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Support the petition to protect pay equity!
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
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
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
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
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
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
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Melanie Webber, Senior Vice President of PPTA Te Wehengarua.
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PPTA News: the Magazine
Time for branch resolutions against charter schools
All PPTA branches are being urged to pass a resolution as soon as possible against charter school conversion
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Draft English curriculum lacks connection with reality
The draft English curriculum released this week, raises concerns about how out of touch it is with the realities of secondary education in 2025 in Aotearoa New Zealand, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.
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