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Media releases 2025
National education coalition unites against changes to Education and Training Act
The National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF), supported by a coalition of national education organisations, has launched a petition against the Government’s removal of the requirement for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi by repealing section 127(2)(e) of the Education and Training Act 2020.
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Media releases 2025
Opposition to gutting the independence and core functions of the Teaching Council
An open letter to the Minister of Education from PPTA Te Wehengarua, , NZEI Te Riu Roa,New Zealand Principals’ Federation, New Zealand Area Schools Association, Aotearoa Educators Collective, Teacher Education Forum of Aotearoa New Zealand, He Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens, Catholic Education Office, Montessori Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand Pasifika Principals’ Association, and New Zealand Area Schools Association.
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Media releases 2025
Facilitation to occur for secondary collective agreement negotiations
The Employment Relations Authority has referred the PPTA Te Wehengarua and the Public Service Commissioner to facilitation for the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement negotiations.
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Media releases 2025
Education Minister’s bombshell takes us back to the future
The Education Minister’s shocking decision to remove the requirement for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi marks another step in this Government’s apparent drive to take Aotearoa New Zealand back 50 years, says Te Aomihia Taua-Glassie, PPTA Te Wehengarua Māori vice president.
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Media releases 2025
Unprecedented political interference in the role of the Teaching Council
Proposed changes announced today by the Education Minister would remove the Teaching Council’s independence and undermine teachers’ professionalism, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.
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Media releases 2025
Secondary teachers’ initial impressions of new curricula raise questions
Initial anecdotal feedback from secondary teachers about the new Year 0-10 curricula is concerning, says Kieran Gainsford, PPTA Te Wehengarua vice president.
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Media releases 2025
More secondary teachers needed to deliver new curriculum
The release of the final English and Maths curriculum for Years 1–10 marks a major shift for schools across Aotearoa. The Ministry of Education calls it content-rich, the reality is that the curriculum is content-heavy.
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Media releases 2025
PPTA Te Wehengarua members vote to strike
PPTA Te Wehengarua members who teach in secondary and area schools throughout Aotearoa New Zealand have strongly endorsed strike action in response to a lack of progress with their collective agreement negotiations.
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Media releases 2025
Secondary teachers urge Government to find more effective solutions
Secondary teachers have voted overwhelmingly to reject the Government’s offer for settlement of their collective agreement and are urging the Government to find effective solutions to the pressing needs of secondary education.
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