Kua tae te wā
2017 - 2019
Kua Tae Te Wā involved eighteen months of tireless campaigning by members and a long period of deadlock. The campaign focused on making teaching an attractive and valued profession.
Principals' Hauora
Principals' Hauora Survey
From 2016 to 2021, NZEI Te Riu Roa members participated in an annual survey about primary principals’ hauora. This research provided a strong evidence base about how our principals were faring and how their work was affecting their health and wellbeing.
This survey programme has now ended, but the research provided evidence about the stresses and challenges of these leadership roles and has been vital to supporting our Te Ao Kei Tua campaign to win better conditions for our primary principals.
Other past campaigns
Check out more of the progress that NZEI Te Riu Roa members have achieved together.
Pay Equity for School Administrators | Mana Taurite
2018 - 2022
School Administrators are a central part of the operation of our schools and for too long this female dominated position has been undervalued by the Ministry of Education. This claim seeks to rectify this undervaluation and get admin staff they pay and recognition they deserve.
Pay Equity for kaiārahi i te reo | Mana Taurite
2018 - 2022
The pay equity process was the first proposed pay equity settlement for a Māori workforce in New Zealand history and included an average pay increase of 79%. The settlement also included a commitment to improving professional learning and development, a new parental allowance, an overtime allowance, better rules for progression and an updated work matrix to determine grading.
Pay Equity for Teacher Aides | Mana Taurite
2018–2020
In September 2016, NZEI Te Riu Roa lodged a pay equity claim on behalf of all teacher aides. In 2019 a settlement was reached and teacher aides received pay increases and other benefits. As part of the terms of settlement, there must be regular reviews to make sure that pay equity is maintained and your pay rates are still equitable. However, the May 2025 law amendment removed this and reviews are no longer possible.
Pay Equity claim for Therapists | Mana Taurite
2023
The 'arguability' of the pay equity claim came down to three key points. 1) The consistently female-dominated workforce. 2) The characterisation of therapists’ work as women’s work. 3) Occupational segregation and the feminisation of therapists’ work.
Pay Equity for Ministry of Education Support Workers | Mana Taurite
2006–2018
Ministry of Education Support Workers were the first education sector group to achieve a pay equity settlement, setting the precedent to allow all subsequent claims to be possible.