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Media releases 2025
Secondary teachers to hold one day strike next Wednesday
Secondary teachers throughout Aotearoa New Zealand will hold a one day strike next Wednesday, in response to the Government’s offer for settlement of their collective agreement negotiations.
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Media releases 2025
Qualifications system must enable all learners to thrive
Every young person in Aotearoa New Zealand deserves the chance to succeed in a qualifications and assessment system that meets their needs and keeps them at the centre, says Chris Abercrombie.
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Media releases 2025
Government offer fails to address core issues of teacher recruitment and retention and unmet student need
Secondary teachers are looking for a collective agreement settlement that reflects teachers' value, skills, and the pressures of the cost of living, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.
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Media releases 2025
PPTA hopes for simple and speedy collective agreement talks
PPTA Te Wehengarua members hope their negotiations for a new collective agreement, beginning today, are as simple as the issues at the heart of the talks.
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Media releases 2025
PPTA members support additional salary claim
Members of PPTA Te Wehengarua, the secondary school teachers’ union, have overwhelmingly supported lodging an additional pay claim in their upcoming collective agreement negotiations now that new pay equity law has locked them out of any future process.
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Media releases 2025
PPTA members polled on additional pay claim to recognise pay equity loss
Members of PPTA Te Wehengarua, the secondary school teachers’ union, are being polled on whether they want to lodge an additional pay claim in their upcoming collective agreement negotiations now that new pay equity law has locked them out of the process.
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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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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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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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