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NZEI Te Riu Roa consulting with members on facilitation
Wednesday, 15 May 2019, 1:29 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa primary principal and teacher members are being urgently consulted on whether their negotiating teams should return to facilitation with the Ministry of Education through the Employment Relations Authority (ERA). More >>
Teachers vote for joint strike on 29 May
Sunday, 12 May 2019, 3:39 pm | NZEI
Primary and secondary teachers across New Zealand have both voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking joint strike action on 29 May, NZEI Te Riu Roa and the Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) announced today. More >>
Primary teachers and principals reject latest offers
Monday, 8 April 2019, 11:40 am | NZEI
Primary teachers and principals have overwhelmingly rejected the latest offers from the Ministry of Education to settle their collective agreements. More >>
Primary teachers and principals to vote on new offers
Sunday, 31 March 2019, 12:18 pm | NZEI
Primary teachers and principals begin online voting tomorrow (1 April) on whether to accept the latest offers from the Ministry of Education. More >>
Urgent funding needed to lift education workers' wage
Thursday, 28 March 2019, 10:24 am | NZEI
The rise in the minimum wage on 1 April will see a 7.3% increase for some education workers - but with no funding to pay the new rates. More >>
Paid union meetings to be replaced by online ballots
Thursday, 21 March 2019, 9:00 am | NZEI
Primary teachers and principals will now vote in online ballots about whether to accept the Ministry's latest collective agreement offers, following the cancellation of this week's paid union meetings. More >>
Nation-wide teacher meetings postponed as mark of respect
Sunday, 17 March 2019, 2:19 pm | NZEI
Nation-wide teacher meetings postponed as mark of respect for children, men and women killed in terrorist attacks 17 March 2019 More >>
NZEI supports student action over climate change
Monday, 11 March 2019, 10:15 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa supports young people who are planning to strike for climate justice this Friday. More >>
NZEI welcomes plans for in-home early childhood education
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 11:26 am | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes the Government's plans to require early childhood qualifications for in-home educators. More >>
Stress and long hours for school leaders at all-time high
Monday, 18 February 2019, 11:07 am | NZEI
More than a quarter of primary school principals and leaders are working more than 61 hours per week. And the teacher shortage, which is impacting on class sizes and students' education, is the fastest growing source of stress for school leaders (a ... More >>
Quitting teachers explain why they are leaving
Monday, 28 January 2019, 8:54 am | NZEI
Surveys* of teachers and principals who quit the profession last year show they left mainly due to a lack of work/life balance and burnout from high workload. The survey respondents included 169 primary and 201 secondary teachers and principals. More >>
Tomorrow's Schools recommendations welcomed
Friday, 7 December 2018, 2:07 pm | NZEI
Our nation’s children are finally being put at the heart of the education system. More >>
Teachers and principals reject Ministry's latest offer
Wednesday, 5 December 2018, 8:56 am | NZEI
Primary teachers and principals have overwhelmingly voted to reject the Ministry’s third round of offers, in a secret online ballot that closed last night. More >>
Consultation on ECE plan welcomed
Monday, 19 November 2018, 2:05 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes a draft Government strategic plan for early childhood education released for consultation today. More >>
Concerned education unions consider joint action
Friday, 16 November 2018, 4:59 pm | NZEI
The future of New Zealand children’s education hangs in the balance if the crisis in education is not fixed, teachers and principals say. More >>
Education unions' combined executives to meet
Friday, 16 November 2018, 8:38 am | NZEI
The combined National Executives of NZEI Te Riu Roa and the PPTA Te Wehengarua are meeting today (Friday, 16 November) at 4pm to discuss possible joint campaigning next year, should members reject the offers from the Ministry of Education. More >>
Teacher recruits won't last without improvements to workload
Wednesday, 14 November 2018, 2:39 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed the Ministry of Education's efforts in recruiting 550 overseas primary and secondary teachers for next year, but warns these teachers won't stay long without improvements to workload. More >>
Teachers set to deliberate
Friday, 9 November 2018, 7:08 pm | NZEI
Employment Relations Authority Chief James Crichton has recommended that NZEI Te Riu Roa members accept the latest offer from the Ministry of Education, at the conclusion of four days of facilitation between the union and the Ministry. More >>
Strike notices issued, primary teachers consider next steps
Friday, 9 November 2018, 3:27 pm | NZEI
Primary teachers are set to begin a week of one-day rolling nationwide strikes on Monday. More >>
Announcement on learning support a big win for teachers
Sunday, 4 November 2018, 2:35 pm | NZEI
The Prime Minister's announcement this afternoon that the Government will fully fund 600 Learning Support Coordinator positions in 2020 is a big win for children and a big win for teachers and principals. More >>
