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Tom Hullena | |
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| Born | Thomas Henry Hullena [1] |
| Education | Wairarapa College [2] |
Tom Hullena is a former principal at Makoura College [3] he worked at the college from 2009 to 2015. [4] He also taught at Kuranui College as a HOD physical Education. [5] Tom Hullena received the MNZM for services to education in 2016. [6]
He worked mostly 70 hours a week or more over seven years while principal at Makoura. [7] He has been an educator for more than three decades and now helps lead the development of Youth in Education, Training and Employment schemes for the Ministry of Education. [8] He spent three years with Victoria University as a lecturer, researcher and teacher training adviser [9] from 2005 to 2008. [10] In 2014 he received the Prime Minister's Excellence Award for Leadership. [11]
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