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Concerned about school attendance? Support Fair Pay Agreements

October 19, 2022

Anyone who cares about education should get behind the Fair Pay Agreements legislation, due for its second reading in Parliament today, says Chris Abercrombie, Junior Vice President of PPTA Te Wehengarua.

PPTA rejects Ministry’s offer for community education collective agreement

October 14, 2022

PPTA Te Wehengarua national executive has rejected an offer from the Ministry of Education for the settlement of the collective agreement covering adult and community education workers and out of hours music and art workers.

Call for new way to staff schools – on need not numbers

October 12, 2022

Secondary principals and teachers are calling on the Minister of Education to introduce a new way of staffing secondary schools that is based on student need, rather than student numbers.

Secondary teachers call for end to academic streaming

October 5, 2022

Secondary teachers are calling for an end to academic streaming by 2030 because of the educational harm it is causing to Māori and Pasifika students.

Secondary teachers welcome investment package but....

September 14, 2022

The Government’s announcement that it will provide funding for additional teaching and tutoring and more Te Kura summer school places, to help the students worst affected by COVID to catch up on or re-engage with learning, is welcome, says Melanie Webber, PPTA Te Wehengarua President.

Invest in teachers, invest in Aotearoa

August 11, 2022

Secondary teachers are calling on the Government to invest in young people and Aotearoa New Zealand as they launch a campaign today in support of their collective agreement negotiations, which began formally in July.