Our Staff

Ahipara School is staffed by a team of highly skilled and dedicated professionals who are committed to providing students with an excellent education in a nurturing environment.

Management 2024:

• Principal - Jackie Osborne principal@ahipara.school.nz

• Deputy Principal - Lisa Murray 

• Assistant Principal/Junior Syndicate Leader - Donna Murphy

• Senior Syndicate Leader - Dani Logan

Junior Syndicate:

• Ayla Thompson & Briar Lunjevich– New Entrants & Year One (Room 1) ayla@ahipara.school.nz, briar@ahipara.school.nz

• Lisa Murray & Sam Smaill– Year One & Two (Room 2) lisa@ahipara.school.nz

• Penny Cutler- Year Two & Three (Room 6) penny@ahipara.school.nz

Middle/Senior Syndicate:  

• Esther Dickinson & Karen Meyers – Year Three & Four (Room 8) esther@ahipara.school.nz

• Dani Logan & Nadia Cosner – Year Four & Five (Room 11) dani@ahipara.school.nz, nadia@ahipara.school.nz 

• Keriana TePaa & Jess Adlam-O'Dea – Year Five & Six (Room 4) keriana@ahipara.school.nz, jess@ahipara.school.nz

• Angie Peters/Jess Adlam-O'Dea – Year Six & Seven (Room 5) angie@ahipara.school.nz, jess@ahipara.school.nz

• Tina Takimoana & Nadia Cosner – Year Seven & Eight (Room 3) tina@ahipara.school.nz, nadia@ahipara.school.nz

Specialist Teacher: Rebecca Cosner rebecca@ahipara.school.nz

Part Time Teachers: Karen Meyers,  Jess Adlam-O'Dea, Ayla Thompson

Resource Teacher Learning & Behaviour (RTLB): Michele Meyer

Reading Recovery Teacher: Danielle Beatson

Support Staff: Shelly Cope, June Matiu, Rata Williams, Kathy Harrison, Alison Peters, Te Rina Watts-Hemopo, Kathy Langerak, Santija, Tina-Marie Kahi, Connor Barry, Yasue Toyoda

ICT Support: New Era IT

Cleaners:  Lani Motu, Rozaleen O'Connor

Caretaker: Whio Motu

Art Specialist: Jess Adlam-O'Dea