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Secondary and area school teachers plan more industrial action

March 24, 2023

Secondary and area school teachers around the country have voted overwhelmingly in favour of more industrial action, including a one day national strike next Wednesday, in support of their collective agreement negotiations.

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2023 Teacher Only Days

March 20, 2023

Previously eight additional teacher only days were allocated in the Accord between the Ministry of Education, NZEI Te Riu Roa, and PPTA Te Wehengarua. The last of these eight days…

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PPTA Te Wehengarua Strike Day activities Thursday 16 March 2023

March 13, 2023

Strike locations for the 16th of March 2023

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School attendance initiatives welcome – but more is needed

February 21, 2023

Initiatives announced by the Government today to help get young people back to school are steps in the right direction but even more assistance is needed, say secondary teachers.

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Megastrike Auckland 2019

Media releases

Secondary teachers set date for first national strike

February 10, 2023

Secondary teachers have decided that if there is still no satisfactory progress with their collective agreement negotiations over the next five weeks, they will hold a national one-day strike on Thursday 16 March.

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Secondary school principals ratify new collective agreement offer

February 9, 2023

Secondary school principals have voted to accept the Government’s latest offer for a new collective agreement.

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Louise Ryan

PPTA News: the Magazine

Introducing your representative in a range of professional fora

December 20, 2022

Meet Louise Ryan, who represents PPTA Te Wehengarua members in various national educational and union-based advisory groups

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Chris Hipkinsa

PPTA News: the Magazine

Pressing pause on RAS

December 20, 2022

Annual Conference has called for a pause on the Review of Achievement Standards (RAS) to enable curriculum changes to align better with NCEA changes

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Daniel Hapuku

PPTA News: the Magazine

End of academic streaming in sight

December 20, 2022

Annual Conference decided to advocate for the abolition of streaming in secondary schools by the end of 2030

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