{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Tom Hullena | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=100%}} | image = | caption = | birth_name = Thomas Henry Hullena<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/thomas-henry-hullena|title=Thomas Henry Hullena | New Zealand Rugby History|website=www.rugbyhistory.co.nz}}</ref> | birth_date = | birth_place = Masterton, New Zealand<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://waibush.co.nz/wp/player/thomas-henry-tom-hullena/|title=Thomas Henry 'Tom' Hullena|date=July 9, 2017|website=waibush.co.nz}}</ref> | death_date= | death_place = | spouse = | education = Wairarapa College<ref name="auto"/> }}
'''Tom Hullena''' {{post-nominals|country=MNZM}} is a former principal at Makoura College<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/wairarapatimes-age/docs/wairarapa_midweek261016|title=Wairarapa Midweek 26 Oct 2016 by Wairarapa Times-Age - Issuu|website=issuu.com|date=27 October 2016 }}</ref> he worked at the college from 2009 to 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://times-age.co.nz/toms-new-role-masterton/|title=Tom's new role for Masterton|date=November 10, 2016|website=Times Age}}</ref> He also taught at Kuranui College as a HOD physical Education.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/02-whole/02_whole.pdf Close or be closed: to what extent can school closures and mergers be contested and negotiated?]. Retrieved 12 June 2025</ref> Tom Hullena received the MNZM for services to education in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gg.govt.nz/images/tom-hullena-mnzm-masterton-services-education|title=Tom Hullena, MNZM, of Masterton, for services to education | The Governor-General of New Zealand|website=gg.govt.nz}}</ref>
== Career == He worked mostly 70 hours a week or more over seven years while principal at Makoura.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/acclaimed-principal-steps-down/GPXXYDAWINWARKVSWEITLJA5JE/|title=Acclaimed principal steps down|website=NZ Herald}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/award-for-makoura-saviour-and-educator/FTBN6G5TZKO3VCMCCY4S5RG2NU/|title=Award for Makoura saviour and educator|website=NZ Herald}}</ref> He spent three years with Victoria University as a lecturer, researcher and teacher training adviser<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hometown-educator-to-lead-makoura-fight-back/EGXTW3AFFPTA5NDIEUQLPWTJJU/|title=Hometown educator to lead Makoura fight-back|website=NZ Herald}}</ref> from 2005 to 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tom Hullena |url=https://www.growthcoaching.com.au/team-member/tom-hullena/ |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=www.growthcoaching.com.au}}</ref> In 2014 he received the Prime Minister's Excellence Award for Leadership.<ref>{{cite web |title=Masterton high school bounces to the top |url=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-dominion-post/20140628/281805692019139 |publisher=The Dominion Post |access-date=22 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113111426/https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-dominion-post/20140628/281805692019139 |archive-date=November 13, 2021 |via=PressReader |language=en |date=2014-06-28 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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