Academic Staff

Ngā Kaimahi Mātauranga

Our academic staff are committed to teaching and supporting our tauira | students, both online and in-person from regional education centres all around Aotearoa New Zealand. Many are also involved with research to shape our education programmes, professional development, and best practices in early childhood and primary education.

Academic Staff Teaching and Research Profiles

 

Director Teaching, Learning and Research |  Kaitohu Akoranga me Rangahau	Takiwā | Location
Dr Rosina Merry	Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington

 

Senior Advisor Māori | Pouhere Kaupapa Māori	Takiwā | Location
Arapera Herewini-Card	Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington

 

National Education Manager | Kaiwhakahaere Matauranga ā-Motu	Takiwā | Location
Geraldine Koopu	Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe | Rotorua

 

Research Leader | Kaiarataki Rangahau	Takiwā | Location
Dr Tracey Carlyon	Kirikiriroa | Hamilton

 

Academic Quality Leader | Kaiwhakahaere Tuawhiti Ngaio	Takiwā | Location
Dr Tui Summers	Ōtautahi | Christchurch

 

Academic Leader	Programme	Takiwā | Location
Anthony Fisher	Primary Programmes | Kaitiaki Hōtaka Kura Tuatahi	Te Tai Tokerau | Whangārei
Graeme Severinsen	Undergraduate and Graduate Programmes | Kaitiaki Hōtaka Tohu Paetahi me Toh Mātauranga	Whangārei-Terenga-Parāoa | Whangārei
Dr Penny Smith	Postgraduate Programmes | Kaitiaki Hōtaka Tohu Paerunga	Papaioea | Palmerston North

 

Lead Advisor Pasifika Relations | Kaitohutohu Matua Pasifika	Takiwā | Location
Naomi Fuamatu	Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland

 

Curriculum Advisor Pasifika | Kaitohutohu Marautanga Pasifika	Takiwā | Location
Kendra Tike	Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland

 

Curriculum Advisor Māori| Kaitohutohu Marautanga Māori	Takiwā | Location
Jade Whaanga	Papaioea | Palmerston North

 

Primary Sector Engagement Leader | Kaiwhakahaere Karanga Kura Tuatahi	Takiwā | Location
Clark McPhillips	Kirikiriroa | Hamilton

 

Programme Leader | Kaiārahi Hōtaka	Programme
Andrea Colebourn	Bachelor of Teaching - Primary
Beth Germaine	Graduate Diploma in Teaching - Primary
Dr Bridgette Redder	Postgraduate Diploma
Clark McPhilips	Primary Sector Engagement Leader
Dr Debbie Ryder	Master of Education
Gwen Davitt	Diploma
Shelley Sugrue	Graduate Diploma in Teaching - ECE
Simon Archard	Bachelor of Education
Vikki Hanrahan	Bachelor of Teaching - ECE

 

Pouako	Takiwā | Location
Alicia Savage	Tāmaki Makaurau | Manukau
Ataahua-Brown Bloomfield	Ōtautahi | Christchurch
Emma Haruru	Ōtepoti | Dunedin
Fiona Card	Kirikiriroa | Hamilton
Jade Whaanga	Papaioea | Palmerston North
Rotu Te Uwhikura Mihaka	Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe | Rotorua
Katrina Iwikau	Heretaunga | Hastings
Ra Keelan	Tūranga-nui-a-kiwa  | Gisborne
Sandi Tuhakaraina	Whakatū | Nelson
Stacey Bird	Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington
Tāpeka Henare	Whangārei-Terenga-Parāoa | Whangārei

Regional Education Leaders | Kaiārahi Mātauranga ā-Rohe	Takiwā | Location
Andrea Driver	Heretaunga | Hastings
Avril Maxwell	Whangārei-Terenga-Parāoa | Whangārei
Carla Keighron	Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland
Debbie Rickard	Papaioea | Palmerston North
Jo Ellis	Ōtepoti | Dunedin
Lisa Heke	Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington
Manleen Kaur	Kaiārahi Mātauranga ā-Rohe | Nelson
Raewyn Penman	Ōtautahi | Christchurch
Rahiri Ngapuhi	Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe | Rotorua
Rebecca Parr	Tūrangi-nui-a-kiwa | Gisborne
Sara Archard	Kirikiriroa | Hamilton

Senior lecturer | Pūkenga Matua	Takiwā | Location
Anoop Kumar	Papaioea | Palmerston North
Beth Germaine	Kirikiriroa | Hamilton
Claire Wilson	Papaioea | Palmerston North
Debbie Woolston	Whangārei-Terenga-Parāoa | Whangārei
Fleur Hohaia-Rollinson	Tāmaki Makaurau | Manukau
Dr Lakshmi Chellapan	Ōtautahi | Christchurch
Lesley Robinson	Whakatū | Nelson
Dr Monica Cameron	Papaioea | Palmerston North
Noreen Melvin	Whakatū | Nelson
Rachael Williams	Ōtautahi | Christchurch
Richard Edwards	Kirikiriroa | Hamilton

Lecturer | Kaiako	Takiwā | Location
Aria Macredie	Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe | Rotorua
Ashlie Brink	Kirikiriroa | Hamilton
Debbie Woolston	Whangārei-Terenga-Parāoa | Whangārei
Elysia Green	Whangārei-Terenga-Parāoa | Whangārei
Emma Daly	Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington
Emma Uri-Erihe	Papaioea | Palmerston North
Fiona O’Connell Jones	Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland
Hannah Lineham	Ōtautahi | Christchurch
Hongwei Di	Kirikiriroa | Hamilton
Ira Seitzer	Whangārei-Terenga-Parāoa | Whangārei
Jen Davy	Ōtepoti | Dunedin
Jo Le Fleming-Dean	Papaioea | Palmerston North
Jo Ward	Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland
Lauren Graham	Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington
Leena Rebello	Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland
Madoka Takemoto	Heretaunga | Hastings
Rachel Taylor	Ōtepoti | Dunedin
Rachael Williams	Ōtautahi | Christchurch
Rachel Winslow	Whangārei-Terenga-Parāoa | Whangārei
Raewyn Higginson	Kirikiriroa | Hamilton
Richelle Reid	Ōtautahi | Christchurch
Roimata Rokx	Tūranga-nui-a-kiwa  | Gisborne
Ruth Leonard	Kirikiriroa | Hamilton
Victoria Kees	Ōtautahi | Christchurch
Tess Huggins	Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington
Tiffany Williams	Papaioea | Palmerston North