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Education Minister’s Bombshell Takes Us Back To The Future
Tuesday, 4 November 2025, 3:19 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
“This requirement reflects our unique dual cultural heritage and the responsibilities that our schools have to ensuring our tamariki and rangatahi are grounded and thrive in that heritage. All New Zealanders benefit from giving effect to Te Tiriti." More >>
Unprecedented Political Interference With The Role Of The Teaching Council
Monday, 3 November 2025, 4:27 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
Stripping the Teaching Council of its role in setting standards, registration criteria, and the code of conduct is unprecedented political interference. More >>
Teachers’ Initial Impressions Of New Curricula Raise Questions – PPTA
Thursday, 30 October 2025, 10:47 am | PPTA Te Wehengarua
Teachers will definitely need more time to teach this expanded curriculum, especially in increasingly diverse classrooms. You cannot simply increase expectations without increasing the resource. More >>
More Secondary Teachers Needed To Deliver New Curriculum
Tuesday, 21 October 2025, 9:25 am | PPTA Te Wehengarua
“It is clear that in order to deliver the new curriculum, teachers will need more time with students,” says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president. More >>
PPTA Te Wehengarua Members Vote To Strike
Saturday, 11 October 2025, 1:25 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
Chris Abercrombie said the Government’s offer ignored teachers’ claims for more pastoral staffing to help the increasing number of students who had health and emotional needs which were preventing them from engaging fully with learning. More >>
Secondary Teachers Urge Government To Find More Effective Solutions
Friday, 12 September 2025, 9:56 am | PPTA Te Wehengarua
Between Monday 15 September and Thursday 18 September, PPTA Te Wehengarua members will not teach, instruct, or supervise students in certain year levels. More >>
Secondary Teachers Consider Revised Offer For Collective Agreement
Monday, 8 September 2025, 12:40 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
The offer includes more money for pay, with increases spread unevenly across the teaching workforce and still below current and projected rates of inflation. More >>
Secondary Teachers To Hold One Day Strike Next Wednesday
Wednesday, 13 August 2025, 1:58 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
PPTA Te Wehengarua members have also overwhelmingly endorsed rostering students home – not teaching specific year levels on specific days – in the week beginning 15 September, if there is insufficient progress in negotiations. More >>
Qualifications System Must Enable All Learners To Thrive – PPTA
Monday, 4 August 2025, 8:53 am | PPTA Te Wehengarua
Commenting on the Government’s announcement today of proposed changes to the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA), Chris Abercrombie said there were many positive aspects of NCEA that should be retained and built on. More >>
PPTA Rejects Government's Collective Agreement Offer
Wednesday, 23 July 2025, 4:37 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
Government offer fails to address core issues of teacher recruitment and retention and unmet student need More >>
PPTA Hopes For Simple And Speedy Collective Agreement Talks
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 9:12 am | PPTA Te Wehengarua
Public education strengthens communities and provides opportunities for all ākonga. Secondary teaching is an integral part of public education and it is an incredible career – knowing that every day, in some way, you are making a difference to the lives of young people, is an amazing feeling. More >>
Government Turns Clock Back On Pay Equity For Teachers
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 12:37 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
"The integrity of the pay equity process is now being undermined by political interference. Every step in this process has met legal and procedural standards, and was conducted in good faith under an agreement with previous governments." More >>
Mentoring Crucial For Success Of Overseas And New Secondary Teachers
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 2:59 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
A recent survey, carried out by PPTA Te Wehengarua, of establishing and overseas trained secondary teachers found that 90% of respondents agreed that mentoring had helped their development. More >>
Draft English Curriculum Lacks Connection With Reality
Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 1:45 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
Moving away from a curriculum that is underpinned by Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a seriously backward move, says Chris Abercrombie. More >>
No Frills Teaching Council Needed - PPTA
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 9:01 am | PPTA Te Wehengarua
The Teaching Council has opened consultation this week on a proposal to increase practising certificate renewal fees from $464 to $501 for the next three years. More >>
More Effective And Lasting Solutions Needed For Teacher Shortages
Friday, 21 February 2025, 9:26 am | PPTA Te Wehengarua
“The Government’s attempts to address the shortage by importing teachers from overseas, employing unqualified staff and lowering the re-entry requirements for teachers who have been out of the profession for a while, are a bandaid on the significant ... More >>
Report Reflects Teachers’ Concerns About Shambolic Implementation Of NCEA L1
Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 8:29 am | PPTA Te Wehengarua
The current Government needed to shoulder some responsibility for the implementational shambles this year. “Their requirement for public sector cuts saw almost all specialist support for NCEA implementation removed from the Ministry through a chaotic restructuring ... More >>
International Condemnation Of NZ Charter Schools Law
Friday, 4 October 2024, 1:40 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
Bea Bruske, president of the Canadian Labour Congress, told the Ministers that ‘your lack of support for the workers of the PPTA who provide so much to their students shows a lack of leadership on your part. More >>
PPTA Te Wehengarua Will Cover Members In Charter Schools
Wednesday, 2 October 2024, 1:53 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
Today’s decision by annual conference means that PPTA Te Wehengarua decides who can be members, not the Associate Education Minster and his hand-picked authorisation board. More >>
NCEA Survey Shows Serious Concerns About Rollout Of Level 1 Changes
Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 2:49 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
Eighty-three percent of respondents said resources were arriving too late, and 80% were concerned about the availability and usefulness of resources. More >>
