MEET THE TEAM
Flavio Brito - Coordinator
I joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil when I was 19 years old. Since then, I love to share about our Saviour, Jesus Christ, with everyone. I worked for the Church Education System when living in Brazil and am so happy to be able to carry on His work now in New Zealand. I have a wonderful family; my wife and I live in Paraparaumu, whilst my two daughters and son live overseas. When not working for the Church, I was a psychologist and helped people with mental-health issues.
Flavio.Brito@churchofjesuschrist.org
022 014 6044
Cherie Pomare - Administrative Assistant
Part Time. Mornings: M, T, Th. All day: F
cheriepomare@churchofjesuschrist.org
022 010 5021
I was called as a Seminary teacher in 2017 and fell in love with teaching from the scriptures and my amazing students. In December 2022 I left teaching in primary schools and joined the S&I team - hopefully to help others enjoy teaching the gospel through Seminary & Institute. I love spending time walking the Wellington coastline with my husband, Craig, and trying to win at board games with our 2 children. I'm an expert at avoiding housework by spending time on my calling or curling up with a book.
Elder & Sister Hadley- S&I Missionaries, South Island
alankeith.hadley@churchofjesuschrist.com & kathryn.hadley@churchofjesuschrist.com
022 015 8611 (Elder Hadley) & 022 013 1983 (Sister Hadley)
We are Elder and Sister Hadley. We are most recently from Mt. Pleasant, Utah. Prior to that, we lived for 30 years in the southwest corner of Washington. There we had a dairy, beef cattle and sheep operation. We both had the privilege of serving missions when we were younger, Sister Hadley to Germany and Elder Hadley to the Netherlands and have looked forward to serving together for the past 44 years. We have been blessed to serve in the church in various callings throughout our lives. One of those opportunities has been teaching early morning and release-time seminary. We look forward to the opportunity to work with the youth and Young Single Adults on the South Island. We have 23 grandchildren and they along with our 8 children and spouses are praying for us and we are blessed to be here in New Zealand.
2025 KEY DATES
Seminary starts: 3rd February 2025
Seminary ends: 24th October 2025
Final Date for Makeup Work to be submitted: 9am Tuesday 28th October
HOLIDAYS (or - days you may be able to sleep in a little 🙂)
Thursday 6th February Waitangi Day
Saturday 12th April - Sunday 27th April School holidays (includes Easter & ANZAC Day)
Monday 2nd June King's Birthday
Friday 20th June Matariki
Saturday 28th June - Sunday 13th July School Holidays
Saturday 20th September - Sunday 5th October School Holidays
ASSESSMENT DATES
There have been changes made to how assessments are completed. There are now several days throughout the terms when assessment can take place.