Our Staff

Mr Kaiser began his teaching career in 1975 training at Auckland Secondary Teachers College and the University of Auckland. He graduated with a BA in History, and post

Mrs Hammond has been teaching for over 25 years in New Zealand and in England. As a trained Reading Recovery teacher, Mrs

Mr Lyon has been teaching for over 15 years in New Zealand and has also taught in Chile and Canada. He is especially passionate about science, mathematics and technology (especially using ICT in schools). He is determined to help students

Mrs Matthews graduated in 2000 from Auckland College of Education with a Diploma of Teaching and the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Education.  She has

Mrs Graham completed her teacher training in 1999 at Auckland University and gained a Diploma in Teaching. She had previously gained a BA in History and Political

Mrs Christensen graduated from Massey University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Education (Primary). She has experience teaching Year 0 to 6. Mrs

Miss Connolly holds a Bachelor of Teaching and in 2020 completed a Master of Education Practice from the University of Auckland. She has been teaching in West Auckland for 8 years, including some time specialising in ICT and gifted and

Mr Kluge has been teaching at Tirimoana since 2017. He holds a Graduate Diploma in Teaching from the University of Auckland and a Bachelor Degree in Media Arts. 

Following his career in the media industry, working for TVNZ and Choice TV,

Miss Manjunath completed a Bachelors of Modern Languages and Politics in the UK before moving to Aotearoa NZ to join her family. After working in marketing for 4 years, she completed her Masters of Teaching and Learning at AUT University.

Mrs Rooney holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts, a Bachelor of English and recently completed a Masters of Teaching and Learning (Primary) from AUT. She has worked as a seamstress, and a pattern maker before beginning her teaching journey with

Mrs Simonsen has taught at Tirimoana in several different roles for nearly 24 years. She has a Diploma in Education, a Batchelor of Education Degree and is a trained

Mrs O'Neill has been teaching in a fulltime capacity at Tirimoana School since 2007. She is an experienced teacher who has taught

Miss Weiss completed a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Sociology before returning to the University of Auckland to complete a Graduate Diploma in Primary Teaching in 2018. Miss Weiss joined the

Mr. Lee is originally from London, moving to New Zealand in 2009 and became a proud NZ
citizen in 2016. He originally studied computer animation, followed by a stint in the hospitality
industry before completing a Bachelor of Education in

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Ms Luamanu graduated from AUT completing her Bachelors of Education including her postgraduate in Teaching. She was a teacher aide in previous years which inspired her to take the journey a step further. 

Her 

Mr Curtis has been with Tirimoana School since 2009, teaching classes across Year 3,4, 5 and 6, with 2 years spent as

Kura Tuhura graduated in 1994 with a Diploma in Teaching Kura Kaupapa Māori, then gained a Bachelor in Education from Auckland University in 2000.  She has

Mr. Edwards graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychology from the University of Auckland. After spending time living overseas in Melbourne and Dublin, he completed a Graduate Diploma in Teaching in 2016. He spent his

Mrs Keys completed her Graduate Diploma in Teaching at the University of Auckland in 2015. In 2012 Mrs Keys graduated with a

Miss Fielding is originally from England and moved to New Zealand in 2017. She was a teacher aide for 18 years before starting the journey to become a teacher in 2018. Completing her Bachelor of Art at Massey university in

Mrs Lake completed a Bachelor of Arts with an English major from Massey University before beginning teaching. She holds a Diploma in Craft Design and in Teaching from Otago University. Mrs Lake began her career in the South Island, teaching in small

Mrs Agbede completed her Bachelor of Arts with a major in Education and Psychology in 2013, before completing a Graduate Diploma in Primary Teaching in 2014. She joined the Tirimoana

Mrs Alka completed a Bachelor of Science in 2010, Masters in Zoology in 2012 and Bachelor of education (B. Ed) in 2014 in India. When she came to New Zealand in 2016,
she did a Graduate diploma in health and

I’m excited to be joining the team at Tirimoana. I’m really looking forward to getting to know the learners at Tirimoana School

I graduated with a Bachelor of Nursing in 2015 and

Mrs Liddell began her professional career as a ballerina in London, England. On returning to New Zealand she trained as a teacher and has been involved in education

Mrs Wilcox graduated with a Bachelor of Education (Primary) from the University of Auckland in 2017. Mrs Wilcox is very excited to share her passion for teaching and learning with children

Mr Charteris completed a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Ancient History and Anthropology in 2017 and has recently completed a Graduate Diploma in Primary Teaching in 2019. 

