In an ordinary state school the Board of Trustees is the statutory body that has responsibility.
It can be sued and it can be charged with offences (as is currently happening with
the Board of Trustees of Whangarei Boys' High School
in relation to the Abbey Caves tragedy). In a charter school that risk falls on the sponsor organisation (BEWT).
Auckland Sports College will have an Advisory Board.
Our intention is that Board meetings will be open to the school community (public meetings rather
than meetings held in public). Proposed meeting dates for 2025 are
February 26
April 7
May 21
July 23
Sept 10
December 3
Minutes of these meetings are published on the school website after the following meeting
once they have been verified by the Board as being a true and accurate record of the meeting
and have been signed by the presiding member.
The planned composition of the Advisory Board is
Independent members (5)
Sponsor/Youth Representatives (2)
Independent Members
Siaosi Gavet (presiding member)
Siaosi is the CEO of Pro-Pare Athlete Management
Trust, a charity which operates a positive youth development programme.
He has many years of experience in the education sector and has
previously been the presiding member of the Kelston Boys' High School Board of Trustees,
a Ministry of Education Chief Advisor, a PTE Investment Advisor with the Tertiary Education Commission, a University
of Auckland manager, the manager of a Private Training Establishment, and the manager of
an Alternative Education programme.
TBA (PPTA representative)
Alan Curtis
If Auckland Sports College's application for estblishment as a designated character school had
progressed we would have asked The Ministry to appoint Alan as our governance facilitator. We will
be asking the Charter School support entity to appoint Alan in that role with Auckland Sports College.
Alan has served on more than a dozen boards over the last 28 years, including primary, secondary,
private, integrated and partnership schools. He is currently working with the New Zealand School
Trustees Association and works closely with the Ministry of Education in a variety of areas. He has
worked directly to support some 60 school boards over that time.
He has developed considerable expertise in opening new schools and in school mergers.
Alan is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and has worked with many
schools to assist them with their financial management. He has also been previously engaged by
the Ministry of Education as the regional financial adviser for Auckland and as property adviser.
Matthew Grey
Matt's background is in youth work and youth development. He has a Master's degree in Social Practice and
is the CEO of West City Boxing as well as the
chair of the West Auckland Youth Development Trust. In 2023 West City Boxing operated an alternative
education programme. Matt is a former CEO of Zeal Education Trust.
From 2016-2022 Matt was a member of the Henderson-Massey local board.
Citizen Tamatimu
Citizen is qualified both as a lawyer and an accountant. He is the Director of Business Services
at the Marist Bothers Trust Board. Citizen is an old boy of Kelston Boys’ High School and a former
chair of the school’s Board of Trustees.
Sponsor Representatives
James Cherrington-Thomas, Montell Falakoa
James and Montell are members of the sponsor’s board who will also sit on the advisory board.
They are both old boys of Mt Albert Grammar School.
