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​HMWLead Vision Statement

We aim to support leaders to have a strong moral purpose and to have the personal courage to see and take opportunities to transform their schools. These warm and demanding leaders will champion student agency, wellbeing, equity and strong relationships in environments where powerful learning occurs and where staff and students thrive. The leaders we partner with will grow strong teams who will participate in and lead change.

HMWLead Values

Moral Purpose 
Moral responsibility and ethical decision-making by ourselves and partners
Courage 
Ourselves and partners stepping out of our comfort zones to realise our moral purpose
Strong Relationships 
Collaboration, co-construction, team development, being warm and demanding
Ethical Partnerships
Confidentiality, integrity, being warm and demanding​
Growth
For both ourselves and our partners
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Curiosity
How might things be if….

​Overriding Principles

We will co-construct our methodology so that we support schools and leaders to move from theory to practice as they navigate uncertainty and change.
We will act ethically and focus on developing strong relationships with our partners which allow all to grow.

Meet Maurie

Maurie started his role as Foundation Principal at Hobsonville Point Secondary School in October 2012 and finished in July 2023. Prior to that, he was the Principal of Opotiki College for 10 years after being Deputy Principal for 10 years.
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His teaching areas have been in the Social Sciences. Maurie has been involved in leading the implementation of restorative practice within schools and has run workshops on this topic throughout NZ and overseas. This, along with his passion for exploring new ways to engage teachers and students, resulted in Opotiki College achieving the kinds of results equal to those achieved by more economically advantaged schools.

The commitment to academic excellence and strong, positive relationships with students is what he brought to his role as Principal. At Hobsonville Point Secondary School he helped lead the development of an innovative curriculum and pedagogy designed to better prepare today’s young people for their current and future worlds.

His greatest enjoyment over his 40 years as a teacher/leader has been in helping others realize their potential to lead.
In his spare time he likes to collect vinyl records, run marathons and compete (at a very social level) in adventure racing.