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School attendance strategy welcome

June 9, 2022

The Government’s school attendance and engagement strategy, released today, has the potential to achieve a great deal of good in our communities, say secondary teachers and principals.

Urgent solutions needed to make schools safer

May 18, 2022

Going to secondary school – for both students and staff – is becoming increasingly dangerous in too many communities, and urgent solutions are needed, says Melanie Webber, President of PPTA Te Wehengarua.

PPTA News: the Magazine

Truth will out

May 3, 2022

PPTA’s long standing concerns about charter school management’s lack of accountability are vindicated by an Auditor-General’s report.

PPTA News: the Magazine

Another storm brewing in New South Wales

May 3, 2022

New South Wales teachers are seeing all the ingredients of a perfect storm building for recruitment and retention in the profession.

PPTA News: the Magazine

Pulling together to get through

Lagan and Philippa - April 28, 2022

Waikato-based Field Officer Kathleen West has some sage advice for these continually challenging times.

PPTA News: the Magazine

Tapping into the part-time potential

April 26, 2022

Schools are urged to create more part-time and job sharing options for teachers who can’t or don’t want to work full time.

PPTA News: the Magazine

Meetings fuel collective agreement campaign

April 26, 2022

Recent branch-based paid union meetings have given collective agreement negotiators much food for thought.

PPTA News: the Magazine

Teachers on the frontline

April 22, 2022

Teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand, along with more than 30 million teachers around the world, are on the frontlines of fights for democracy and against climate change.