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Downgrading Te Tiriti in Education Act threatens learner success, NZEI Te Riu Roa warns
NZEI Te Riu Roa says the government must heed the Waitangi Tribunal’s urgent recommendation to immediately pause its proposal to repeal and downgrade Te Tiriti o Waitangi…
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Teacher voice critical in developing national guidance on AI in education
NZEI Te Riu Roa says teachers need a seat at the table in developing proposed national guidance on AI use in education.
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Teacher voice missing from new Teaching Standards Advisory Group
Appointing no current classroom teachers to a newly formed Teaching Standards Expert Advisory Group (EAG) is a serious gap, NZEI Te Riu Roa says.
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NZEI Te Riu Roa to appeal ruling on Ministry’s partial strike pay deductions
NZEI Te Riu Roa is taking the Employment Court’s recent split decision to the Court of Appeal, challenging the Ministry of Education’s partial strike pay deductions from last year.
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“Disastrous” for early childhood teachers and tamariki as funding review proposes scrapping pay parity scheme
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Government’s ECE irony: Seymour’s proposal undermines new oral language programme
The expansion of the government’s ENRICH oral language programme is being undermined by a conflicting proposal from Associate Education Minister David Seymour to scrap teacher pay…
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NZEI Te Riu Roa calls for urgent overhaul of failed school lunch model
NZEI Te Riu Roa is calling on the government to address the systemic failure of its cut-price school lunch programme, after a scathing Auditor General inquiry exposed that the…
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The cost of becoming a teacher: Working 6.5 months for no pay
Student teachers are calling for paid placements as financial pressures force many to rely on family support and student loans to survive their training.
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Parents urged to check school use of inaccurate Government AI tool
Educators urge parents to be vigilant and ask if their child’s school uses the SMART assessment tool, citing serious concerns over data protection and the accuracy of the…