Kia ora and welcome to your Executive NLP forum. It has been created to connect and network with like-minded leaders in education around the country. We would love to get to know you before we meet in person at our first retreat so please comment below with a short mihi/introduction of yourself. You can also like and comment on other people’s posts.
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Kia ora tatou
Ko wai e tu ake nei
Ko te Maunga Kawari toku maunga
Ko Ihowa Karaiti te Tangata
Ko Te Ripeka te tohu
No Hōrana oku tupuna
Ko Otautahi toku kainga
Ko Vannoort tōku ingoa whanau
Ko Mike tōku ingoa
He Tumuaki ahau o te kura o Miritana
Ko Belinda toku hoa rangatira
Ko Matthew rātou, ko Annelise, ko Benjamin, ko Melanie aku tamariki
Ko Karaitiana toku whakapono, te Matua, te Tama, te Wairua Tapu
Nō reira tēnā koutou
My name is Mike Vannoort and I am the principal of Middleton Grange School in Christchurch, which is a state-integrated Christian school of approx 1400 students. Looking forward to meeting you all tomorrow in Tauranga.
Someone had to be last to the party…
Tēnā koutou All,
My name is Steve Farrand and I’m from Tawa, Wellington. I’m the proud father of two teens, Joshua (14) and Jessica (12 going on 18!) and husband to Kate. I was until recently the Principal of Maranatha Christian School in Lower Hutt. I left at the end of 2023 after a wonderful 10-year run. I’m currently the external lead principal for the Lower North Island Christian Kāhui Ako, volunteering my time to help establish a new Christian high school in Wellington, looking after a puppy, and being ‘house dad’ while trying to paint that ‘said house’ in the gaps. To be fair, this is quite a relaxing season compared to being a principal! I’m looking forward to meeting you all next week and continuing to grow as a leader ahead of my next position in a kura.
Hi Everyone,
I am principal of Tinwald School in the tourist mecca of Ashburton, famous for its innovative street names such as West Street and East Street. I am very privileged to be on a sabbatical at the moment and am looking forward to meeting you all and visiting the North Island. I was unsure if I needed a tetanus jab so got one along with a rabies one and my visa is confirmed.
Thanks
Peter
Kia Ora
I am Kerry Nancarrow and I am Principal of Tikorangi School in Taranaki which is a country school with about 175 students. I have been here nearly 5 years and I was a Principal of a smaller school for 3 years before that 🙂 I am looking forward to meeting you all next week.
Kind Regards
Kerry
Tena koutou,
Ko Rachel Evans tōku ingoa.
I am Tumuaki/Principal of Motupipi School in Mohua, Golden Bay (South Island) – a U2 school where I have been for nearly 2 years.
Prior to this I was Tumuaki of a U1 school (Paparimu School in Hunua, Auckland) for 8 years.
I am really looking forward to meeting you all soon at the retreat!
Tena koutou
Ko Catriona Chrystall tōku ingoa
I am principal of Ōtorohanga Primary School.
I am married to Tony and have 2 adult sons Tiberius and Justus.
Bit late to the party sorry. Even though I have been at our kura for almost 20 years no day/week/term/year is the same and this year has proved no different.
I am really looking forward to meeting everyone in a couple of weeks time.
I am late to the party too! See you early next month 🙂
Ata mārie, ko Jodie Linklater tōku ingoa.
I have been the principal at Ross School on the West Coast for the past 7 years.
I was born in Hastings but grew up in Tauranga and have lived on the West Coast for about 20 years.
I am looking forward to meeting you all in my hometown in May.
Kia ora koutou e te whānau
Ko Mike Clent tōku ingoa
I am Principal at Kerikeri High School, just starting my second year in this position. I was previously Associate Principal and Deputy Principal in our kura.
I’m married to Roz and we have two children, Matthew who has just started his second year at the University of Auckland, and Lucy who is Year 13 this year.
I really enjoyed meeting Grant a week or so ago, and I’m feeling excited about the thinking and work ahead as a result of the discussions we had. I’m also looking forward to meeting everyone else and sharing some time with you all.
