Our Board of Trustees & Reports

Board of Trustees

As a Boards of Trustees in a Catholic Integrated school, our board is larger because we have both elected and appointed members. Appointed members are appointed by the Proprietor (The Bishop of Hamilton) and are called Proprietor's appointees (Prop's Rep). Our current Board Members are as below:
Member
Phone
Email
Tom Donaldson - Presiding Member/Prop's Rep
027 941 5028
[email protected]
Fr Vince Jones - Prop's Rep (Parish Priest)
07 896 8030
[email protected]
Mannix Houpapa - Prop's Rep
027 238 9286
[email protected]
Gerry McGirr - Principal ​
 
[email protected]
Robbie Poole
022 131 0507
 
Blair Bacon
027 322 7023
[email protected]
David Fyfe
027 289 8000
 
Whitney Kelland
027 750 9458
w[email protected]
Samantha Vermeulen - Minutes Secretary and Staff Rep
07 895 6933
[email protected]
The Board's role is to govern the school. There are two key documents that our Board of Trustees (BOT) uses to assist then to govern our school :
  1.    In the area of Catholic Special Character.    The NZ Catholic Education Office has produced a Handbook for Boards of Trustees of NZ Catholic State-Integrated Schools. This is available online here
  2.   The National Education and Learning Priorities (NELP).  You can get a complete description of NELP here  
The NELP are as follows :
  • Objective 1 - Learners at the Centre
  • Objective 2 - Barrier Free Access
  • Objective 3 -  Quality Teaching and Leadership
  • Objective 4 - Future of Learning and Work
  • Objective 5 - World Class Inclusive Public Education

Reports

You can find various reports relating to St Patrick's Catholic School below, these are updated as they become available.

2023 Annual Financial Report
2025/2026 Strategic Plan
2024 Analysis of Variance Report
2022 Education Review Office Report