Below is a list of our staff for 2024. 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 Mr Hayden van Lent
  
• Deputy Principal Mrs Jenny Fraser
• Deputy Principal Miss Rochelle Tainui
• Principals PA/Office Administrator Mrs Jan McDonald
• Reception/Accounts Administrator, Mrs Marian Dench
• Office Administrator/Library Assistant, Ms Gina Cameron
• Caretaker Mr Des Marsh
  

TEACHING STAFF

Inanga Syndicate

• Junior Hub - New Entrant/Year 1 - Mrs Janelle Adams
  
• Ruma 3, Year 1 - Mrs Alwyn McRandle (Team Leader)
• Ruma 4, New Entrant/Year 1 -Miss Taylor McNicholl
• Ruma 17, Year 2 -  Miss Sophie McKellar
  
• Ruma 18, Year 2 - Miss Nicola Gaskell and Mrs Flavia Kuntze
  

Patiki Syndicate

• Ruma 5, Year 3/4 - Mrs Sharlene McIlraith (Team Leader) 
  
• Ruma 7, Year 3/4 - Miss Krystina Trewby Gunn
• Ruma 8, Year 3/4 - Miss Hannah Bailey
• Ruma 16, Year 3/4 - Mrs Suzanne Liggett

Tuna Syndicate

• Ruma 9, Year 5/6 - Miss Rachel May 
  
• Ruma 10, Year 5/6 - Mrs Alison Beech
• Ruma 11, Year 5/6 - Miss Kaitlin Johnston
• Ruma 15, Year 5/6 - Mr David Rankin (Acting Team Leader)
  

Kahawai Syndicate 

• Ruma 12, Year 7/8 - Mrs Jenny Paton-McDonald
• Ruma 13, Year 7/8 - Miss Maddie Gommans
• Ruma 14, Year 7/8 - Mrs Bronwyne Rankin (Team Leader)

Hangarau Syndicate (Technology Centre)

• Mr Danny Gorman (Assistant Principal)
• Mr Andrew Osborn (Technology Leader)
• Mr Connor Payton
• Mrs Alicia Moore 
• Ms Janina Hodges
• Ms Maryann Maxwell
• Mrs Cecile Lyon
• Mrs Melanie Routledge
• Mrs Jo Pohio (Teaching Assistant)

Learning Support Coordinator - Mr Petros Kapralos

Art Programme - Mrs Megan Flutey

Reading Recovery -Mrs Carol Mehrtens

Release Teachers - Kay Weeks, Rachel Bourke (ORS), Anna Robson 

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

KBS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Elected Members (August 2022 for a three year term)

• Christine Wilson-Greatbatch (Chairperson)
• Sarah Eddy (Deputy Chairperson)
• Hadley Trounson
• Natalie O'Donnell
• Rosalie Rapana (Co-opt Member)
• 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.