Arataki School Staff​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Meet our dedicated team preparing your tamariki for the future.​​​​​​​

Senior Leadership Team

Shelley Craig

Acting Principal/SENCo

Email: scraig@arataki.school.nz

Tania Solomona

Deputy Principal/Te Reo me ngā Tikanga Leader

Email: tsolomona@arataki.school.nz

Gina Nuku

Acting Deputy Principal/Team Leader

Email: ggnuku@arataki.school.nz​​​​​​​

Hikurangi: Year 0 - 2

Kirsty MacDonald

Room 1 Teacher/ECE Transition 

Email: kmacdonald@arataki.school.nz

Caitlin Mason

Room 2 Kaiako 

Email:cmason@arataki.school.nz​​​​​​​

Michelle Davies

Room 2 Kaiako/Community Lead

Email: mdavies@arataki.school.nz​​​​​​​

Sarah Cunningham

Room 4 Kaiako Email: scunningham@arataki.school.nz

Laura Snow

Room 26 Kaiako

Email: lsnow@arataki.school.nz

Mangatawa: Year 2 & 3

Lee Steer

Room 5 Kaiako/BOT Staff Rep

Email: lsteer@arataki.school.nz​​​​​​​

Sue Taylor

Room 6 Kaiako/Team Leader/Hero Lead

Email: staylor@arataki.school.nz

Nadine Mackie

Room 7 Kaiako / Structured Literacy Lead

Email: nmackie@arataki.school.nz​​​​​​​

Emma Frost

Room 8 Kaiako

Email: efrost@arataki.school.nz

Kopukairoa: Reo Rua Years 0 - 6

Cheryl Toma

Room 9  Kaiako/Curriculum Team

Email: ctoma@arataki.school.nz

Sonya Simpson

Room 10 Kaiako

Email: ssimpson@arataki.school.nz

Davidia Porter

Room 11 Kaiako

Email: dporter@arataki.school.nz


Julie Crawshaw

Room 12 Kaiako/Learning Support

Email: jcrawshaw@arataki.school.nz

Rāhera Kuka

Room 13 Kaiako

Email:rkuka@arataki.school.nz

Montessori: Years 1-6

Janine O'Connor

Montessori Kaiako/Curriculum Team

Email: joconnor@arataki.school.nz

Grace Daniels

Montessori Kaiako

Email: gdaniels@arataki.school.nz

Hopukiore: Year 3 & 4

Fran Mortell

Room 14 Kaiako/Choir

Email: fmortell@arataki.school.nz​​​​​​​

Kate Barker

Room 20 Kaiako/ Digital Leader

Email: kbarker@arataki.school.nz​​​​​​​

Janet Fletcher 

Room 21 Kaiako/ Team Leader

Email: jfletcher@arataki.school.nz

Mauao: Year 5 & 6

Michael Carswell

Room 19 Kaiako/Curriculum Team

Email: mcarswell@arataki.school.nz​​​​​​​

Sheree McNaught

Whānau 22/23 Kaiako / Structured Literacy Lead

Email: smcnaught@arataki.school.nz​​​​​​​

Katy Hawkes

Whānau 22/23 Kaiako

Email: khawkes@arataki.school.nz

Sherree Clarke

Whānau 24/25 Kaiako/Team Leader

Email: sclarke@arataki.school.nz

Sean Crotty

Whānau 24/25 Kaiako

Email: scrotty@arataki.school.nz

Specialist and Part Time Teachers

Racheal Buller

Specialist Teacher

Email: rbuller@arataki.school.nz

Viv Van Veen

Reading Recovery/Part Time Teacher

Email: vvanveen@arataki.school.nz

Rachal Spencer

Specialist Teacher - Drama/CRT

Email: rspencer@arataki.school.nz

Rachel McLay

SENCo Support/Room 13 CRT Teacher

Email: rrmclay@arataki.school.nz​​​​​​​

Ziggy  Archer

Part Time Teacher 

Email: zarcher@arataki.school.nz

Stephanie Latto

Part Time Teacher 

Email: slatto@arataki.school.nz

Administration and Caretaking Staff

Stacey Davy

Office Administrator

Email: sdavy@arataki.school.nz​​​​​​​

Cindy Shaw

Office Administrator

Email: cshaw@arataki.school.nz

Marea Nelson

Office Administrator

Email: mnelson@arataki.school.nz

Tai Ballantyne

Sports Co-ordinator

Email:  tballantyne@arataki.school.nz

Brian Hesford

Caretaker

Email: bhesford@arataki.school.nz

Tracey Logan

Assistant Caretaker/Teacher Aide/Librarian/Uniform Shop

Email: tlogan@arataki.school.nz

Maeve Henihan

Garden Facilitator

Email: gardenfacilitatortcg@gmail.com

Teacher Aides

Awhina Samuels

Teacher Aide

Email: asamuels@arataki.school.nz

Vicki Simeon

Teacher Aide

Email: vsimeon@arataki.school.nz

Diane Hesford

Teacher Aide

Email: dhesford@arataki.school.nz

Lena Lloyd

Teacher Aide

Email: llloyd@arataki.school.nz​​​​​​​

Alison Robinson

Teacher Aide

Email: arobinson@arataki.school.nz

Anita Corbett

ESOL Teacher/Teacher Aide

Email: acorbett@arataki.school.nz​​​​​​​

Hayley Davies

Learning Support

Eamil: hdavies@arataki.school.nz

Team Names

Our team names Hikurangi, Mangatawa, Kopukairoa, Hopukiore and Mauao are our way of connecting to our whenua (land). To find out about the stories of our local maunga (mountains) after which we take our names click here.