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Karamū High School

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Project Profile

School holidays are the ideal time for upgrades with no disruption. At Karamū High School in Hastings, a quick staffroom refresh over the holidays created a more flexible, welcoming space that’s already making a difference.

The school holidays are more than just a break – they’re a golden opportunity to make meaningful upgrades without disrupting day-to-day learning. That’s exactly what Karamū High School did, using the September holidays to breathe new life into their staffroom.

Principal Dionne Thomas and the leadership team were keen to transform a tired, outdated space into something more versatile and inviting.

The bonus? Staff returned to a completely new space – no downtime, no disruption.

“We wanted something relaxed and useful. A place where staff could eat, work, or just take a break.”
— Dionne Thomas – Principal, Karamū High School

Smart Design for Flexible Use

The school’s vision focused on flexibility, with spaces that support collaboration, quiet work, and casual connection. A mix of high and low seating caters to different preferences, and mobile furniture makes it easy for staff to reconfigure the space.

“The versatility is our favourite part. Staff love the standing work options and how they can move things to suit what they need.”
— Dionne Thomas – Principal, Karamū High School

Easy Process, Big Impact

Furnware Account Manager Marianne Elliott worked alongside the school, providing visual layouts that helped bring the design to life. With everything installed during the break, the new space was ready to go by Term 4.

“Doing it over the holidays was a great decision. It gave staff a real lift coming back to school.”
— Dionne Thomas – Principal, Karamū High School

The Karamū High School team worked with their Furnware consultant choosing a range of flexible seating including couches from our base collectionfold chairsvenice linea chairs, and ascend bar stools. This seating partners well with the gather high tableround disc base table, and the base coffee table.

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