We are 47,000 principals, teachers and support staff who work in primary, area and secondary schools as well as early childhood centres, special education and school advisory services.
We come together as NZEI Te Riu Roa to fight for quality public education—because every child is worth it.
Ako, the professional journal for 50,000 educators who are members of NZEI Te Riu Roa. In te ao Maori, the concept of aka means both to teach and to learn.
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Treasury suggested the Government scale back funding increases for children with additional learn needs, and advised that increases to funding for early childhood services and schools were not a priority because there was no evidence they could not cope.
If you are upset please send a message today!
Ministry of Education Support Workers have ratified their historic pay equity settlement, which is the education sector's first pay equity settlement.
In our recent survey of ECE we found a number of you are being paid less than the legal minimums. Please check your pay! The adult minimum wage is $16.50 an hour. You should be being paid a least the minimum wage if you are support staff or non-certificated teaching role. The minimum rates that must be paid to certificated teachers in teacher led education and care services is $19.74 an hour for diploma qualified certificated teachers, $21.65 an hour for degree qualified certificated teachers.
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This year, we are navigating three big pieces of work: Kua tae te wā - It's Time, Mana Taurite - Pay Equity, and the 30 Year Vision in Education.
While we cannot fully anticipate how the winds of change will be blowing in October, we know that by staying strong and working together we will advance quality public education in Aotearoa New Zealand.
In 2018, we’re making the message loud and clear: It’s Time. Time to lead, teach and learn.
Sign the petition to the Minster of Education calling on him to address the teaching shortage and other issues in primary education. Sign today!
Work with hands, heads, or hearts -it's all equal. Early childhood teachers, support staff, and thousands of other women have been undervalued for too long. Historic pay equity claims for ECE and support staff are happening now. More about pay equity
Primary teachers and principals have received voting papers via email. Don't forgot to vote before 6pm Tuesday 25th September. Read the new offer from the Ministry of Education
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NZEI Te Riu Roa is welcoming the Government’s plan for a Learning Support Coordinator in every school to work with our most vulnerable children and to get them the support that they need as part of a draft disability and learning support action plan Read More
NZEI Te Riu Roa says teachers will welcome the return of their democratic right to elect members of the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand (formerly Education Council). Read More
NZEI Te Riu Roa is pleased to announce on Suffrage Day, the ratification of the pay equity settlement for 329 Education Support Workers who work for the Ministry of Education. Read More
The Ministry of Education has tabled new collective agreement offers for primary teachers and principals, who will hold secret online ballots next week to vote on whether to accept the offers. Read More
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