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Urgent solutions needed to make schools safer

May 18, 2022

Going to secondary school – for both students and staff – is becoming increasingly dangerous in too many communities, and urgent solutions are needed, says Melanie Webber, President of PPTA Te Wehengarua.

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Truth will out

May 3, 2022

PPTA’s long standing concerns about charter school management’s lack of accountability are vindicated by an Auditor-General’s report.

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Another storm brewing in New South Wales

May 3, 2022

New South Wales teachers are seeing all the ingredients of a perfect storm building for recruitment and retention in the profession.

Accord Teacher Only Days

May 2, 2022

BackgroundEight additional teacher only days were allocated in the Accord between the Ministry of Education, NZEI Te Riu Roa, and PPTA Te Wehengarua.

These eight days will not extend the…

PPTA News: the Magazine

Pulling together to get through

Lagan and Philippa - April 28, 2022

Waikato-based Field Officer Kathleen West has some sage advice for these continually challenging times.

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Tapping into the part-time potential

April 26, 2022

Schools are urged to create more part-time and job sharing options for teachers who can’t or don’t want to work full time.

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Meetings fuel collective agreement campaign

April 26, 2022

Recent branch-based paid union meetings have given collective agreement negotiators much food for thought.

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Teachers on the frontline

April 22, 2022

Teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand, along with more than 30 million teachers around the world, are on the frontlines of fights for democracy and against climate change.

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Issues and Organising 2022

April 22, 2022

A condensed I & O event still provided a smorgasbord of professional and industrial food for thought.