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Area Schools Collective Agreement Settled

Friday, 21 December 2007, 11:29 am | NZEI

The two education unions, NZEI and PPTA welcome the settlement of the area school teachers’ collective agreement. More >>

Successful Settlement of Primary Teacher Pay Claim

Friday, 14 December 2007, 4:51 pm | NZEI

NZEI Te Riu Roa has successfully negotiated a fair pay settlement for thousands of primary and intermediate school teachers, which recognises the importance of middle and senior leadership in schools. More >>

Stalled Teacher Pay Talks To Resume

Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 3:28 pm | NZEI

Talks between primary teachers and the government over a stalled pay claim will resume today. (Wednesday 12 December). More >>

University Cuts Will Affect Teacher Supply

Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 1:11 pm | NZEI

NZEI Te Riu Roa, is challenging other universities not to follow Auckland’s lead, by cutting undergraduate enrolments, including the number of teacher trainees. More >>

Pay Increase for Education’s Invisible Army

Thursday, 6 December 2007, 5:13 pm | NZEI

Thousands of school support staff will get their largest pay increase in eight years following the settlement of their pay claim. More >>

NZEI Says Decile Assistance Will Cushion the Blow

Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 4:38 pm | NZEI

The country’s largest education sector union, NZEI Te Riu Roa, is pleased the government has answered its call to provide transitional funding for schools hit hard by decile changes. More >>

NZEI Welcomes Te Marautanga O Aotearoa

Thursday, 15 November 2007, 4:39 pm | NZEI

NZEI Te Riu Roa says the draft Maori medium curriculum is a pioneering document which will give teachers the clear direction they have been waiting for. More >>

Correspondence School Restructure: Detail Wanted

Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 4:56 pm | NZEI

The largest education sector union, NZEI Te Riu Roa, is calling on the Correspondence School to provide staff with more detail over its latest restructuring plans and to address the serious concerns they have. More >>

Success Will Depend On Time And Resourcing

Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 3:20 pm | NZEI

The New Zealand Curriculum 2007-2011, launched today, has the potential to change the face of education for the 21st century but the teachers union, NZEI Te Riu Roa, says it will only be effective if teachers and principals are given the time and ... More >>

Bargaining On "Invisible Army" Pay Claim

Monday, 5 November 2007, 5:16 pm | NZEI

Bargaining starts today (TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6th) on a pay claim for 11,000 school support staff, which seeks to address issues of low pay and job security. More >>

NZEI To Push Key Issues With New Minister

Wednesday, 31 October 2007, 3:00 pm | NZEI

The education union, NZEI Te Riu Roa, welcomes the appointment of Chris Carter as the new Minister of Education, following today's Cabinet reshuffle, and looks forward to working with him to progress a number of key issues in the sector. More >>

Celebrate Teachers On World Teachers' Day

Thursday, 25 October 2007, 9:43 am | NZEI

World Teachers’ Day was established by UNESCO and is celebrated in over 100 countries around the world each year. More >>

Primary teachers consider next move on pay claim

Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 5:04 pm | NZEI

NZEI Te Riu Roa, the union representing 27,000 primary teachers, is asking them to consider how they want to proceed with their pay claim following adjourned negotiations with the Ministry of Education. More >>

Extra Money Needed For Big Decile Funding Losers

Friday, 12 October 2007, 9:47 pm | NZEI

The country's largest education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is calling on the government to provide transitional funding to schools hit hard by decile funding changes. More >>

Urgent Action To Address Teacher Shortage Crisis

Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 3:06 pm | NZEI

The country’s largest education union NZEI Te Riu Roa says it’s time to stop talking about the primary teacher shortage and start looking at solutions for the sake of both children’s learning and teachers’ workload. More >>

Action Not Words Needed for New Teachers

Monday, 17 September 2007, 4:44 pm | NZEI

The country’s largest education sector union, NZEI Te Riu Roa says it is essential that new teachers get the support and training they need, particularly as New Zealand faces a teacher supply crisis. More >>

Teachers Should be Properly Skilled, says NZEI

Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 5:30 pm | NZEI

NZEI President Irene Cooper says the union believes all students have the right to be taught by qualified and registered teachers and the Council should not be making decisions based on teacher shortages and supply issues. “Parents have every right ... More >>

School Support Staff To Consider Pay Claim

Friday, 31 August 2007, 4:21 pm | NZEI

Paid stop work meetings get underway around the country over the next two weeks for school support staff - the so-called invisible workforce within the education sector. More >>

Primary Teacher Supply Crisis

Friday, 31 August 2007, 3:35 pm | NZEI

NZEI, Te Riu Roa, says there is a teacher supply crisis and the Department of Labour inclusion of primary school teachers amongst the top ten highest vacancy high-skill jobs comes as no surprise. More >>

Negotiations begin on pay for primary principals

Monday, 27 August 2007, 11:03 am | NZEI

NZEI, Te Riu Roa, begins negotiations today (Monday August 27th) with the Ministry of Education for a pay increase for the country’s 1920 primary school principals. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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