About Fairhaven School
At Fairhaven we pride ourselves in our school and our facilities.
Such as:
- Heated pool
- Hall and stage
- Whare Kotahitanga
- 3x playgrounds (Junior, Middle & Senior)
- Library
- Cricket nets and pitch
- Netball and basketball courts
- Sand pits
- Large field area (Rugby, soccer, etc.)
- Shade areas
2025 Teaching Staff Organisation
Paul Hunt – Principal
Tatai Takuira-Mita – Deputy Principal – Toitoi Manawa & Year 0 – 2
Sandra Cross – Deputy Principal – Year 3 – 6
Totara Pod
Year 5 & 6
Rooms 3, 4, 5, 6
Dana Piggott – Room 3
Seamus Collins – Room 4 (Sports Coordinator & Kahui Ako Within School Leader)
Taryn Furnell – Room 5 ( Digital Curriculum Lead)
Kayla Carroll & Jaala Poihipi – Room 6 (Pod Leader/Kahui Ako Across School Lead)
Rata Pod
Year 3 & 4
Rooms 13, 14, 21, 22
Alicia Best – Room 13
David Scown – Room 14 (Pod Leader)
Colleen Wills – Room 15
Emily Corfield – Room 21
Trish Hunt – Room 22 (Indian Dance)
Miro Pod
Year 2
Rooms 10, 11, 12
Jeanette Crawford – Room 10
Sandy Hollinshead – Room 11
Claire Turner – Room 12
Tawa Pod
Year 0 (NE) & Year 1
Rooms 7, 8, 9, 10
Mandy Miller – Room 7 (Pod Leader)
Anna Pryde – Room 8
Claudia Cooknell – Room 9
Maddie Goodwin & Jennifer Cranston – Room 16
Toitoi Manawa
Māori Immersion
Rooms 17, 18, 19, 20
Te Rea – Hollie Hauraki – Room 20 (Kahui Ako Within School Leader)
Te Tipu – Nita Takiari – Room 18
Te Pihinga – Patuara Biel – Room 19
Te Māhuri – Sophie Anania – Room 17
Pod Leaders – Hollie Hauraki & Sophie Anania
Learning Support Coordinator: Liz Logan
ORS Specialist Teacher: Janelle Hungerford
Reading Recovery Teacher & ORS Spealist Teacher: Nicola Gibbons
Classroom Teacher Release: Delwyn Weaver, Helen Williams, Kimberly Petri, Mary Meikle, Pania Caldwell, Willow Marsh, Lindy Roberts and Tarrin Weber, .
What makes Fairhaven School a great place to learn and grow?
- Caring, supportive, experienced & dedicated Staff
- Modern classroom environments
- A wide variety of extracurricular activities and experiences to develop your child’s confidence and self-esteem
- The use of technologies to assist with learning. A range of devices, depending on the year level, including ipads and chromebooks
- Great facilities — Heated swimming pool, large hall, Whare Kotahitanga, large fields, library, 3x playgrounds, cricket nets and pitch, sand pits, shade areas etc.
- Awesome opportunities and support for children
- Fantastic parent participation and support
