Dale is a creative arts tutor for the Bachelor of Creative Industries, with a particular focus on graphic design, from print based to screen-based outcomes.
Our Tutors
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!
Dale Sattler
School of Te Kura Māori, Pathways, Business and IT
Nicol Sanders-O’Shea
School of Design, Innovation and Service IndustriesNicol is the Academic Leader of Arts in the Business, Design and Service Industries faculty at Toi Ohomai.
She's been a practising artist and master printmaker… Read full profile
Donna Dinsdale
School of Design, Innovation and Service IndustriesDonna teaches the Fashion Design major within the Bachelor of Creative Industries at Toi Ohomai.
She holds a Bachelor of Design from Otago University and a… Read full profile
Darcell Apelu
School of Design, Innovation and Service IndustriesDarcell teaches visual arts, moving images, collaborative projects and cultural theory at Toi Ohomai.
She has a keen interest in exploring identity in relation to legacy… Read full profile
Anne-Marie Simon
School of Design, Innovation and Service IndustriesAnne-Marie is a tutor for the Bachelor of Creative Industries and the Certificate in Art and Design courses at Toi Ohomai.
After graduating with a Diploma in… Read full profile
Adrian Maidment
School of Design, Innovation and Service IndustriesAdrian teaches media arts and communication at Toi Ohomai.
His experience spans from advertising and video marketing, to search engine optimisation and podcasting.… Read full profile
Debashis Dutta
School of Health, Education and EnvironmentDebashis joined the Environmental Team in 2003 and teaches Botany and Vertebrate Biology (Level 5), Biological Statistics, Biosecurity Ecological Restoration (Level 6), and… Read full profile
Dave Bishop
School of Design, Innovation and Service IndustriesDave is a music tutor at Toi Ohomai. He's also a New Zealand singer-songwriter and music educator with a contemporary performance and recording history of over 30… Read full profile
Dave Guccione
School of Health, Education and EnvironmentDave joined Toi Ohomai in 2007 and teaches papers on invertebrate biology, fisheries management, and statistics.
"I’m passionate about teaching and sharing my… Read full profile
Erin Kennedy
School of Health, Education and EnvironmentErin joined the Environmental teaching team at Toi Ohomai in 2017. She teaches across all three years of the diploma/degree course, mainly in the areas of geology, terrestrial… Read full profile