Below is a list of our staff for 2025. To email a staff member directly, please click on their name, or contact our office on (03) 327 7231, or email office@kbs.school.nz.

LEADERSHIP and ADMINISTRATION

• Principal Hayden van Lent
  

• Deputy Principal Jenny Fraser

• Deputy Principal Rochelle Tainui

• Principals PA/Office Manager Jan McDonald

• Finance Administrator Brett Mochan

• Reception/Administrator Marian Dench

• Reception/Library Assistant Cassie Araneda

• Caretaker Des Marsh
  

TEACHING STAFF

Inanga Syndicate

• Junior Hub - New Entrant/Year 1 - Janelle Adams and Flavia Kuntze

• Ruma 3, Year 1 - Alwyn McRandle (Team Leader)

• Ruma 7/8, Year 2/3 - Leanne Adamson and Cinty Crampton

• Ruma 17, Year 2/3 - Vanessa Burn
  

• Ruma 18, Year 2/3 - Taylor McNicholl
  

Tuna Syndicate

• Ruma 5, Year 4/5 - Zandri-Ann Garthwaite
  

• Ruma 9, Year 4/5 - Alison Beech

• Ruma 10, Year 5/6 - Edel Kelly

• Ruma 11, Year 5/6 - Kaitlin Lang

• Ruma 15, Year 5/6 - Sharlene McIlraith (Team Leader)
  

• Ruma 16, Year 4/5 -Suzanne Liggett
  

Kahawai Syndicate 

• Ruma 12, Year 7/8 - Jarina Ansari

• Ruma 13, Year 7/8 - Maddie Gommans

• Ruma 14, Year 7/8 - Krystina Trewby Gunn

• Acting Kahawai Team Leader - Rochelle Tainui

Hangarau Syndicate (Technology Centre)

• Danny Gorman (Assistant Principal)

• Andrew Osborn (Technology Leader)

• Connor Payton

• Alicia Moore 

• Janina Hodges

• Maryann Maxwell

• Cecile Lyon

• Melanie Routledge

• Duncan Hunter

• Jo Pohio (Learning Assistant)

Learning Support Coordinator - Petros Kapralos

Literacy Support - Nicola Gaskell

Release Teachers - Rachel Bourke 

Learning Assistants - Savannah Boyland, Julie Thomson, Rosalie Mehlhopt, Jackie Muir, Hayley Laird, Rachel Fitzpatrick, Nichola Holland

KBS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Elected Members (October 2025 for a three year term)

• Natalie O'Donnell (Presiding Member)

• Sarah Eddy(Deputy Presiding Member)

• Rosalie Rapana

• Steven Sims

• Amrit Singh

• Petros Kapralos(Staff Representative)

• Hayden van Lent (Principal)

• Jan McDonald(BOT Secretary)

For more information about our Board of Trustees go the the  Our Community tab.