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Media releases 2026
Expert panel to review secondary school qualifications changes
PPTA Te Wehengarua has announced the establishment of a panel of highly experienced and diverse educationalists to monitor and review major changes to New Zealand’s national secondary school qualifications.
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Media releases 2026
Minister must be laser-focused on solving worsening secondary teacher shortages
PPTA Te Wehengarua is calling on the Minister of Education to be laser-focused on solving the serious shortage of secondary teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Media releases 2026
Government's employment law changes condemned
PPTA Te Wehengarua strongly condemns the Government’s changes to employment law, that were passed today.
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Media releases 2026
PPTA area school members go back to negotiations for new collective agreement
PPTA Te Wehengarua will return to negotiations for a new collective agreement for area school teachers, despite members having voted to accept the offer for settlement made by the Public Service Commissioner late last year.
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Media releases 2026
Education Minister fails to deliver secondary English and Maths resources for start of school year
The Education Minister’s failure to deliver promised resources for new Years 9 & 10 English and Maths to be taught at secondary schools is causing an extremely frustrating and stressful start to the school year, says Chris Abercrombie, president of PPTA Te Wehengarua.
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Media releases 2026
Students must be at centre of education change
As education communities around the world prepare to celebrate the International Day of Education, on 24 January, New Zealand secondary teachers call on the Government to make sure that young people are at the centre of educational change, particularly changes to our national secondary school qualification.
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