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Branch calls on Board and CEO to resign
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 5:18 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers at The Correspondence School today called on the Board of Trustees and the CEO to resign after a “fail” assessment for their performance this year. At a union meeting today the PPTA branch assessed many aspects of their performance ... More >>
NCEA attacks unfair on the kids
Tuesday, 13 December 2005, 12:38 am | PPTA
National education spokesman Bill English and a tiny minority of markers are once again turning the NCEA into a political football, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Peachey must come clean over Selwyn
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 12:38 am | PPTA
Reports that National Party MP Allan Peachey made disparaging remarks about Selwyn College to a contributing primary school add to the growing evidence that his email threat to Selwyn’s principal was more than a mistake, Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Peachey apology not enough
Monday, 5 December 2005, 11:36 am | PPTA
National MP Allan Peachey’s apology to Selwyn College over an emailed threat to its school principal doesn’t go far enough, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
NCEA report card shows promise
Friday, 2 December 2005, 4:24 pm | PPTA
The Learning Curves report released yesterday paints an encouraging picture of the direction NCEA is heading, but there is plenty of room for improvement, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti says. More >>
PPTA releases briefing papers
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 11:05 am | PPTA
More support for NCEA, the need for smaller class sizes, help for secondary schools to recruit and retain technology teachers and insufficient operations funding are among the key issues raised in PPTA’s briefing papers to the new government. More >>
NZEI and PPTA Presidents To Join Oz Workers
Friday, 11 November 2005, 12:10 am | PPTA
The presidents of New Zealand's two largest education unions will join a national day of community protest in Australia next Tuesday against legislation aimed at stripping Australian workers of many of their basic workplace conditions. More >>
Funding gap contributes to safety failures
Thursday, 10 November 2005, 9:58 am | PPTA
An incident such as the gas explosion at Kaitaia College could happen again because schools’ operations grants are already stretched to the limit, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Appalling ignorance over transgender issues
Monday, 31 October 2005, 1:41 pm | PPTA
Supporting the basic human rights of transgender and intersex people has nothing to do with political correctness and Wayne Mapp’s remarks over the dumped gender identity bill are just another glaring example of intolerance, PPTA president Debbie ... More >>
ERO should stop dumping on schools
Thursday, 27 October 2005, 1:07 pm | PPTA
It’s too easy for ERO to dump on teachers and schools for problems that years of unemployment, transience, poverty, poor housing and family dysfunction have created, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
PPTA welcomes new education minister
Thursday, 20 October 2005, 4:38 pm | PPTA
PPTA is welcoming the appointment of Steve Maharey as education minister and is looking forward to working constructively with Mr Maharey to address key issues in secondary education. More >>
PPTA welcomes new education minister
Wednesday, 19 October 2005, 4:02 pm | PPTA
PPTA is welcoming the appointment of Steve Maharey as education minister and is looking forward to working constructively with Mr Maharey to address key issues in secondary education. More >>
Technology dream still unrealised
Thursday, 6 October 2005, 1:18 pm | PPTA
Howard Fancy’s speech to the Technology Education New Zealand Conference may have been entitled dreams, realities and future directions but the current realities for the technology curriculum are certainly not a dream realised, PPTA president Debbie ... More >>
President’s 2005 Conference Speech
Tuesday, 27 September 2005, 11:05 am | PPTA
It is my pleasure to welcome all of you here today. Some of you I know pretty well, some I have met on my travels to various regions and branches, but many of you are new faces to me. I look forward to getting to know all of you better during what ... More >>
Funding shortfall must be addressed
Tuesday, 27 September 2005, 11:04 am | PPTA
The incoming government must urgently increase secondary schools’ operations funding to maintain a high quality public education system, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
A promise made to be broken
Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 12:55 am | PPTA
The National Party’s pledge to bulk-fund teacher salaries at the top of the salary scale is destined to be its first broken promise if it is elected government, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Desperate attempt to divert attention
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 5:19 pm | PPTA
The National Party’s plan to lodge complaints over union advertising is an increasingly desperate attempt to divert attention away from their links to biased leaflets put out by members of the fundamentalist Exclusive Brethren, PPTA general secretary Kevin ... More >>
Key’s figures reveal bulk funding reality
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 1:54 pm | PPTA
John Key’s statement that the National Party would spend only $80 million to introduce compulsory bulk funding of teacher salaries next year if elected government confirms that some schools would be losers under the policy, PPTA general secretary Kevin ... More >>
National should come clean on bulk funding
Thursday, 1 September 2005, 5:10 pm | PPTA
The National Party should disclose exactly which formula it would use to bulk fund teacher salaries and how much it would cost to implement it, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Bulk funding pledges don’t stack up
Wednesday, 31 August 2005, 12:58 am | PPTA
National’s promise to bulk fund teacher salaries at the top pay rate by redirecting funds from an ‘exploding’ bureaucracy doesn’t stack up, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
