Based at the Toi Ohomai Tauranga campus, Tyla Murray teaches the New Zealand Certificate in Hairdressing (Level 3) programme. She joined Toi Ohomai in 2025 with more than a… Read full profile
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.
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School of Design, Innovation and Service Industries
Michelle McGregor
School of Design, Innovation and Service IndustriesMichelle McGregor teaches hairdressing at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology’s Mokoia, Rotorua campus.
She joined our institute in 2024 and teaches the New Zealand… Read full profile
Jewelle Lloyd
School of Design, Innovation and Service IndustriesJewelle Lloyd has over 30 years’ experience in vocational education and has trained more than 500 hairdressers. Based at our Whakatāne campus since 2018, Jewelle teaches the… Read full profile
Jacquie Horgan
School of Design, Innovation and Service IndustriesJacquie Horgan teaches the New Zealand Certificate in Hairdressing (Professional Stylist) (Level 4) programme at our Whakatāne Campus, bringing more than four decades of… Read full profile
Leon Hughes-Turuta
School of Design, Innovation and Service IndustriesLeon Hughes-Turuta teaches the New Zealand Certificate in Commercial Barbering (Level 4) at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology’s Rotorua campus.
As a former… Read full profile
Leah Friis
School of Design, Innovation and Service IndustriesLeah Friis teaches the New Zealand Certificate in Commercial Barbering at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology’s Rotorua campus. She joined the institute in 2020 and has more… Read full profile
David Tiumalu
School of Design, Innovation and Service IndustriesDavid Tiumalu teaches the New Zealand Certificate in Commercial Barbering (Level 4) at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology’s Tauranga Campus. Throughout his career, he has… Read full profile
Anne Bradley
School of Te Kura Māori, Pathways, Business and ITAnne teaches in the Master of Management programme, specialising in Research Methods, Change Management and the supervision of master’s theses. Her teaching focuses on building… Read full profile
Peter Blakeway
School of Te Kura Māori, Pathways, Business and ITPeter is a Principal Academic Staff Member teaching and supervising across the Master of Management and MAPS programmes.
He is based in Melbourne, where he and his… Read full profile
Rani Dhaliwal
School of Te Kura Māori, Pathways, Business and ITRani teaches in the Master of Applied Professional Studies programme on the Mentoring and Leadership Strand which includes specialist subject areas around reflective practice,… Read full profile