Richard Goodyear

Principal
principal@pirinoa.school.nz

I’m thrilled to be the new principal of Pirinoa School. I’m focused on fun, hands-on, meaningful learning for the kids and a happy, relaxed team of teachers and support staff. I have a Montessori background which has given me loads of experience in seeing how well the kids respond to learning about the ‘big picture’: how our planet came to be, how life evolved and the impact humans have on the environment as we go about our creative, brilliant endeavours. I live up in the big smoke of Martinborough with my wife Jo, having moved over from Wellington in 2020. We have a lifestyle block up there with loads of olive trees, that we are slowly turning into something resembling a business! I like to get up to Auckland in my holidays to play around on my boat in the Hauraki Gulf or spend time with landlubber friends and family who are dotted around the motu. I’m looking forward to meeting you soon.