Staff

Senior Leadership Team

Name Position Email
Rob Posthumus Principal principal@hurupaki.school.nz
Shelley Muston Assiocate Principal/SENCO smuston@hurupaki.school.nz

Classroom Teachers

Pod 1 Year 2 and Year 3

Name Position Email
Karen Johnsen Teacher  |  Pod 1  |  Year 2 – Year 3 kjohnsen@hurupaki.school.nz
Claudia Reed Teacher  |  Pod 1  |  Year 2 – Year 3 creedhurupaki.school.nz
Jaimee Hamlin Teacher  |  Pod 1  |  Year 2 – Year 3 jhamlin@hurupaki.school.nz

Pod 2 Year 1

Name Position Email
Margaret Barber Teacher  |  Pod 2  |  Year 1 mbarber@hurupaki.school.nz
Katherine Mabbitt Teacher  |  Pod 2  |  Year 2 kmabbitt@hurupaki.school.nz

Pod 3 Year 4 to 6 – Bilingual 

Pod 4 Year 2 and Year 3

Name Position Email
Katy Howett Teacher  |  Pod 4  |  Year 2 – Year 3 khowett@hurupaki.school.nz
Kath Edwards Teacher  |  Pod 4  |  Year 2 – Year 3 kedwards@hurupaki.school.nz

Pod 5 Year 5 and Year 6

Name Position Email
David Parkes Teacher  |  Pod 5  |  Year 5 – Year 6 dparkes@hurupaki.school.nz
Kelly-Ann Ujdur Teacher  |  Pod 5  |  Year 5 – Year 6 kujdur@hurupaki.school.nz

Pod 6 New Entrants and Year 1

Name Position Email
Monique Cross Teacher  |  Pod 6  |  New Entrants – Year 1 mcrosshurupaki.school.nz
Aynsley Moore Teacher  |  Pod 6  |  New Entrants – Year 1 amoore@hurupaki.school.nz  (returning Term Two 2020)

Pod 7 Year 4 and Year 5

Name Position Email
Mary Leydon Teacher  |  Pod 7  |  Year 4 – Year 5 mleydon@hurupaki.school.nz 
Mark Buckland Teacher  |  Pod 7  |  Year 4 – Year 5 mbuckland@hurupaki.school.nz

Supporting Staff

Name Position Email
Vanessa Weir  Supporting Staff
vweir@hurupaki.school.nz
Katie Raynel  Supporting Staff kraynel@hurupaki.school.nz
Name Position
Jenny Traill Library
James Darwent Caretaker

Teacher Release and Teacher Aide

Name Position
Sharyn Moore Teacher Release
Tony Taylor Reading Recovery and Teacher Release

Name Position
Jaydene Christensen Teacher Aide
Maree Fenwick Teacher Aide