Mrs Parsons graduated from AUT with a Bachelor of Education (Primary) at the end of 2018.Mrs Parsons has 18 years of experience

Mrs Buckingham has worked at Tirimoana School for seven years. She has a Bachelor of Education from the Auckland College of Education

Miss Meikle's children attend Tirimoana School and she joined the school whānau in 2018 as a junior school teacher. She gained a Bachelor of Education from the University of Auckland and has taught in primary schools around Auckland for over

Miss Telfer has been teaching for nearly twenty years in New Zealand, England and Malaysia. She has a Bachelor of Education and a Diploma in Teaching. Miss Telfer has trained in

Sophia Duncan has been part of the Tirimoana community for many years, as both her children attended  Tirimoana. She has now joined the staff after having taught in other places around Auckland for about 14 years. She gained a

Miss Sterk  graduated with a Bachelor of Education from the University of Auckland in 2016. She furthered her education in 2017, completing an Honours year

Ann-Maree Antonievic has been teaching at Tirimoana School since 2007. She has a Bachelor of Education (Honours

Miss Bainbridge graduated with a Master of Teaching and is excited to continue her teaching career with our youngest learners at Tirimoana Primary School. In

Mrs Lowndes graduated from Auckland Teachers College in 1995 and has taught in New Zealand and England.  She is a trained Reading Recovery teacher and is passionate

"Whaea Nikita graduated with a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education) from Unitec in 2009. She spent many years teaching at a local kindergarten in West Auckland before moving on to teach at a primary school level. Whaea Nikita enjoys

Mrs Zinck completed her Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Primary) in 2024. She has completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Leading Change for Good 2023 and a Bachelor of Business in Human Resource Management in 2019.

Mrs Zinck did her final practicum for

Mrs Meiring graduated with a Bachelor of Education from the University of Auckland in 2008. Continuing her education, she completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Education the

Hi, my name is Shirley and I have been part of the Administration Team here

I love working in the School Office which I have done for 26 years. 

I started working

Lisa has been a teacher aide at Tirimoana since 2010.  She loves working with the senior students.  Lisa enjoys being a part of the yearly camp,

Hi my name is Sandy, I have a very strong relationship with Tirimoana Primary. I was a founding 

I began working at Tirimoana in 2012 as a Teacher Aide. I have mainly worked with years 0-4 and find my job to be extremely rewarding.

I first came to Tirimoana in 1998 when my eldest son started school, I was a member of

Hi, my name is Deanne Retimana and I started working at Tirimoana Primary in 2020. I have 2 children at the school, and since they have been coming here, it has always been a place I have dreamed of

Karen Sergeant started as a volunteer, before becoming a Teacher Aide.
Karen has 16 years' experience, working with adults of all ages, who have intellectual disabilities, and their families.
We have a daughter Natalie who is at this school. She

I started at Tirimoana in 2021 as the ESTA Environmental School Teacher Aide. I am involved with the enviro group. I enjoy working with the enviro group, getting involved with the vegie garden and helping our

I Home Schooled my 5 children for the past 17 yrs and through that I have grown a passion to work with kids as before I had children it was the Army, Cheffing and travelling. My youngest daughter is 9yrs

Chevonne started working at Tirimoana in 2024 as a Techer Aide supporting year one learners.

Her daughter Ruby attends Tirimoana. In her spare time she likes to go for walks, garden and mow lawns. She also enjoys spending time with her

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Pele recently started her journey as a Teacher Aide here at Tirimoana in 2024. She enjoys looking after young children, having a young child herself and seeing them grow is her passion.

Outside of work she enjoys spending time with

I started working at Tirimoana Primary School in Term 4, 2022.

I am a born and bred Westie, cabinetmaker/kitchen installer by trade and have spent a few years maintaining and renovating city apartments. Most recently I worked for a boarding school