
How PPTA is organised: structures
PPTA / Te Wehengarua supports teachers through local, regional and national structures and networks.
The Communities pages are where you will find out more about our networks.
Branches (schools)
There is a PPTA branch in each school, making the branch the most immediate and significant level of involvement for most members.
17,000 members in 560 branches (schools).
Each branch is autonomous.
Many branches are now led by an elected collective of branch officials, among whom tasks are shared out as they arise.
A branch receives funds from their region.
The effective performance of branch officers is crucial to ensure that the Association receives accurate and clear messages about what is happening in schools and what members want, and for members to receive the information and assistance in their working lives to which they are entitled.
Regions
PPTA branches are divided into 24 regions throughout New Zealand. Regions are autonomous and led by elected regional officers: chairperson, secretary, treasurer, women's co-ordinator, te reo-a-rohe and Pasifika co-ordinators.
Each region is responsible for:
- forming links between the branches in its area and links between its branches and the Executive;
- discussing matters referred to it by the Executive;
- considering remits from its branches and forwarding such remits to the Executive if approved by the regional organisation;
- appointing representatives to attend annual and special conferences;
- originating discussion on matters concerned with education in general and with secondary education in particular;
- controlling regional finances;
- supplying to the Executive before 31 May each year a report on its activities for the previous year.
Executive
The PPTA executive is the governing body of the association and is made up of members elected from the 24 regions, plus Māori and Pasifika representatives. Members also elect the PPTA president and vice-president.
President
Jack Boyle Sacred Heart College
Senior Vice President
Angela Roberts* Stratford High School
Junior Vice President
Melanie Webber* Western Springs College
Kaumatua
Te Whare Turuwhenua
Kaitautoko (Te Huarahi)
Gazala Maihi** Whaea
Executive members
Te Huarahi Māori Motuhake:
Miriama Barton Hamilton Boys’ High School
Wiki Te Tau Reliever
Komiti Pasifika:
Natalie Faitala* Wesley College
NZ Secondary Principals’ Council Chairperson:
James Morris** Darfield High School
Aoraki: Miles Winter Mountainview High School
Auckland:
Lawrence Mikkelsen (Eastern) Selwyn College
Austen Pageau (Northern) Birkenhead College
Melanie Webber (Western) Western Springs College
Raj Dawson Southern Cross Campus
Bay of Plenty/Central Plateau: Glenn Cassidy Western Heights High School
Canterbury: Jacinta Grice Hillmorton High School, and Bernie Lee St Thomas of Canterbury College
Counties-Manukau: Powhiri Rika-Heke Pukekohe High School
Hauraki Coromandel/Western Bay of Plenty: Tania Rae Mt Maunganui College
Hawkes Bay/East Coast: Lisa Hargreaves Havelock North High School
Hutt Valley/Wairarapa: Anne Hubbard Hutt Valley High School
Manawatu-Whanganui: Rob Torr Wanganui Collegiate School
Nelson/West Coast:
Northland: Graham Sharp Okaihau College
Otago: Joe Hunter* Otago Girls’ High School
Southland: Chris Abercrombie* James Hargest College
Taranaki: Simon Reid* Opunake High School
Waikato: Vinnie Monga Fairfield College
Wellington/Marlborough: Kevin Greig Aotea College, and Graham Smith Marlborough Boys’ College
* Management Committee member
** Not members of the Executive but entitled to attend meetings and receive Executive circulars
Executive standing committees
Professional |
Conditions |
Schools |
Simon Reid (Convenor) |
Chris Abercrombie (Convenor) |
Joe Hunter (Convenor) |
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Wiki Te Tau |
Miriama Barton |
Glenn Cassidy |
Raj Dawson |
Natalie Faitala |
Anne Hubbard |
Jacinta Grice |
Kevin Greig |
Henare Hutana |
Lisa Hargreaves |
Joe Hunter |
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Lawrence Mikkelsen |
Bernie Lee |
Tania Rae |
Austen Pageau |
Vinnie Monga |
Simon Reid |
Graham Sharp |
Graham Smith |
Powhiri Rika-Heke |
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Rob Torr |
Tania Rae |
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Miles Winter |
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Kirsty Farrant |
Fran Renton |
Rob Willetts |
Anthony Neyland |
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Doug Clark |
Association |
Membership |
Political |
Wiki Te Tau (Convenor) |
Miles Winter (Convenor) |
Austen Pageau (Convenor) |
Chris Abercrombie |
Miriama Barton |
Natalie Faitala |
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Glenn Cassidy |
Kevin Greig |
Raj Dawson |
Lisa Hargreaves |
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Jacinta Grice |
Joe Hunter |
Henare Hutana |
Anne Hubbard |
Bernie Lee |
Lawrence Mikkelsen |
Powhiri Rika-Heke |
Vinnie Monga |
Austen Pageau |
Wiki Te Tau |
Graham Smith |
Tania Rae |
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Rob Torr |
Simon Reid |
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Graham Sharp |
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Doug Clark |
Anthony Neyland |
Liz Robinson |
