Our Staff


He aha te mea nui o te ao, He tangata, he tangata, he tangata. What is the most important thing in the world? It is the people, it is the people, it is the people.


Meet the Dream Team

Our people are incredibly passionate about teaching and believe that by empowering our children to take greater responsibility for their learning we are helping to set them up for success in the future. The culture our teachers are creating at Willow Park fosters the right conditions and environment that will help them grow into great learners.


Senior Leadership Team

Duncan Millward 
Principal            duncan.m@willowpark.school.nz

Melinda Borland
Deputy Principal Y4, Y5 and Y6  melinda.b@willowpark.school.nz

Casey Simson
Deputy Principal Year 1, 2 and Y3

casey.s@willowpark.school.nz


Our Support Staff

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Janine Murphy   
Finance/ Human Resource Administrator     janine.m@willowpark.school.nz    

Fran Bowerman   
Office Manager                fran.b@willowpark.school.nz

Ros Adams
Office Administrator                ros.a@willowpark.school.nz

Tanya Andersen   
Resource Administrator            tanya.a@willowpark.school.nz 

Rebecca Williams   
Edpay                    rebecca.w@willowpark.school.nz 


Our Caretaker Staff

Ben Kelsey       
Part-time caretaker  - Wednesday/ Thursday 

Michael Murphy       
Part-Time Caretaker - Monday, Tuesday and Friday                michael.m@willowpark.school.nz

Roxanne English Swimming Pool Attendant


Year 0 and 1

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Theresa Kinloch       
Team Leader and Learning Support Coordinator  theresa.k@willowpark.school.nz

Simone Nieuwenhuys      Room 1 Teacher  
simone.n@willowpark.school.nz

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Bronwyn Starr           
Room 2 Teacher          bronwyn.s@willowpark.school.nz

Sjaan McCarthy
Room 29
sjaan.m@willowpark.school.nz

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Caroline Hadfield    Room 3 Teacher         caroline.h@willowpark.school.nz

Georgia Massicks
Room 28
georgia.ms@willowpark.school.nz


Annaliese Sina’au      
Room 30 Teacher        annaliese.s@willowpark.school.nz

Lucy Spargo
Room 31
lucy.s@willowpark.school.nz

Jo MacAskill         
Room 4 Teacher         jo.m@willowpark.school.nz


Year 2

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Cecilia Down            Room 13 Teacher
cecilia.d@willowpark.school.nz

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Janet Nicholson        Room 10 Teacher/ Team Leader    janet.n@willowpark.school.nz

Justine Seed   
Room 14 Teacher     justine.s@willowpark.school.nz

Olivia Hope
Room 9 Teacher
olivia.h@willowpark.school.nz

Danelle Jones
Room 15 Teacher
danelle.j@willowpark.school.nz


Year 3

Rachel Clapham       Room 18 Teacher/ Team Leader    rachel.c@willowpark.school.nz

Carrie Joyner     Room 17 Teacher  
carrie.j@willowpark.school.nz

   

Emile McArthur  
Room 16 Teacher
emile.m@willowpark.school.nz

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Vivien Bennett            Room 19 Teacher
vivien.b@willowpark.school.nz

Lorraine Shen
Room 12 Teacher
lorraine.s@willowpark.school.nz


Year 4

Fiona Smith           Room 7 Teacher and Team Leader

fiona.s@willowpark.school.nz

Alysha Moore           Room 6 Teacher       alysha.m@willowpark.school.nz 

Lorna Edwards   
Room 8 Teacher        lorna.e@willowpark.school.nz

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Angela Ashmore        Room 5 Teacher        angela.a@willowpark.school.nz

 

Year 5

Niall Wilson
Room 20 Teacher       niall.w@willowpark.school.nz

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Kim Fowler
Room 22 Teacher  kim.f@willowpark.school.nz 

Helen Watson     
Room 24 Teacher/ Team Leader     helen.w@willowpark.school.nz

Kate Gwilliams
Room 21 Teacher
kate.g@willowpark.school.nz

Olivia Crick
Room 23 Teacher
olivia.cr@willowpark.school.nz


Year 6

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Noor Gully            
Room 27 Teacher        noor.g@willowpark.school.nz

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Ria O’Regan
Room 26 Teacher / Team Leader ria.o@willowpark.school.nz

Amy Dickins
Room 28 Teacher   
amy.d@willowpark.school.nz


Learning Support

Theresa Kinloch  Learning Support Coordinator  theresa.k@willowpark.school.nz

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Margaret White        ESOL Teacher                margaret.w@willowpark.school.nz

Herlin Atmaja       Learning Assistant      

Angeline Ruffell        Library Assistant/ Learning Assistant

Zhoran Zhou
Mandarin Learning Assistant

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Bronwyn Capill        Library Assistant/ Learning Assistant

Frances Cook
Learning Assistant

Amy Hewlett            Learning Assistant

Nahed Alhaj
Learning Assistant

Miles Palmer
Learning ASsistant

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Sarah Whittington
Learning Assistant

Jamelle Gayaman
Learning Assistant


Specialist Teachers

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Erica Knights            Music Specialist        erica.k@willowpark.school.nz

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Becky Revell           
PE Specialist                becky.r@willowpark.school.nz

Selma Dancy            Mandarin Specialist    selma.d@willowpark.school.nz

Janet Wilmott        STEAM Specialist    janet.w@willowpark.school.nz 

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Whaea Sam        Kapa Haka Arts sam.p@willowpark.school.nz 

Kelli Kawhia-Conrad
Pouārahi Te Reo Māori me ngā Tikanga Māori kelli.k@willowpark.school.nz


Part Time Teachers

Sue Whiteman        Sports Coordinator sue.w@willowpark.school.nz

Wendy Grace        wendy.g@willowpark.school.nz

Catherine Mora
catherine.m@willowpark.school.nz