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Enabling our students to be their best selves
LGBTQ+ rangatahi deserve to be their best, most authentic selves and school communities need to do all we can to make that happen.
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Media releases 2025
Budget initiatives come at expense of working women
Secondary teachers welcome some of the initiatives announced in the Budget today, including changes to the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme (ORS) and an increase in alternative education funding, but deplore the way these have been funded, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.
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Pay equity day of action
Thursday 22nd May is a day for PPTA branches to stand up for pay equity! We are standing up for teachers, for women, and all workers in…
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A devastating day in the life of a pay equity advocate
This is how it feels to be a pay equity advocate under the government’s boot, writes Jo Brunskill.
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Media releases 2024
Secondary teacher shortage shortchanges young people - and Aotearoa
The numbers of secondary teachers teaching subjects outside their specialist areas is at record highs, according to an annual staffing survey carried out by PPTA Te Wehengarua.
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Media releases 2025
New pay equity law locks teachers out of process
Clauses in the new pay equity legislation will make it impossible for teachers to progress a pay equity claim, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.
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Support the petition to protect pay equity!
The petition to Protect Pay Equity was presented at Parliament on 23 July, 2025. The fight to reverse changes to the Equal Pay Act and ensure that pay equity is delivered for generations of New Zealand workers continues! We'll keep you posted in our news feed, on our social media, and in the PPTA Collective News for opportunities to support the campaign.
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Media releases 2025
Secondary teachers initiate bargaining amidst teacher shortage and pay equity tensions
Every secondary student in Aotearoa New Zealand deserves a teacher who is trained in the subject they are teaching, and too many are being denied this, the latest PPTA Te Wehengarua staffing snapshot shows.
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Government turns back clock on pay equity for teachers
PPTA Te Wehengarua is deeply disappointed by the Government’s decision, announced today, to push through changes to the pay equity process that undermine the integrity of teachers’ long-standing and evidence-based pay equity claim.
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