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NZEI Te Riu Roa Welcomes Jan Tinetti As New Minister Of Education
Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 12:49 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa President Mark Potter has welcomed the elevation of Jan Tinetti to be the new Minister for Education and is looking forward to working with her to ensure the Government remains committed to making positive systemic change in the ... More >>
More Overseas Teachers May Help Shortage, But Not A Cure-all
Monday, 12 December 2022, 6:18 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa supports the addition of primary teachers to the Green List work to residence pathway, announced by the Government today, which signals a clear acknowledgement of the shortage of teachers in Aotearoa. However NZEI Te Riu Roa President Liam Rutherford ... More >>
NZEI Te Riu Roa Urges Government To Make More Professional Development Time Permanent
Wednesday, 30 November 2022, 9:22 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI TE Riu Roa has welcomed the addition of four teacher-only days over the next two years as the refreshed New Zealand Curriculum is bedded into schools, but is asking the Government to ensure more time for professional learning and development ... More >>
Teachers Tell Government That Offer 'Needs Improvement' In Resounding Rejection Vote
Sunday, 27 November 2022, 1:06 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
27 November 2022 Tens of thousands of primary and area school teachers from across Aotearoa have unequivocally voted to reject offers made by the Ministry of Education to settle their collective agreements and told them to ‘do better’. NZEI Te Riu ... More >>
NZEI TE Riu Roa Members Alarmed At Proposal To Dis-establish Vital Māori Educators Roles
Friday, 18 November 2022, 4:56 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa members across Aotearoa have expressed their ‘extreme disappointment’ at a Ministry of Education proposal to disestablish 53 Resource Teacher of Māori (RTM) positions. The proposal was presented by the Ministry as part of offers to ... More >>
NZEI TE Riu Roa Educators To Discuss Employment Offer, Further Action
Monday, 14 November 2022, 6:10 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
14 November 2022 Tens of thousands of principals and teachers working in primary, area schools and kindergartens up and down Aotearoa will attend dozens of union meetings over the next three weeks to discuss offers from the Government to settle their collective ... More >>
Connection Between Teachers And Tamariki Key To Turning Around Attendance
Thursday, 10 November 2022, 6:03 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Lower class sizes, more teacher aides and much great access to learning support for all tamariki who need it are among key solutions to turning around attendance, NZEI Te Riu Roa said today (Thursday, 10 Nov). The Education Review Office today ... More >>
ECE Subsidies Need To Be Matched With Support For Teachers
Sunday, 6 November 2022, 7:27 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes the Government’s decision to increase early childhood education subsidies for families, but stresses that this change must be matched with actions to improve working conditions for ECE teachers and reduce high teacher turnover ... More >>
Four Pay Equity Settlements, Up To 79 Percent Pay Rises – A Legacy Of 50 Years Of The Equal Pay Act
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 10:44 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa is welcoming pay increases of up to 79 percent today for some members, as the union marks the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act 1972 this week (20 Oct.). The latest pay equity settlements – for kaiārahi i te reo and school administrators ... More >>
NZEI Te Riu Roa Supports Students Striking For Climate
Friday, 23 September 2022, 5:37 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa is standing with students as they strike for climate justice across the country today. Students are calling for urgent action on climate change with rallies in Wellington , Tāmaki Makarau , Ōtautahi , New Plymouth and ... More >>
Concern For Early Childhood Teachers’ Wellbeing - Survey
Friday, 26 August 2022, 5:32 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Inadequate staffing levels at early childhood centres may be compromising teachers’ wellbeing, according to the findings of the New Zealand Early Childhood Education and Kōhanga Reo Hauora Health and Wellbeing Survey. NZEI Te Riu Roa is calling for ... More >>
Disappointment At Reasons Why Pay Parity Not Funded - NZEI Te Riu Roa
Tuesday, 16 August 2022, 5:42 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa is bitterly disappointed at reports the government failed to fully fund pay parity for early childhood teachers in this year’s Budget in an effort to save money. Documents released by the Treasury show that it warned the government ... More >>
More Support Needed For Teachers Around New Curriculum - NZEI Te Riu Roa
Friday, 12 August 2022, 5:32 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Primary school teachers union NZEI Te Riu Roa is welcoming the curriculum overhaul announced today and says increased support for teachers professional development will be critical to its successful implementation. Action plans for Hei Raukura Mō ... More >>
Worrying Trend In Pool Of Reliever Teachers Continues - NZEI Te Riu Roa
Monday, 25 July 2022, 7:04 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Primary school principals are warning the disruptions to children’s learning will continue this term, with new analysis from NZEI Te Riu Roa showing the chronic shortage of relief teachers is the continuation of a worrying long-term trend that requires ... More >>
NZEI To Recognise Principals' Contribution
Sunday, 3 July 2022, 1:05 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa is getting behind principals with a new initiative to recognise the contribution they make to education. “Tu Meke Tumuaki” week starts on Monday and aims to highlight the often unsung and unnoticed work that school leaders do ... More >>
Big Step Towards Fair Pay For Vulnerable Workers - NZEI Te Riu Roa
Saturday, 11 June 2022, 1:34 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
11 June 2022 New Zealand’s largest education union NZEI Te Riu Roa has been heartened by the International Labour Union’s support for the introduction of Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs), saying they will lift quality in the early childhood education sectors by ... More >>
A Budget Of Two Halves For Tamariki - NZEI Te Riu Roa
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 7:19 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
New Zealand’s largest education union says there are a number of pleasing aspects of this year’s Budget but it is frustrating to see no long-term commitment to fixing the issues of under staffing and increased work demands that affect the quality of ... More >>
ECE relief teachers present COVID pay petition to Government
Friday, 17 September 2021, 4:01 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
A union-backed petition to ensure ECE relief teachers are paid during lockdown, signed by nearly 5,000 teachers and supporters, was delivered to Government via Zoom this afternoon. The petition, addressed to Education Minister Chris Hipkins and received ... More >>
Urgent Action Must Be Taken To Improve Access To Early Childhood Education
Friday, 18 June 2021, 5:15 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa says a new report shows urgent action must be taken to improve access to early childhood education. A report released by UNICEF today ranks New Zealand 33rd of 41 EU and OECD countries based on their national ECE and paid parental leave ... More >>
New Research Shows Teacher And Principal Health And Wellbeing Much Worse Than General Population
Thursday, 27 May 2021, 7:00 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Results from NZEI Te Riu Roa’s 2020 Health and Wellbeing Survey show that workload related stress for both principals and teachers is at a level far exceeding the general population. NZEI Te Riu Roa President Liam Rutherford says the results are unsurprising ... More >>