Mauri ora
Mike
Kia ora tatou
ko Julian Cosgrove tōku ingoa
I am the tumuaki at Bream Bay College in Ruakākā.
I had a great hui with Grant last week which has already prompted some shifts in my practice and I am really looking forward to hearing the whakaaro from everyone in the group. Kia pai to rā
Tēnā koutou
Ko Orrest Head te maunga
Ko Mersey te awa
He mihi tēnei ki ngā mana whenua katoa o te rohe nei
Nō Ingarangi au
Nō Liverpool au
Ko ahau te tumuaki o te kura o Greenhithe
Ko Grady tōku ingoa whānau
Ko Stephen tōku ingoa
Very much looking forward to learning from and with you all! Should be an exciting year ahead!
Kia ora koutou katoa,
Ko Kelly Bicknell tōku ingoa.
I was born and raised in Masterton, but now live in the beautiful Pirongia with my husband Shaun and our three children, Kyla, Lucy, and Cooper.
I am the principal of Pirongia School and looking forward to learning alongside all of you this year!!!
See you all soon 🙂
Kia ora koutou katoa,
Ko Vicki Neave toku ingoa
He tumuaki ahua ki te kura o Iwikatea
Kia ora everyone, I’m Vicki and I am the principal of Balclutha Primary School, a U4 full primary in South Otago.
I am in my 15th year as a principal and really enjoy the range of challenges and rewards that every day brings.
I’m looking forward to connecting with everyone and learning a lot over the year.
Tēnā koutou katoa
Ngā mihi ki a koutou
Ko Tapuae-o-Uenuku te maunga e rū nei taku ngākau
Ko Kōwhai te awa e mahea nei āku māharahara
I whānau mai au ki Ingarangi
E noho ana ahau ki Kaikōura i nāianei
He tumuaki au ki te kura tuatahi o Kaikōura
Ko Hannah Simpson tōku ingoa
Nō reira, tēnā koutou katoa
Kia ora everyone, looking forward to meeting you all!
Tēnā tātou katoa. Hōnore ki te Atua. Kororia ki te Atua. No Awhireka ki te tonga au. Ko Tafelberg te maunga. Ko Eerste Rivier te awa. Ko Elim Christian Centre Whangārei te whare karakia. Ko Ben rātou ko Joey, ko Laurence, ko Marie ōku tūpuna. Ko Faan rāua ko Susan ōku mātua. Ko Annami tōku hoa rangatira. Ko Daniël rātou ko Janita ngā tamariki. Ko Barend tōku ingoa.
Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.
I am looking forward to spending time together and getting to know each other. As the proverb says, ‘As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another’. It will be great to be a little sharper tool in the toolshed at the end of this year … 😉
Your comment at the end made me smile, Barend. Welcome to the programme!
Tēnā koutou
Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou
Nō Ingarangi ōku Tūpuna
Nō Waikato tōku whānau
Nō Māwherea ahau
Ko Mortimer tōku ingoa whānau
Ko Samantha tōku ingoa
Ko au te Tumuaki ki tōku kura tuarua o Māwhera
Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa
I’ll add I am married to Paul and we have 2 daughters who are 20 and 22. One who has just finished uni and is currently in Europe after doing her last semester on an exchange at University of Cardiff and one who is finishing her degree this year and doing her last semester in Mexico!
Tenei te toku mihi kia koutou,
Ko Kapuarangi te maunga,
Ko Wainui te awa,
Ko Tainui te waka,
Ko Poho kererū au
Ko Tainui,
Ko Tairoa,
Ko Taimanawa Pōhatu,
Ko Tai,
Ko Ngai Tai te iwi,
No Torere ahau.
Ko ahau te uri nei o te whanau Walker,
Ko Claudine toku ingoa.
Kia Ora Koutou Katoa
Ko Tararua toku maunga
Ko Punahau toku roto
Ko Kawiu toku marae
Ko Hokio toku moana
Ko Muaupoko toku iwi
Ko Kurahaupo toku waka
No reira
Tena Koutou. Tena Koutou.
Tena Koutou Katoa
Nau mai haere mai, Misty. it is great to have you on board this year.