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Children The Winners In Major ECE Funding Announcement
Monday, 18 May 2020, 3:10 pm | NZEI
Early childhood teachers are celebrating the reintroduction of extra funding for services with 100% qualified teachers. NZEI Te Riu Roa has been campaigning for a restoration of the 100 per cent funding band since it was scrapped by the National ... More >>
NZEI Te Riu Roa Is Welcoming The Government’s Focus On People, Jobs And Reducing Child Poverty
Thursday, 14 May 2020, 4:22 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa President, Liam Rutherford, says the budget comes amidst extraordinary circumstances, and that the union is supportive of the Government’s approach today to cushion the blow of the Covid-19 crisis. “We’re really encouraged by the Government’s ... More >>
Pay Jolt For Low-paid Early Childhood Teachers A Great First Step Towards Pay Parity
Monday, 11 May 2020, 7:59 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa is welcoming tonight's announcement of a pay rise of up to 9.6% for the lowest-paid qualified teachers in early childhood education (ECE). NZEI Te Riu Roa ECE representative, Virginia Oakly, says the announcement is a great first ... More >>
NZEI Te Riu Roa Welcomes Free Flu Jabs For Educators
Wednesday, 29 April 2020, 12:52 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa says educators across schools and early childhood services will be pleased that the Ministry of Education has announced one-off funding to cover their flu vaccinations undertaken between now and 30 June 2020. NZEI Te Riu Roa President ... More >>
Educators Need Priority For Seasonal Flu Jabs
Tuesday, 28 April 2020, 2:12 pm | NZEI
Now that more than 500,000 vulnerable Kiwis and key healthcare workers have received the seasonal flu vaccine, NZEI Te Riu Roa says a priority vaccination programme needs to be set up for educators returning to classrooms and early education services. ... More >>
NZEI Te Riu Roa Statement On Reopening Schools And Early Learning Centres
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 3:41 pm | NZEI
"We welcome the clarity from the Government around what alert level three will look like for New Zealand." More >>
NZEI Te Riu Roa Welcomes Government's Swift Roll Out Of Learning From Home Initiatives
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 2:30 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa is welcoming the Government's announcement today of a range of learning from home initiatives to help support learners, whānau, schools and centres through the Covid-19 lockdown. "This announcement is significant and welcome. The package ... More >>
Statement On Government's Decision To Close Schools
Monday, 23 March 2020, 7:34 pm | NZEI
Please attribute the below to Liam Rutherford, President of NZEI Te Riu Roa: "The Government's decision to close schools and early learning centres is a strong, decisive and necessary move in the fight to flatten the curve of Covid-19. ”Schools and ... More >>
School support staff vote to accept Living Wage payrise
Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 9:05 am | NZEI
School support staff have voted to accept collective agreement offers from the Ministry of Education, with the Living Wage of $21.15 as the new minimum pay rate. More >>
NZEI calls for urgent implementation of ECE strategy
Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 12:54 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa is calling for urgency in implementing the Government's 10-year early learning action plan, He taonga te temaiti, released today. More >>
Karen O'Leary stars in new early childhood fair pay video
Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 3:30 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa has launched a new video campaign to get the public behind fixing the huge pay gap between qualified early childhood teachers and other teachers. The video features Karen O'Leary, early childhood teacher and star of Wellington Paranormal. More >>
School support staff to consider new collective agreement
Saturday, 30 November 2019, 11:07 am | NZEI
School support staff to consider new collective agreement offer next week 30 November 2019 School support staff who are members of NZEI Te Riu Roa will vote on a new collective agreement offer from the Ministry of Education next week that includes a new minimum ... More >>
Shift in National's education policy a positive move
Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 11:14 am | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa says the National Party's education discussion document shows it has been listening to the sector, although there are still areas of concern for educators and students. More >>
NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes direction of school system reforms
Tuesday, 12 November 2019, 4:28 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed the direction of the Tomorrow's Schools reforms announced today. More >>
School support staff to demand fair pay in week of action
Sunday, 10 November 2019, 5:10 pm | NZEI
School support staff start a week of action tomorrow (Monday 11 November) to express their frustration over the stalling of collective agreement and pay equity negotiations. More >>
School support staff begin union meetings over pay equity
Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 9:47 am | NZEI
More than 10,000 school support staff around the country have begun two weeks of paid union meetings to discuss progress on pay equity, and next steps following the Ministry of Education's failure to present a collective agreement offer. More >>
NZEI Te Riu Roa launches bold campaign for fair pay in ECE
Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 9:45 am | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa has launched a bold new campaign to fix the pay gap in early childhood education (ECE) and empower the whole sector at its annual conference in Rotorua this morning. More >>
NZEI Te Riu Roa honours scholarship and award recipients
Monday, 30 September 2019, 3:44 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa has honoured scholarship and award recipients as part of its annual conference in Rotorua. More >>
Equity Index welcome but needs greater funding
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 1:02 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed the Minister of Education's announcement of an Equity Index to replace school decile funding, and agrees with his statement that it "should be introduced with additional funding to help ensure success" for students facing ... More >>
Educators' pay equity claims in spotlight for Suffrage Day
Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 3:08 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa members will be joining with others across the union movement by wearing black and white in support of pay equity on Suffrage Day tomorrow, and urging the Government to commit to a settlement for teacher aides this year. More >>
