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Media releases 2025

New pay equity law locks teachers out of process

May 9, 2025

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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Media releases 2025

Secondary teachers initiate bargaining amidst teacher shortage and pay equity tensions

May 7, 2025

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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Media releases 2025

PPTA calls on Minister Stanford to come clean on Kāhui Ako

May 6, 2025

PPTA Te Wehengarua, the secondary school teachers’ union, has asked the Education Minister Erica Stanford to release any proposal relating to the future of Kāhui Ako.

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Media releases 2025

PPTA welcomes Government decision to pay teachers’ practising fees

April 28, 2025

PPTA Te Wehengarua welcomes wholeheartedly the Government’s decision, announced today, to pay teachers’ professional practising fees, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.

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Media releases 2025

Mentoring crucial for success of overseas and new secondary teachers

April 23, 2025

More support for mentors of new teachers is needed to keep secondary teachers in the profession, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.

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Media releases 2025

PPTA Te Wehengarua Farewells Melanie Webber

April 10, 2025

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Melanie Webber, Senior Vice President of PPTA Te Wehengarua.

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Media releases 2025

No frills Teaching Council needed

March 6, 2025

The Teaching Council needs to stick to its core business of registering and de-registering teachers, and investigating misconduct, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president. Protection for quality for public education in NZ is of primary importance.

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Media releases 2025

More effective and lasting solutions needed for teacher shortages

February 21, 2025

It is good to see the Minstry of Education acknowledge there is a serious secondary teacher shortage but its solutions need to be more effective and bolder, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.

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