Rural Teaching Principals Conference 2025

This popular conference is tailor-made by principals for rural and teaching principals with a mix of inspirational keynotes, practical workshops, networking and hauora opportunities. It’s a great way to use any remaining Professional Coaching and Wellbeing Funding.

This year’s theme: He awa whiria refers to the braided rivers of the Canterbury Plains and is a metaphor for integrating knowledge streams. 

• Don’t miss out! Register here.

Dr Lucy Hone
A renowned global expert on resilience, the Director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing & Resilience, and blogger for Psychology Today, Lucy offers a one-of-kind perspective - sharpened through academia but also deeply personally applied in response to a devastating tragedy. Her focus on helping people and organisations create practical resilience strategies is a call to action in light of many feeling resilience fatigues.

Nic Low
NZ-born, Melbourne & Christchurch-based, Ngāi Tahu-descended award-winning writer, artist and co-director of WORD Christchurch.

• Novotel Christchurch Cathedral Square, 52 Cathedal Square & IBIS, 107 Hereford Street: 15% discount off website rate.
  Valid between 27 - 6 June 2025
  
  Offer is valid up to 14 days prior to arrival. Rates are subject to availability.
  
  Book here.
  
  All reservations must be guaranteed with a credit card valid at the date of the start of your stay, unless otherwise specified.
  
  No cancellation charge applies until 30 days, 18:00 (local time) before arrival. Between 30 days & 14 days, hotel will charge the first night. Thereafter, amount due not refundable.
  
  
• Fable, 166 Gloucester Street15% discount off their website
  rate.
  Valid between 27 May - 6 June 2025
  Booking code: RTPC25
  Cancellation policy is 30 days.

Paddy McNaughton’s
Velocity Karts
CodeBreakers
Escape Artists
The Poplar Social Club
Riverside Market
Little High Eatery
New Regent Quarter
Duel Darts
Christchurch Gondola
Canterbury Museum
International Antarctic Centre
Orana Wildlife Park
Christchurch Tram
Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Quake City
Amiki Tours
He Puna Taimoana

Gold Sponsors:

• SchoolDocs is the online policy and procedure service trusted by more than 75% of all NZ schools. www.schooldocs.co.nz
• Te Rito Maioha are leaders in primary and early childhood education – growing kaiako, leaders, knowledge and bicultural teaching practice so tamariki learn and thrive. Te Rito Maioha is rated as a Category 1 provider by NZQA and scored ‘Highly Confident’ in Educational Performance and Capability in Self-Assessment. This means you can have absolute confidence in all our programmes. Te Rito Maioha offers two primary qualifications which lead to teacher registration: • Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) • Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Primary). www.ecnz.ac.nz
• Schooled. Here for your next level financial services and educational support. www.schooled.nz
  
  

Silver Sponsors:

• EATucation is an innovative well-being focused Social Enterprise dedicated to delivering life changing, evidence-based food & environment education to students of all ages. Food literacy is about understanding food’s impact on people and how food connects to each aspect of our daily lives. It is a lens for understanding how food can improve our personal, planetary, and community well-being. EATucation is a movement that empowers tamariki to be the seeds of change in their community by providing the skills for success at each step of the way. Find out more on EATucation.co.nz
• HealthCarePlus. Your union owned Membership Benefits Programme established by NZEI Te Riu Roa to support their member's financial, physical, and mental, health & wellbeing www.healthcareplus.org.nz
• Educated Furniture is designed and built to stand the test of time and can be customised to cater to all age groups, including early childhood centres, primary and secondary schools and tertiary institutes. The educational furniture in our range is not limited to the classroom either. We can supply a huge range of library furniture, excellent seating and office solutions for administration and waiting areas, staffroom furniture, custom cabinetry for kitchens and technology blocks and a huge range of storage systems to suit any space. educatedfurniture.co.nz

Custom Sponsors:

• Carus are New Zealand’s specialists in painting and aftercare for schools and educational facilities, nationwide. We understand that educational environments differ significantly from other commercial or industrial spaces. The daily activity of hundreds, if not thousands, of students, staff, and visitors means that durability, safety, and minimal disruption must be prioritised. At Carus, our services are tailored to meet these specialised needs.
• Learning Network NZ is a not-for-profit trust committed to supporting New Zealand educators with professional learning that inspires.

Through a comprehensive range of courses, conferences, events, resources and tailored PD options, we connect Kiwi teachers with some of the best expertise available in the world today. We’re passionate about the industry we serve, and over time we’ve forged lasting relationships with experts from within New Zealand and around the globe. These connections have allowed us to give teachers, schools and c communities nationwide access to some of the most innovative and up-to-date thinking, research and educational knowledge that’s currently out there.