Meet the Staff

Principal

Jason Reid

Nau mai, haere mai ki a koutou katoa.

Welcome to the ‘Meet the Staff’ page of the Kaiapoi High School website. Let me start by introducing myself by way of a traditional pepeha.

Ko wai au? Who am I?

Ko Tararua tōku maunga, Tararua is the mountain of my ancestors,

Ko Ōhau tōku awa, Ōhau is our river,

Ko Tainui tōku waka. Tainui is the canoe on which we arrived.

Ko Ngati Raukawa ki te Tonga rāua ko Ngati Aotearoa ōku iwi. I belong to the iwi of Ngati Raukawa ki te Tonga, and also identify with the wider iwi of ‘New Zealander’.

No Rangiora ahau. I am originally from Rangiora.

Ko Reid tāku whanau, Ko Jason tāku ingoa. My family are the Reids, and my name is Jason.

He tumuaki tāku mahi, Ko Te Kura Tuarua o Kaiapoi tōku kura. I am a principal, and Kaiapoi High School is my school.

Nō reira, Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.

Therefore, greetings to you, one and all.

It is a great privilege to be the tumuaki (principal) of Kaiapoi High School. We have an outstanding team of kaiako (teachers), kaimahi (support staff), ākonga (students), whānau (families) and whānau whānui (community).

We are very proud of our school community’s dedication to providing our ākonga with a multitude of opportunities and equally pleased to see our ākonga taking on these challenges and making the most of them.

Mā te huruhuru, ka rere te manu

‘Feathers enable the bird to fly’

Welcome, as we introduce the other staff members of Kaiapoi High School who are ‘equipping our young people to fly’. We look forward to seeing what exciting things our future holds in store.

Ngā mihi mahana

Jason Reid