Arataki School Staff​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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

Senior Leadership Team

Shelley Blakey

Principal

Email: sblakey@arataki.school.nz

Shelley Craig

Deputy Principal/SENCo

Email: scraig@arataki.school.nz

Tania Solomona

Deputy Principal/Te Reo me ngā Tikanga Leader

Email: tsolomona@arataki.school.nz

Hikurangi: Year 0 - 2

Rachel Allen

Room 1 Kaiako/Team Leader

Email: rallen@arataki.school.nz

Caitlin Mason

Room 2 Kaiako 

Email:cmason@arataki.school.nz​​​​​​​

Michelle Davies

Room 2 Kaiako

Email: mdavies@arataki.school.nz


Janelle Meacheam

Room 4 Kaiako

Email: jmeacheam@arataki.school.nz

Mangatawa: Year 2 & 3

Sue Taylor

Room 6 Kaiako/Team Leader

Email: staylor@arataki.school.nz

Lee Steer

Room 6 Kaiako

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

Nadine Mackie

Room 5 Kaiako 

Email: nmackie@arataki.school.nz

Emma Frost

Room 8 Kaiako

Email: efrost@arataki.school.nz

Sandra Larsen

Room 25 Kaiako CRT

Email: slarsen@arataki.school.nz

Kopukairoa: Reo Rua Years 0 - 6

Cheryl Toma

Room 9  Kaiako

Email: ctoma@arataki.school.nz

Janey Sowerby

Room 12 Kaiako

Email: jsowerby@arataki.school.nz

Davidia Porter

Room 11 Kaiako

Email: dporter@arataki.school.nz

Julie Crawshaw

Room 12 Kaiako/Digital

Email: jcrawshaw@arataki.school.nz

Gina Nuku

Room 13 Kaiako/Team Leader

Email: ggnuku@arataki.school.nz


Montessori: Years 1-6

Janine O'Connor

Room 18 Montessori Kaiako

Email: joconnor@arataki.school.nz

Darniel Natzka

Room 17 Montessori Kaiako

Email: dnatzka@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 (Starting Term 3)

Room 21 Kaiako/ Team Leader

Email: jfletcher@arataki.school.nz

Mauao: Year 5 & 6

Michael Carswell

Room 19 Kaiako

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

Sheree McNaught

Whānau 22/23 Kaiako

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

Katy Hawke

Room 23 Kaiako

Email: khawke@arataki.school.nz

Sherree Clarke

Whānau 24/25 Kaiako

Email: sclarke@arataki.school.nz

Sean Crotty

Whānau 24/25 Kaiako/Team Leader

Email: scrotty@arataki.school.nz

Specialist and Part Time Teachers

Racheal Buller

Specialist Teacher

Email: rrbuller@arataki.school.nz

Kirsty MacDonald

Part Time Teacher/ECE Transition 

Email: kmcdonald@arataki.school.nz

Viv Van Veen

Reading Recovery/Release Teacher

Email: vvanveen@arataki.school.nz

Rachal Spencer

Specialist Teacher - Drama/CRT

Email: rspencer@arataki.school.nz

Rachel McLay

Room 19 Kaiako/ Sport & PE Leader

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

Jakaylah Jacob

Part Time Teacher

Email: jjacob@arataki.school.nz

Ziggy  Archer

Part Time Teacher 

Email: zarcher@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

Email: tlogan@arataki.school.nz

Clare Rodgers

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

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.