School Board & Policies

School Board Election Results

Published 17 September 2025

We are pleased to announce the results of the recent elections for the School Board of Hutt Valley High. These results have been confirmed by Election Pilot, HVHS’s Returning Officer. The following representatives will take office from the first board meeting of Term 4 on Wednesday, 8 October 2025:

  • Parent Representatives (three-year term): Susan Dunne, Charles Darr, William More, Andrew Hood and Jen Broster.
  • Staff Representative (three-year term): Sarah Robbins
  • Student Representative (one-year term): Benji Farndale

School Board

The school board is responsible for the governance of Hutt Valley High School. The School Board is an important part of our school as they set the strategic direction for our school, consult with our school community about our school, ensure the school’s funding is spent wisely and ensure that we are giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi within our school.

School Board Members

The board members are:

  • Denise Johnson – Principal (on sabbatical leave, returning at the start of term 4)
  • Tim Fox – Co-Acting Principal
  • Fiona Pearson – Co-Acting Principal
  • Miranda Cross – Presiding Member/Parent Representative
  • Charles Darr – Parent Representative
  • Susan Dunne – Parent Representative
  • Jacinta Laulau – Parent Representative
  • Mike Pewhairangi – Parent Representative
  • Tyson Szeto – Student Representative
  • Jason Tierney – Staff Representative
  • James Wilkinson – Parent Representative

Also in attendance at board meetings are:

  • Lana Goddard – Board Secretary

To contact the board, please email Board Secretary, Lana Goddard at lana.goddard@hvhs.school.nz. If you wish to contact the Presiding Member directly, please email Miranda Cross at chair@hvhs.school.nz.

Board Meetings

Board Meetings for 2025

The board has scheduled its 2025 meetings for 26 February, 2 April, 21 May, 25 June, 6 August, 3 September, 8 October (first meeting for the newly elected board), 5 November and 3 December.

Board meetings are held in public. All members of the Hutt Valley High School community are welcome to attend.  The provisions of Part 7 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 apply to some sensitive issues discussed ‘in committee’.   If you wish to attend a meeting, please email Board Secretary, Lana Goddard at lana.goddard@hvhs.school.nz

Board Minutes

Please find below copies of the approved minutes for the 2024 and 2025 board meetings:

Governance Manual

Find out more about Hutt Valley High School’s governance framework in the Governance Manual

Plans & Reports

School Policies & Procedures

Hutt Valley High School uses SchoolDocs’ services for storing policies and procedure documents.

Please click on the link below to view the policies of Hutt Valley High School’s school board. When you’re prompted for a username and password, please enter the following:

  • SchoolDocs website: https://www.schooldocs.co.nz/
  • Click on the ‘Search for your school’ button and enter Hutt Valley High School
  • Username: hvhs
  • Password: Adalta

Once you’ve logged in you’ll see the screen below and you can search for Hutt Valley High School’s policies.

SchoolDocs image for logging into the Hutt Valley High School policies page.