Staff
Senior Leadership Team
Ben Hancock – Principal – principal@tauhara.school.nz
Andrea Mertens – Deputy Principal – ma@tauhara.school.nz
Brenda Pilkinton – Deputy Principal – pb@tauhara.school.nz
Jeri Dong-Bhana – Deputy Principal – j.dong-bhana@tauhara.school.nz
Scott Sargison – Deputy Principal – sg@tauhara.school.nz
Kimberley Ward – Executive Officer – k.ward@tauhara.school.nz
School Office – Information – info@tauhara.school.nz
2026 Deans and Student Support
Helen Bissett – Guidance Counsellor – bh@tauhara.school.nz
Morgan Morrow – Year 9 Dean – m.morrow@tauhara.school.nz
Brooke Grimshaw – Year 10 Dean – b.grimshaw@tauhara.school.nz
Susan Whitworth – Year 11 Dean – wh@tauhara.school.nz
Paula Burnett – Year 12 Dean – bp@tauhara.school.nz
Lucy Foote – Year 13 Dean – l.foote@tauhara.school.nz
Setsuko Sawada –Video Conferencing Dean – sd@tauhara.school.nz
Staff
AJ Chapman – a.chapman@tauhara.school.nz
Amita Ganda – ga@tauhara.school.nz
Amaaria Bhana – a.bhana@tauhara.school.nz
Amy Brennan – ab@tauhara.school.nz
Andrea Mertens – ma@tauhara.school.nz
Atareta Simmonds – sm@tauhara.school.nz
Ben Bisley – bb@tauhara.school.nz
Bridget Kemp – br@tauhara.school.nz
Brooke Grimshaw – b.grimshaw@tauhara.school.nz
Clayton Hamilton –c.hamilton@tauhara.school.nz
Elise Power – e.power@tauhara.school.nz
Emma Hussey – e.hussey@tauhara.school.nz
Holly Heep – h.heep@tauhara.school.nz
Helen Edgecombe – eh@tauhara.school.nz
Iain Mutch – mt@tauhara.school.nz
Jacinda Wilson – j.wilson@tauhara.school.nz
James Lamb – lj@tauhara.school.nz
Jason Butterfield – bj@tauhara.school.nz
Jenny Harrington – hj@tauhara.school.nz
Jeri Dhong-bhana – j.dong-bhana@tauhara.school.nz
Jess Sargison – j.sargison@tauhara.school.nz
Keiko Ferguson – fk@tauhara.school.nz
Kimberley Ward – k.ward@tauhara.school.nz
Kirsty Trevor – tk@tauhara.school.nz
Lucy Foote – l.foote@tauhara.school.nz
Luke Stevens – sl@tauhara.school.nz
Melvin Din – m.din@tauhara.school.nz
Michaela Pointon – m.pointon@tauhara.school.nz
Morgan Morrow – m.morrow@tauhara.school.nz
Nikki Renowden – rn@tauhara.school.nz
Pamela Carmichael – cl@tauhara.school.nz
Pamela Lambert – pl@tauhara.school.nz
Penny Wilson – wp@tauhara.school.nz
Paula Burnett – bp@tauhara.school.nz
Phil Pyman – pp@tauhara.school.nz
Rachel Smith – sr@tauhara.school.nz
Roxane Collins – rc@tauhara.school.nz
Samantha Perry – s.perry@tauhara.school.nz
Scott Sargison – sg@tauhara.school.nz
Setsuko Sawada – sd@tauhara.school.nz
Shanan Harrington – hs@tauhara.school.nz
Stuart Barbour – sb@tauhara.school.nz
Susan Whitworth – wh@tauhara.school.nz
Thamsin Joll – t.joll@tauhara.school.nz
Tilly Marsh – t.marsh@tauhara.school.nz
Tracey O’Sullivan – t.osullivan@tauhara.school.nz
Varghese Painuthara – pa@tauhara.school.nz
Whare Mahana – “A warm place of learning” A specialist class for ORS learners
Brenda Pilkinton – Head of Faculty, Specialist Teacher – pb@tauhara.school.nz
Michelle Pointon – Specialist Teacher – pm@tauhara.school.nz
Lisa Hemopo – Specialist Teacher – P.T – l.hemopo@tauhara.school.nz
Kasee Mitchell – Specialist Teacher – k.mitchell@tauhara.school.nz
Learning Support Centre
Brenda Pilkinton – SENCO and Inclusive Learning Leader – pb@tauhara.school.nz
Nicole Waldman – Learning Support Co-ordinator – n.waldman@tauhara.school.nz
Support Team
Ashley Cho – Network Admin – ch@tauhara.school.nz
Sports Co-Ordinator – Beau Tahau – sports@tauhara.school.nz
Administration
Lynette Braithwaite – Principal PA – bl@tauhara.school.nz
Linda Nouwens – Finance Officer – ln@tauhara.school.nz
Ashley Tahau – Office Manager – a.tahau@tauhara.school.nz
Christine Buchanan – Office – c.buchanan@tauhara.school.nz
Nancy Mellar – Office – nm@tauhara.school.nz
Ashley Braithwaite – Attendance –a.braithwaite@tauhara.school.nz
Careers
Dee Purdy – d.purdy@tauhara.school.nz
Leanne Higgins – l.higgins@tauhara.school.nz
Samantha Perry – s.perry@tauhara.school.nz
Taupo Attendance Services
Linda Adams– Attendance Advisor – attendance@tauhara.school.nz
Leanne Griffin (Taupo)
Gemma Fore (Taupo)
Anna Holmes (Taupo/Turangi)
Grounds Staff
Student Wellbeing
Nicola – Anamata CAFE Nurse – info@anamata.org.nz