Our People

Our Staff 2025

Principal : Jo Brady, principal@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Deputy Principal: Jan Fretwell, janf@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Director of Religious Studies: Michelle Jackson,  mjackson@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Senior Team

Senior Syndicate Leader & Room 4 Teacher: Deb McDonald, debmcdonald@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Room 1 Teacher: Lynda Wylie, lyndawylie@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Room 2 Teacher: Kayla Livingstone, klivingstone@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Room 3 Teacher: Vicki Maguire, vmaguire@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Middle Team

Middle Syndicate Leader & Room 7 Teacher:  Michelle Jackson, mjackson@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Room 5 Teacher: Anna Roberts, annaroberts@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Room 6 Teacher: Glennis Martin-Paling, gmartinpaling@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Junior Team 

Junior Syndicate Leader: Jan Fretwell, janf@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Room 8 Teacher: Candra Bannan, candrabannan@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Anna Humpherson, ahumpherson@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Room 9 Teacher: Hannah Dahya, hdahya@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Room 10 Teacher: Luke Collins, lcollins@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Chrissy Hojabri, chrissyhojabri@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Room 11 Teacher: Sharon Theobald, sharontheobald@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Ancillary Staff 

Office Administrators: Tania Beasley  and  Denise White, office@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz 

Librarian: Tracey Carberry, tcarberry@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Teacher Aides: Donna Brown, Deb Rowe, Mandy Hague, Rachel Rothstein, Vina Lamont, Katie Goodman, Tracey Carberry 

Caretaker: Alan Swanson

Part-time Teaching Staff 

Digital Literacies / IT administration / Engagement and Attendance: Vicki Maguire, vmaguire@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Literacy & Numeracy Learning support / Te Reo: Wayne Atkins, watkins@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz, 

Te Reo: Whaea Monty

Sports Co-ordinator & Robotics: Libby Sara, libbysara@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Music: Anna Stoove, annastoove@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz

Art: Mandy Hague, vmaguire@stjosephswhakatane.school.nz