Meet Our Staff


Deputy Principal – Teina
Haylee Webber haylee_webber@raglanarea.school.nz

Deputy Principal – Tuakana
Quenten Browne quenten_browne@raglanarea.school.nz
Our Teaching Staff 2025
To contact a member of staff you can email them – their email address will be firstname_lastname@raglanarea.school.nz
Senior Leadership Team
- Louisa Barham (Principal)
- Quenten Browne (Deputy Principal Kura Tuakana – Years 9-13 / Acting Principal Terms 2,3 and 4)
- Haylee Webber (Deputy Principal Kura Teina – Years 0-8 / Deputy Principal schoolwide Terms 2,3 and 4)
Kura Teina – Te Rōpū Aroha Ki Te Reo Kaiako (Māori Full Immersion classes)
- Juanita Asi (Team Leader TRAKTR, Y0-3 kaiako)
- Aroha McQueen (Y4-7 kaiako)
Kura Teina – Mainstream Years 0-8 Teachers
- Hilary Elliot (Classroom Release Teacher Y3&4, Curriculum Leader Y0-6)
- Steph de Besten (Learning Support and Enrolments Years 0-6)
- Nicole Bell (Team Leader Y0-2, Y0-1 teacher)
- Lisa Brunel (Y0-1 teacher)
- Sheree Gibson (Y2 teacher)
- Grace Winter (Y2 teacher)
- Celia Risbridger (Classroom Release Teacher Y0-2)
- Rebecca Hishon (Structured Literacy teacher)
- Kieran Hallgate (Team Manager Y3&4, Y3&4 teacher)
- Kim Geros (Y3&4 teacher)
- Emily Meleshenko & Annie Stuart Job Share (Y3&4 teachers)
- Christine Prouse (Y3&4 teacher)
- Alison Hewett (Team Leader Y5&6, Y5&6 teacher)
- Amy Haswell (Y5&6 teacher)
- Simon Thompson (Y5&6 teacher)
- Nick Wilson & Lisa Mitchell Job Share (Y5&6 teachers)
- Victoria Cooper (Classroom Release Teacher Y5&6)
- David O’Loughlin (Team Manager Y7&8, Y7&8 teacher)
- Serita Drewery (Y7&8 teacher)
- Eddie Martinez (Y7&8 teacher)
- Felipe Queriquelli (Y7&8 teacher)
Kura Tuakana – MainstreamYears 7-13 Lead Teachers
- Gwyn Brodie (Learning Support and Enrolments Years 7-13)
- Joseph Rao (Y9&10 Dean, Social Sciences teacher)
- Lee Copson (Y11 Dean, Lead Teacher Social Sciences,)
- Linda Holmes (Y12 Dean, Food Tech, Hospitality teacher)
- Naomi Tovio (Y13 Dean, Gateway, Careers, Correspondence teacher)
Kura Tuakana – MainstreamYears 7-13 Teachers
- Betty Diprose (Counselling)
- Natasha Rao (Counselling)
- Ariana Millward (Lead teacher Te Reo Māori, Te Reo Māori, teacher))
- Liam Coulden-Lavers (Lead Teacher Outdoor Education )
- Briar Heinrich (Health & PE, English teacher)
- TJ Pemberton (Lead Teacher HPE & Sports)
- Lee Copson (Lead Teacher Science, Physics & Chemistry teacher)
- Karen Woodcock (Lead Teacher English)
- Sandra Jonas (Lead Teacher Maths)
- Carolyn Munro (Y9-11 Maths teacher)
- Angela Prain (Lead Teacher Enviroschools: Science, Biology, Horticulture teacher)
- Levonne Fraser (Visual Arts teacher)
- Brendon Rickard (Lead Teacher The Arts, Music Teacher)
- Ruth Hare (Dance & Drama teacher)
- Adrian Reeves (Lead Teacher Technology, Materials Technology teacher)
- Matt Stockton (Digital Technology Teacher)
- Deane Hishon (Surfing Academy, Graphics teacher)
- Larry Fisher (Surfing Academy, HPE teacher)
Recent Blog Posts
Kura Teina (Year 0-6) 12:30pm finish on Tuesday 19th August
This message applies only to Kura Teina Year 0 - 6 including Te Roopu Aroha Ki Te Reo students Kia ora e te whānau Our Kura Teina teaching staff and some of our support staff are members of the NZEI Te Riu Roa union and will be attending a paid union meeting on the...
Sports Merch Available!
***Merchandise Clearance Sale!*** We're clearing out old stock with up to 50% off! Come grab a bargain — available now at the school office. Cash or EFTPOS only. Be in quick while stocks last!
Road Safety Meeting – Wednesday 13th August
We are holding another Road Safety Meeting. 13th August - 3:30pm - Raglan Area School Staff Room This meeting will provide an opportunity to hear back from representatives of the Waikato District Council and to discuss possible solutions to the ongoing road safety...