Living Legends

Barry Stevens and Jenny Brown

Dawn Wilks

Lynn Williams and Ted Berry

KRISTIN HERITAGE

Living Legends

Preserving and sharing Kristin’s unique and rich heritage is an important part of our Alumni Department’s focus. Alumni Manager Victoria Morris and School Videographer Ian Robinson have begun work on a Kristin ‘Living Legends’ project, which aims to capture and share the stories of

Kristin’s pioneering beginnings and pathway to the future-ready school we know today.

Victoria and Ian have been collaborating with Ted Berry, who was a staff member at Kristin from 1994-2009 and our founding Middle School Principal (from 1998), to interview key figures from Kristin’s heritage, to bring these stories to life through their memories and anecdotes. To date, they have conducted interviews with founding Kindergarten teacher Dawn Wilks, Jenny Brown (founding family member and wife of first Board Chair, Dennis Brown), Barry Stevens (founding family and former Board member and Chair) and Lynn Williams (foundation teacher).

Ted Berry is particularly passionate about sharing the stories of our founders: “The pioneers of Kristin, those visionary and dedicated parents back in the early 1970s, were people of courage and commitment. Their story - of belief, of long hours working together, of shrugging off scepticism, and of finally opening Kristin in early 1973 - is a moving and exciting one. The pioneers will amaze and excite everyone with their stories!”

We look forward to sharing these stories with the Kristin Community and adding them to our school archives collection as valuable resources to preserve for future generations to enjoy.

Were you one of our founding families or did you attend Kristin in our early days in Campbells Bay or Albany? We’d love to hear from you. Please reach out to our Alumni Manager Victoria Morris via alumni@kristin.school.nz.