3 Nov 2026

Hi everyone,

The Waituna West School Board of Trustees is very pleased to be able to announce Melissa Brown as our new Tumuaki Principal for 2027. Melissa is currently Assistant Principal at Levin Intermediate School. She has strong passion for rural schools having attended one while growing up in rural Bay of Plenty and more recently serving as Principal at National Park School. Melissa has a demonstrated understanding of rural schooling, experience in multi-level teaching and ability to manage all facets of rural principalship. 

The Board would like to thank our school community for your patience and support as we undertook the Principal Appointment process. We are really pleased with the outcome and look forward to working alongside Melissa. 

Kind regards ,

The Waituna West School Board of Trustees

2 Nov 2026

There were some very excited children at school today!

Tomorrow morning...........

When you drop your children off at school for camp / arrive as a camp parent, please park on the side of the road down by the hall area.  Please do not park in the hall carpark. 

Camp parents will be asked to drive their cars into the carpark area when we are ready to pack their car.

Tim - could you please park in the hall carpark area so we have the trailer close by for any additional packing requirements.

See you all in the morning. 

1 Nov 2026

30 Oct 2026

Hi Everyone,

The Board completed the shortlisting of candidates for our Principal role last week. On Tuesday evening we conducted referee calls. Tomorrow morning we will be interviewing our shortlisted candidates at the school. We hope to be in a position to make an announcement on our decision to the school community in the very near future.

Kind regards,
Regan O'Brien
Presiding Member
WWS BoT

29 Oct 2026

Join us for our upcoming Community and School Term 4 Business Meeting on November 18th at 7pm.

We’d love to hear your thoughts and suggestions, so feel free to share any agenda items in the comments below or email me directly. The deadline for submitting agenda items is November 11th.

If you have any apologies to share, please let us know in the comments as well.

Remember, everyone is welcome, and we look forward to seeing you there!

Thanks

Tammie