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Why Join?With more than 50,000 members, one in every 90 Kiwis is a member of NZEI Te Riu Roa! Together we can support you at work, at home and in the community to ensure you can play your role in delivering high quality education to New Zealand's children. NZEI Te Riu Roa has been representing people in education since 1883. We represent the employment and professional interests of a wide range of education professionals, including:
0800 NZEI HELPCall 0800 NZEI HELP (0800 693 443) to ask about pay and conditions, leave, NZEI membership, retirement savings, conflicts, grievances or individual matters.8:30am to 5pm weekdays. Improve Your Pay and StatusNZEI Te Riu Roa has the collective strength to negotiate improved pay and conditions. We have a proud history of successful campaigning for better status and pay for our members:
By joining NZEI you can be sure that:
Membership benefitsAs an NZEI member, you are able to access special benefits including low cost health insurance, discounts on electronic goods, holiday units in Rotorua, an NZEI credit card, and a welfare fund. See benefits here.Your protection at workBeing a member of NZEI Te Riu Roa means being part of a team that acts collectively to support each other. NZEI Te Riu Roa has paid field staff and voluntary Members' Support Teams working throughout New Zealand to support you. Our industrial advocates are skilled and experienced negotiators. As a member, you are involved and kept informed during the negotiation of your collective employment agreement. Remember, you can only be covered by the NZEI Te Riu Roa-negotiated agreement at your workplace if you are a member of the union.At NZEI we believe in the vital contribution all education staff make in providing a quality learning environment for children at every level of their education. We represent teachers and principals, school support staff, kindergarten and early childhood centre teachers, Kaiarahi i te reo, assistants to teachers of students with severe disabilities and special education assistants, Group Special Education managers, field staff and support workers, advisers and specialists. Support is just a phone call away NZEI has skilled field officers and takawaenga who visit workplaces and keep in touch with members, providing advice, information and advocacy. They ensure your interests are protected. Working from NZEI offices throughout New Zealand they are just a phone call away. There is an NZEI worksite representative at almost every worksite where NZEI has members. All worksite representatives have the opportunity to attend training courses designed to assist them to be effective in their role of supporting members.
In your area there is also a Members' Support Personnel team made up of counsellors and advocates - NZEI Te Riu Roa members trained in giving confidential employment-related support and counselling services. Influencing Education PoliciesNZEI plays an active part in developing national education policies, promoting high professional standards and the best education for children.
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Reflecting your interestsNZEI Te Riu Roa is a democratic organisation in which people working in education support each other on professional and employment matters. Members elect their representatives. Involvement begins in the workplace and continues through local branches, aronui tomoa or komiti pasifika and district councils to the union's National Executive and Maori Council, Te Reo Areare.
Sector networks ensure the needs of all members are understood and reflected throughout NZEI Te Riu Roa. Advisory groups provide policy advice to the National Executive, monitor professional concerns and play a key role in the negotiation of employment agreements, recruitment and networking. NZEI Te Riu Roa is committed to honouring and giving effect to the Treaty of Waitangi within education and inside the union. The union's Maori structures are supported in their work to improve the quality of Maori education.
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