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ERO Report Confirms NCEA Level 1 Concerns - School Boards Association
Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 3:15 pm | NZSTA
President of Te Whakarōputanga Kaitiaki Kura o Aotearoa | New Zealand School Boards Association, Lorraine Kerr MNZM, says the report confirms what has long been known about the inadequacies of the system. More >>
School Boards Saddened By Passing Of Hon Nikki Kaye
Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 2:59 pm | NZSTA
With a heavy heart and on behalf of all school boards in Aotearoa, we wish to offer our sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Hon Nikki Kaye, Association President Lorraine Kerr MNZM says. More >>
School Boards Welcome Release Of Govt Education Priorities
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 9:57 am | NZSTA
Te Whakarōputanga Kaitiaki Kura o Aotearoa (formerly New Zealand School Trustees Association) welcomes the release of the Government’s education priorities. More >>
NZSTA Board And President Election Results Announced
Friday, 4 August 2023, 12:18 pm | NZSTA
The New Zealand School Trustees Association has announced the results of its Board and President Elections. Incumbent President Lorraine Kerr MNZM has been returned for a seventh term, while three new members have been elected to the organisation’s ... More >>
Critical Role Of School Boards Highlighted By Minister, Sector Leaders At NZSTA Conference
Friday, 21 July 2023, 5:53 pm | NZSTA
The 33 rd New Zealand School Trustees Association (NZSTA) Annual Conference has kicked off in Rotorua, as hundreds of school board members converged on the Energy Events Centre Friday to hear from key leaders, including Minister of Education Hon ... More >>
NZSTA Launches National ‘Get On Board!’ Campaign In Call For 2022 School Board Election Nominations
Wednesday, 29 June 2022, 12:25 pm | NZSTA
School communities are swinging into campaign mode as nominations open for the September 2022 school board elections. "If you’re passionate about the education and future of kids in your community, then why not stand for your local school board?" ... More >>
Better Outcomes For High Needs Tamariki The Make Or Break Of School Funding Overhaul - NZSTA President
Monday, 30 May 2022, 11:41 am | NZSTA
NZSTA President, Lorraine Kerr, says she is optimistic Government plans for an equity-based school funding model will put high needs tamariki first and make the stigma attached to low-decile schools a thing of the past. "A decile-based funding model simply ... More >>
First-of-a-kind Partnership To Deliver World-class Training For School Boards
Tuesday, 12 April 2022, 5:10 pm | NZSTA
World-class online training is set to be rolled out for the 17,000-plus school board members in Aotearoa under an Open Polytechnic/NZ School Trustees Association (NZSTA) partnership for innovation. “Through the power of partnership, and the combined ... More >>
New Zealand Speech-language Therapy Awareness Week Of Connection September 27 - October 3 2021
Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 3:16 pm | NZSTA
This year’s theme for NZSTA Awareness week 2021 is Rangatiratanga , which is one of our core values. Rangatiratanga is associated with sovereignty, leadership, autonomy to make decisions, and self-determination. The word Rangatiratanga was used in article ... More >>
Budget 2021: No Silver Bullet, But A Good Start To Creating A Climate For Success
Friday, 21 May 2021, 10:36 am | NZSTA
School boards around the country will be gratified to know that many more of their students are having their basic needs for food, shelter and clothing met by the time Budget 2021 initiatives are implemented. The increased support for student wellbeing ... More >>
Education Transformation Has Been A Long Time Coming
Thursday, 23 July 2020, 3:25 pm | NZSTA
The system update contained in the Education and Training Act 2019 has been a long time coming. The New Zealand School Trustees Association is welcoming news that the new legislation has passed its third reading as schools around the country observe ... More >>
School Trustees Association Enthusiastic About Refreshed Māori Education Strategy
Wednesday, 22 July 2020, 10:40 am | NZSTA
A refreshed and re-energised Māori education strategy is launching at the perfect time for schools to work it into their post-lockdown planning and evaluation, says the New Zealand School Trustees Association. "Supporting the kaupapa of Māori ... More >>
Trustees Association outraged by Judge’s ruling
Friday, 25 October 2019, 2:49 pm | NZSTA
The New Zealand School Trustees Association is perplexed and outraged by a Tokoroa District Court Judge’s ruling that a North Island high school will be sentences "…to prepare and present a safety presentation at the National Conference of the ... More >>
Press pause and give 400,000 Kiwis time to speak
Wednesday, 4 September 2019, 11:02 am | NZSTA
Kiwis are being encouraged to support the 400,000 people in New Zealand who have a communication disability, in a week-long campaign by the NZ Speech Language Therapy Association (NZSTA), called “Press Pause, Please Give Me Time To Talk”. With ... More >>
Child Wellbeing Strategy a turning point
Friday, 30 August 2019, 2:04 pm | NZSTA
The School Trustees Association is excited about the Child Wellbeing Strategy released yesterday by the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the Minister for Children Tracey Martin. More >>
Welcome to our new CEO Elise Adams
Friday, 2 August 2019, 2:36 pm | NZSTA
NZSTA is delighted to announce the appointment of Mrs Elise Adams as Chief Executive of the New Zealand School Trustees Association (NZSTA). Lorraine Kerr, President of NZSTA, said "I am very pleased to appoint Mrs Adams to this critical role ... More >>
Real transformation takes time
Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 4:01 pm | NZSTA
With time over the long weekend to reflect on Budget 2019, NZSTA is convinced that this Budget is genuinely transformative. More >>
Tomorrow’s Schools review v Budget 2019 - what needs fixing
Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 4:00 pm | NZSTA
Budget 2019’s priorities for education include several key areas that NZSTA and other stakeholder groups have expressed concern about: the cost to parents of a supposedly ‘free’ state education, the shortfall in resources to cater to disability and ... More >>
Passionate about making a difference
Monday, 20 May 2019, 8:41 am | NZSTA
Having all four of her children attend Maidstone Intermediate, Heather was interested in understanding how their school was run. "I wanted to give back to the schools that my children had been at, and I wanted to meet new people. I wanted to be involved, ... More >>
Giving back to your community
Sunday, 19 May 2019, 10:24 am | NZSTA
Giving back to his community was something Tony Scott is passionate about. When he was asked by the Owhata school principal if he was interested in becoming a trustee, Tony agreed. More >>