International Staff

Mr Grant Berry is the Director of International Students. His background is in teaching English and French. He also speaks basic German, Portuguese and Spanish. He is a New Zealander, and has lived and travelled in many countries in Europe and the Americas.

Grant has taught English in New Zealand , French Guiana, Australia and was Head of English at Ararua College in the Cook Islands. He enjoys helping international students integrate into the school and life in Kerikeri.

Grant has a partner and a daughter who attends Kerikeri High School. He has worked at Kerikeri High School for sixteen years.

Mrs Diane Kelsey is the Accommodation Manager and the Sailing Academy Tutor. She lives in Kerikeri with her husband and two young children.

As Accomodation manager her role is to carefully match students to Homestay families and manage the ongoing relationship.

Diane is a New Zealand Yachting Federation Club instructor has a certificate in Marine Studies, Boatmaster Certificate, is a New Zealand Lifesaver, has her PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor's certificate, Life Support Certificate of Competency and has tutored students in New Zealand and the USA.

Mrs Sue Nash teaches English to international students. She is a trained teacher with twenty six years experience and has taught at primary, intermediate and senior levels at different schools in New Zealand.

Sue is a New Zealander who is married with five children all of whom have attended Kerikeri High School.

She has travelled to the UK, Europe and South Africa. She has also lived and worked on a kibbutz in Israel. Sue enjoys meeting and working with international students and learning about their cultures.

She has taught at Kerikeri High School since 2006.

Mrs Wiga Autet is the International Student Services Manager and Languages Tutor. She is of Polish origin married to a Frenchman and together they have called New Zealand home since arriving in Kerkeri from Italy five years ago.

They have settled in the Bay of Islands with their four daughters who have successfully learned English while attending Kerikeri Primary School and Kerikeri High School. Wiga completed an undergraduate degree in Italy, a masters degree in international marketing in France then went on to work for several multi-national corporations. She has lived and travelled extensively around the world enjoying mixing with new cultures, languages and customs.

Wiga speaks Polish, French, Italian and English fluently. She puts her skills to good use helping the International students make the most of their Kiwi experience.

Ms Fiona Robinson has recently joined our team as the part-time International Administrator.

Fiona is an ex-student of Kerikeri Primary School and Kerikeri High School who has travelled extensively throughout Europe, the United Kingdom, North Africa and Latin America.

She is a fluent Spanish speaker who has worked for many years as a journalist and writer. Fiona has a certificate in Adult and Tertiary Education and is a trained ESOL teacher with four years teaching experience in Latin America.

She and her partner run a business on the Whangaroa Harbour and her son, who was born in Argentina, is also a student at Kerikeri High School.