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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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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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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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Ministry’s teacher supply model over optimistic – PPTA

December 15, 2022

Projections of secondary teacher supply, released by the Ministry of Education today, seem over optimistic and the extent of the secondary teacher shortage over the next three years will most likely be worse as pay and working conditions continue to deteriorate, says Melanie Webber, President of PPTA Te Wehengarua.

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Government offers rejected resoundingly by secondary principals and teachers

December 6, 2022

PPTA Te Wehengarua members have rejected all recent offers by the government for settlement of the secondary principals’ and secondary teachers’ collective agreements and the area school teachers’ and area school principals’ collective agreements.

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Secondary teachers meet to respond to Government offer

November 27, 2022

About 20,000 secondary teachers will attend paid union meetings, during school hours, this week to decide how they will respond to the Government’s recent offer for a new collective agreement.

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Government’s collective agreement offers rejected by PPTA national executive

November 22, 2022

Offers by the Ministry of Education for settlement of the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement and Area School Teachers’ Collective Agreement have been rejected outright by PPTA Te Wehengarua national executive – ahead of regional paid union meetings being held at the end of November.