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Media releases 2024

Secondary teacher shortage shortchanges young people - and Aotearoa

May 12, 2025

The numbers of secondary teachers teaching subjects outside their specialist areas is at record highs, according to an annual staffing survey carried out by PPTA Te Wehengarua.

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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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Support the petition to protect pay equity!

May 9, 2025

The petition to Protect Pay Equity was presented at Parliament on 23 July, 2025. The fight to reverse changes to the Equal Pay Act and ensure that pay equity is delivered for generations of New Zealand workers continues! We'll keep you posted in our news feed, on our social media, and in the PPTA Collective News for opportunities to support the campaign.

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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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Government turns back clock on pay equity for teachers

May 6, 2025

PPTA Te Wehengarua is deeply disappointed by the Government’s decision, announced today, to push through changes to the pay equity process that undermine the integrity of teachers’ long-standing and evidence-based pay equity claim.

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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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