Our tutors are the heart of Toi Ohomai and whānaungatanga is part of everything we do here. As students of Toi Ohomai, you’ll feel a sense of family, of welcome.

Our friendly learning spaces and smaller class sizes will give you confidence as you gain new skills that will lead you into the future, and our tutors will be there for you every step of the way.

Your success is what we’re all about!

  • Bruce Tuhakaraina

    Bruce Tuhakaraina

    School of Te Kura Māori, Pathways, Business and IT

    Computing and IT

    Bruce Tuhakaraina is a passionate educator with over eight years’ experience teaching software and web development at tertiary level. Bruce specialises in fostering student… Read full profile

  • Que Bidois

    Quinton Bidois

    School of Design, Innovation and Service Industries

    Creative

    At Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, Quinton Bidois (Ngai Te Rangi, Ngāti Tapu and Ngati- Ranginui Pirirakau) teaches Visual Arts - one of the three majors offered as part of… Read full profile

  • Mel Paton

    Mel Paton

    School of Trades

    Horticulture

    After growing up on a farm and building a career in advertising, Mel Paton’s love for the outdoors and a desire to help her son’s eczema led her back to her roots. 

    … Read full profile
  • Riley Claxton

    Riley Claxton

    School of Design, Innovation and Service Industries

    Creative

    Riley mainly teaches the graphic design courses at Toi Ohomai and specialises in teaching techniques and design skills for Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. He finds this very… Read full profile

  • Kaveeta DuttKaveeta Dutt

    Kaveeta Dutt

    School of Te Kura Māori, Pathways, Business and IT

    Postgraduate

    Kaveeta Dutt is the Programme Manager for the Postgraduate programmes at Toi Ohomai. Study areas include Management (Business, Health, or Hospitality), Applied Professional… Read full profile

  • Robert Flores

    Robert Flores

    School of Te Kura Māori, Pathways, Business and IT

    Computing and IT

    Robert teaches computing and IT courses at Toi Ohomai, skilled in Wide Area Network (WAN), Local Area Network (LAN), Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP), Voice over IP (… Read full profile

  • Murray Foote

    Murray Foote

    School of Te Kura Māori, Pathways, Business and IT

    Computing and IT

    Murray teaches computing and IT at Toi Ohomai, particularly topics related to business structures and operations, human and computational systems interfacing, artificial… Read full profile

  • Andrew Chapman

    Andrew Chapman

    School of Te Kura Māori, Pathways, Business and IT

    Computing and IT

    Andrew teaches programming, web design and development, and project management. He also supervises student projects at level 6 and 7.

    He has a Master of… Read full profile

  • Ben Wilcock

    Ben Wilcock

    School of Design, Innovation and Service Industries

    Creative, Music and Performance

    "I’m lucky to be able to teach in an area I’m very passionate about – music," says Toi Ohomai creative tutor, Ben Wilcock.

    Ben holds a bachelor’s in Music and his… Read full profile

  • Kyle Sattler

    Kyle Sattler

    School of Design, Innovation and Service Industries

    Creative

    Kyle teaches visual arts, design and creative technologies at Toi Ohomai. He's a multimedia artist and musician with a Master of Visual Art from Wintec.

    His recent… Read full profile