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Kirsty Farrant |
Rob Willetts |
2019-2020 Executive Committees and Portfolios
(From 1 February 2019 to 31 January 2020)
Adult Community Education: Vacancy
Area Schools: Raj Dawson
Area Schools Study Awards and Sabbaticals: Vacancy
CATE: Kevin Greig
Conditions Strategy Advisory Committee: Raj Dawson, Jacinta Grice, Lisa Hargreaves, Lawrence Mikkelsen, Austen Pageau, Wiki Te Tau, Graham Sharp, Miles Winter
CTU National Affiliates Council: Rob Torr
Curriculum Advisory Committee: Chris Abercrombie, Natalie Faitala, Kylie Houpapa, Joe Hunter, Graham Smith, Melanie Webber
Establishing Teachers: Lisa Hargreaves
Executive Ethics Appeal Board: Jacinta Grice
Executive Ethics Committee: Chris Abercrombie, Vinnie Monga, Tania Rae, Graham Sharp
Health and Safety: Rob Torr
ICT and Secondary Schools: Glenn Cassidy, Miles Winter
I & O Planning Committee: Bernie Lee, Graham Sharp
Learning Support: Joe Hunter, Austen Pageau
Management Committee: Glenn Cassidy, Joe Hunter, Simon Reid
Management Committee Financial Liaison Person: Chris Abercrombie
Middle Leadership Advisory Committee: Miles Winter
Political Strategy Committee: Chris Abercrombie, Kevin Greig, Lawrence Mikkelsen, Austen Pageau, Tania Rae, Simon Reid
Professional Issues Advisory Committee: Glenn Cassidy, Joe Hunter, Powhiri Rika-Heke
Rainbow Taskforce: Tania Rae, Vinnie Monga
RERG:
Sabbaticals: Graham Sharp
Secondary Principals’ Council: Simon Reid
Senior Positions Advisory Committee: Melanie Webber
Study Awards: Joe Hunter
Surplus Staffing Taskforce: Chris Abercrombie, Miles Winter
Te Roopu Matua: Jacinta Grice, Joe Hunter, Vinnie Monga
Women’s Network: Bernie Lee
Men’s Network: Vacancy
Te Huarahi Māori Motuhake
Te Huarahi's role is to advise Māori members and to act as a channel for their concerns; to consider and represent those concerns to Executive; and liaise with Māori members, particularly the regional Te Reo-ā-Rohe network. Te Huarahi has responsibility for making decisions which impact on Māori members.
Te Huarahi is the national Māori body elected on an iwi geographical basis by Māori members of the Association (Rule 75). Te Huarahi annually elects three of its current members to serve on the national Executive.
Where Executive or Te Huarahi wishes to resolve a question about Ngā Take Māori, a group consisting of Te Huarahi's representatives and an equal number of Executive members meet to find an appropriate solution as Te Rōpū Matua.
Elections
Members of Te Huarahi are elected by members on PPTA's Māori electoral roll to represent the following tribal areas: Tai Tokerau, Tāmaki Makaurau, Waikato, Mataatua, Te Arawa, Tai Rāwhiti, Taranaki, Whānganui, Horowhenua / Manawatu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Whanganui-a-Tara ki Ōtaki, Ōtepoti / Murihiku, Waitaha, Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Māui.
Kaumātua and Whaea
The Kaumātua and Whaea are chosen by Te Huarahi to assist and support Association matters and are entitled to participate in all aspects of the Association.
Contact
Te Huarahi Māori Motuhake 2018-2019
Kaumātua
Whaea
Whaea Tautoko
Te Taitokerau
(1 vacancy)
Tāmaki Makaurau
Johnny Waititi – Westlake Boys’ High School
Vincent Hapi – Wesley College
Pōwhiri Rika-Heke – Alfriston College
Waikato
Miriama Barton – Hamilton Boys’ High School
Mataatua
(1 vacancy)
Te Arawa
Hēmi Ferris-Bretherton – Te Kura o Hirangi
Tairāwhiti (shared role)
Trish Tangaroa – Gisborne Girls High School
Noeline Terere – Lytton High School
Ngāti Kahungunu
Whanganui
Patty Robinson – Freyberg High School
Taranaki
Taare Ruakere – Francis Douglas Memorial College
Horowhenua / Manawatū
Zeb Nicklin- Awatapu College
Awakairangi / Wairarapa
Johni Rutene – Chanel College
Whanganui-ā-Tara ki Ōtaki
(1 vacancy)
Te Tau Ihu o te Waka a Māui
(1 vacancy)
Ōtepoti / Murihiku
Wiki Te Tau – Reliever
(1 vacancy)
Waitaha
Miru McLean – Te Pa o Rakaihautu
PPTA service awards
The annual PPTA Service Awards are designed to recognise significant contributions members or former members have made to fellow members and the Association through their activism, leadership and commitment in their service to the association
Award candidates must be nominated by at least two other current full members.
Te Roopu Matua
Te Roopu Matua is the PPTA’s Treaty Partnership Roopu made up of equal members of National Executive and Te Huarahi members. They meet on equal terms to talk about relationships between the Treaty parties in the PPTA including issues that may arise and such things.
Recently, Te Roopu Matua assisted the PPTA on constitutional matters concerning the right of regions to include the traditional Māori name of their region in the constitution alongside the English one.
Current members (click any name to send an email):
Jack Boyle – PPTA president
Te Makao Bowkett – PPTA āpiha Māori
Jacinta Grice – PPTA executive, Hillmorton High School
Joe Hunter – PPTA executive, Otago Girls' High School
Henare Hutana – PPTA executive, Te Huarahi Kaumātua, Te Aute College
Gazala Maihi – Te Huarahi (whaea)
Vinnie Monga – PPTA executive, Fairfield College
Powhiri Rika-Heke – Te Huarahi, Alfriston College
Michael Stevenson – PPTA executive, general secretary
Trish Tangaroa – Te Huarahi, Gisborne Girls' High School