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Valuing Teachers: Teacher Salaries Compared

A pay deal offered to teachers would put some among the country’s top earners. Teachers are stuck in a stand-off with the Government over its latest pay offer. What’s been offered – and rejected – looks something like this. Primary teachers with…

A Twitter Conversation: May 2019

​School teachers and principals across the country have agreed to stage New Zealand’s largest-ever strike as negotiations with the Ministry of Education continue to stall. The Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) and New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) Te Rui Roa announced the move…

Secondary School Teachers to Strike

Secondary teachers will go on strike next month after “running out of patience” with collective contract negotiations, their union’s president says. Thousands of teachers will walk off the job in a national day of action on April 3. At a…

Understanding the Teacher Crisis

The Side Eye: Everything to Everyone – understanding the teacher crisis: A unique take on the Teacher Crisis put into a visual narrative succinctly and accurately by Toby Morris. Be sure to check it out over at The Spinoff –…

No Money

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Sufferage: The Sideways Movement

This year we celebrate 125 years since the Women’s Suffrage movement. In New Zealand, Kate Sheppard lead the charge to get women the vote. “Speaking for a new generation, she argued, ‘We are tired of having a “sphere” doled out…