Brontë joined the Education team in January 2024 and is based at Laidlaw’s Henderson campus.

She holds a Master’s degree in Teaching and Learning from the University of Canterbury. Her teaching experience has predominantly been in the Social Sciences.

Brontë is passionate about education and has been involved in several innovative curriculum initiatives. Most recently, Brontë was instrumental in the development of the specialist programme for Year 10 students at KingsWay School, in Auckland. She is currently teaching in both the BEd and the GradDipEd programmes.

Brontë is a keen social scientist, who loves critical thinking and historical inquiry. She has visited several different countries through missions trips to Thailand and Vanuatu, and a research trip to the United States with a focus on the American Civil Rights Movement. Brontë has also completed research into Jewish immigration post-World War II on behalf of the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand. As a social historian, Brontë enjoys exploring different perspectives and making stories of the past relevant to our lives today. 

Brontë is also kept busy by the menagerie of farm animals that live with her and her husband on their small lifestyle block, north of Auckland.