Kia ora e te whÄnau (Hello everyone) I hope you all had a great long weekend and thanks for your tautoko (support) around our Teacher Only Day on Tuesday as we know this can inconvenience you. Any time our staff get together to engage in professional discourse, there is plenty of rigour...
Nau mai haere mai ki te kura o Turitea.
Welcome to Turitea School.
Welcome to Turitea School.
Ko te poipoi, Ko te atawhai, Ko te manaaki - We nurture, embrace and respect all.
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Kia ora e te whÄnau (Hello everyone) Yesterday I had another one of those āProud Tumuaki Momentsā as we had the entire team of nearly 40 staff members from Porritt School in Napier come to see how we do at Turitea School. Our whole school gave them a beautiful welcome...
TÄnÄ koutou katoa, (Hello everyone) Nau mai hoki mai ki te wÄhanga tuawhÄ (Welcome back to Term 4) The term opened with our usual Mihi Whakatau to welcome our new tamariki who have recently joined us. Mihi atu (thanks) to John (Archieās Dad) who did an amazing job of being...
Meet Our WhÄnau (Team)
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini.
Our strength does not come from ourselves alone, our strength derives from the many.
Turitea School is made up of a passionate group of educators who are all about our tamariki.
We honour our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi by providing a safe and inclusive environment for all.
We live by our school vision and values and ensure they ‘drip from the walls’ around us.
Meagan Gooding
Year 0/1
Hannah Evans
Year 0/1
Anna Kane
Year 1/2
Anneliese Nikorima
Year 2/3
Trish Molloy
Year 3/4
Cameron Schaw
Year 4-6
Karen Walker
Year 4 - 6
Troy Duckworth
Principal
Iām Troy and I started my journey as the Tumuaki (Principal) here in January 2022. I came from Russell Street School where I was the Tumuaki Tuarua (Deputy Principal) for 4 years and a kaiako (teacher) there for 7 years.
I come to Palmy by way of South Auckland where I was born and bred. However, I love the ManawatÅ« and am a huge advocate for this place, despite the bad rep it sometimes gets from those who donāt know how good it is! Iāve also taught overseas in Dubai and Brunei Darussalam.
I come from a lineage of educational leadership as both my parents were proud tumuaki in Auckland, so they were delighted Iāve followed in their footsteps. I pride myself on building positive relationships with everyone, which ties in nicely to one of our school values of whanaungatanga. Iām a huge believer of the whakataukÄ« āMÄ te pÄ te tamaiti e whakatipuā - It takes a village to raise the child and want that for all here at Turitea School.
I am pretty easy to find around here and you will usually hear me before you see me. I love sour lollies and shoes. You'll always find me rocking a pair of Jordans. I'm a massive fan of the NBA, (Phoenix Suns - Rally The Valley) the UFC and the Formula 1. I love having a yarn with those who are passionate about those things too, or ways to make our kura the best place it can be.