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Administration
Principals want calm during COVID-19 crisis
Teacher unions are talking with the Ministry of Education to make sure everyone working in education can continue to be…
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Education
More work needed on workload to fix teacher shortage
There is still likely to be a shortfall of 1,020 teachers in 2020
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News
NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes gov’s education spending sig
The Finance Minister signalled the spending while announcing a $7.5b surplus in the year to June earlier today.
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News
History waits: pay delay lawsuit, principals shun MoE, NZEI speaks out
It’s been a rocky road for the education sector. How will the Accord work for teachers? How can schools with…
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Administration
Last min offer for primary principals
Could this be the winner? A union vote will decide by August 26.
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Administration
Teachers and principals return to negotiations
NZEI Te Riu Roa and the Ministry of Education agreed to return to negotiations for the primary teachers' and primary…
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News
Why we are quitting: teachers reveal all
"Far too much teaching for assessment rather than for learning and critical thinking. Endless administration, pointless meetings and increasingly unreasonable…
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Administration
“Thanks but no thanks”: teachers reject another Ministry offer
Union representatives on the negotiating team simply did not believe that the latest offer was good enough to take out…
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Administration
Concerned education unions consider joint action
Elected leaders of 48,000 principals and teachers from PPTA Te Wehengarua and NZEI Te Riu Roa have met and agreed…
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Administration
Facilitation week starts with a bang
Facilitation at the ERA is ongoing this week and began on Monday at 10:30am - the rolling strike is still…
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Industry Voices
Hesitant praise for new teacher supply and demand model
The new tool released by the MoE to estimate the number of teachers required in the future is a good…
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Administration
Filling next year’s teacher shortage ‘devilishly hard’
"This is not simple. The teacher education, recruitment and appointment systems are fragmented and do not provide good central information…
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Education
Secret online ballots scheduled to vote on latest MoE offer, which would increase base salary scale by 3% p.a
The Ministry of Education has tabled new collective agreement offers for primary teachers and principals, who will hold secret online…
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News
Teachers advised to stay tuned as pay talks continue
NZEI Te Riu Roa will continue to negotiate in good faith in order to arrive at a new proposal, President…
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News
Negotiations still underway for teachers & principals
21 days and counting for the education sector, as hope for a settlement following strike action persists, and public support…
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Administration
Education Minister dubious on National Party’s ‘class size’ u-turn
While the education minister and NZEI Te Riu Roa president disagree on National's sincerity, principals and teachers around the country…
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News
Full-day strike vote scheduled for August
What will you decide? The ballot will run for a week from today - Wednesday 25 July.
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Education
Union meetings abound as teachers weigh up industrial action over pay dispute
Meetings began on Monday and will continue for two weeks. “Members call the shots on this – it is up…
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