E-LINKS
    • Student Hub
    • Library Links
    • Parent Portal
    • Facebook Page

STAFF AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES

Listed here are the Staff who work at Te Waka Kura o Mohua.  In most cases, your first point of contact is your student's Class Teacher, Form Teacher or Dean. Every Head of Department (HOD) and Teacher in Charge (TIC) of a subject has special professional and administrative tasks related to the teaching of one or more subjects.
All other teachers likewise have both teaching and administrative duties, with the senior administrators having overall responsibility for various year levels.

SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM

Mr Jono Hay

[email protected]
Tumuaki / Principal
Year 13

​Ms Coralie Stopford
​
[email protected]
​
Deputy Principal
​​
Mr Dan Haynes
[email protected]
Assistant Principal

Years 9-12, Poutama

Mr Dan Padial
​
[email protected]
​Assistant Principal
Years 7-8


​​DEANS & COUNSELLOR

Mr Dan Padial
​
[email protected]
Year 7 & 8 Dean

​Mr Jonathan Burt
[email protected]
​Year 9 & 10 Dean
Chemistry Specialist, Science 


Mrs Katrina Robbie
[email protected]

Year 11 & 12 Dean
​English, Socials, Ready for Work,
​Gateway Programme


Mr Gareth Batten
[email protected]
Year 13 Dean

​​Geography, Careers, STAR
__
Ms 
Emma Newcombe
[email protected]
Guidance Counsellor 2026
​
Ms Abbey Gilligan (on study leave 2026)
[email protected]
​Guidance Counsellor
__

TEACHING STAFF

​
Mr Alan Rose
[email protected]
PE & Health, Year 11

​
Ms Ana Hislop
[email protected]
Visuals Art

Mr Anaru Mikaere
[email protected]
Māori, Year 7 & 8

Mr Bradley Edmondson
[email protected]
HOLA Mathematics, Yr 13 Calculus
Year 10
​
Mr Chris Stephenson
[email protected]
HOLA Science, Physics


Mr Dan Hanson 
[email protected] 
HOLA English, Year 12

Ms Hillary Weaver
[email protected]
​​HOLA Technology, Food & Hospitality
​Year 12
​

​​Ms Jan Stark
[email protected]
English​ / Library Manager

Ms Jessica Henderson

[email protected]
​​Year 7 & 8, English

​Mr Jonny Anderson
[email protected]
Technology, Year 9

Ms Kat Southee
[email protected]
Maths

Ms Margaret Kwok
​[email protected]
HOLA Arts and Performing Arts, Socials
​

​Mr Mark MacKenzie 
[email protected]
Biology Specialist, Science, Year 9

Mr Paul Skerten
[email protected]
​Teacher of Outdoor Education
Year 10


Ms Saramah Chacko
[email protected]
HOLA - Maths
​
Mr Shaun Bryant
[email protected]
HOLA Social Sciences, Year 7 & 8

Ms Talya Harwood
[email protected]
HOLA Health and PE
Year 11
​
​Ms Ute Schroder
[email protected]
Year 7 & 8

__
​Mrs Hannah Hay 
[email protected] 
Learning Support Coordinator
Gateway Coordinator

Ms Melanie Mott
melanie.mott​@gbh.school.nz
Learning Support Coordinator
​
Ms Nikki McGuiness 
[email protected]
​Learning Support Coordinator

__
Poutama
Mr Sam Pfeffer
​[email protected]
__
Southern Health School
Ms Michelle Dallinson
[email protected]
www.southernhealth.school.nz

MUSIC TUTOR
​
​Mr Jochen Maurer
 

[email protected]
​Piano

Mr Colm McEnaney
Drums and Guitar


​​
LEARNING ASSISTANTS

Ms Dawn Beresford
[email protected]

​
Ms Elizabeth McAlinden 
​[email protected]
​​Laboratory Assistant, Goldie Editor
​
Mr Ludo Palffy
[email protected]


Ms Patricia McGee
[email protected]

​Ms Sally Oates
[email protected]

Ms Steph McConnochie
[email protected]

Ms Toni Hutton
[email protected]
​
CO-ORDINATORS

Ms Elvira Van der waay
[email protected]
Arts Co-ordinator

Ms Kim Whittall
[email protected]
International Homestay Coordinator
ORS teacher

​
Ms Marina Profendiner
[email protected]
Sportfit


Ms Pip Giblin
[email protected]

Uniform Co-ordinator

OFFICE STAFF

Mrs Cath Tucker
[email protected]
Reception

Ms Jude Edmondson
[email protected]
​Principals PA, International Student Administrator


​Mrs Sarah Haynes
[email protected]
Administration, ​Student Services, 
Attendance Officer

​Ms Stephanie Hartill 
[email protected]

Business Manager
​__
​Mr Bluey Powell
[email protected]
IT Engineer/Technician

Ms Yvette Ireton
[email protected]
​IT Network Manager

__
Mr Carl McRae
[email protected]

​Canteen Manager
​

Mr Kane Hartill
[email protected]
Caretaker and Groundskeeper ​
__
Ms Fay Brownlie
[email protected]
​Cleaner


​Ms Izzy Stratford
[email protected]
​Cleaner
​

Ms Jillian Webb
[email protected]
​Cleaner

Picture
QUICK LINKS
Vacancies
Our Staff
Year Dates
Prospectus
Learning
​
Our Board
Goldie Newsletter

Senior Course Information
Our Facebook Page
  12 Waitapu Road, Takaka, Golden Bay 7110, New Zealand    |   03 525 9914   |   [email protected]   |   Office Hours: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 3.20pm   |   Copyright © 2026