Put your membership on hold
We can put your subscriptions on hold for a time if you are going on leave without pay or parental leave from a position you are entitled to return to. Contact us to request your membership be put on hold.
NZEI Te Riu Roa does not receive notification from employers when a member ceases employment or goes on leave without pay. To avoid overpayment, it's important to get in touch if your employment arrangement changes.
NZEI Te Riu Roa has been a voice for change every step of the way – from saying no to bulk funding, to fighting for gender equality, to honouring our country's history through the revised Aotearoa New Zealand histories curriculum.
Stuff happens. Workplaces can be difficult to navigate. From advice and guidance to advocacy support – NZEI Te Riu Roa staff are experts in industrial relations and go into bat for our members every day across the motu.
By coming together, NZEI Te Riu Roa members negotiate better pay and conditions for themselves and their colleagues around the motu.
The same unions that protect your rights at work, created HealthCarePlus to look after the health of members and their whānau. NZEI Te Rou roa members can ioin 13,000 fellow union members who are supported by HealthCarePlus.
We can put your subscriptions on hold for a time if you are going on leave without pay or parental leave from a position you are entitled to return to. Contact us to request your membership be put on hold.
If your membership payment details have changed, you can update them here.
If you no longer require membership of NZEI Te Riu Roa please fill in this form to request cancellation of your membership.
Please note there is a 14-day notice period for resignation/cancellation of membership.
No! While union membership is optional, your employer cannot do anything to influence your decision to join in any way.
They are also obliged to let you participate in union activities, such as paid union meetings and discussing union business at your workplace.
Your fees are based on your rate of pay and your regular hours of work. This is then spread across the year into regular payments depending on your payment preference (e.g. invoice, direct debit or payroll deductions).
If you work irregular hours, we take an annual average of hours worked and base your subscription rates on this figure.
Support staff can calculate their rates here (note: this in an Excel document that will open in your downloads)
We can pause your membership payments if you are on parental leave, sick leave without pay or discretionary leave without pay. Please contact us to put your membership on hold.
Contact us to let us know when your leave is to commence and when it will cease. We will suspend direct debits for the period of leave. Your membership will be retained during any period of leave without pay for up to fifteen months.
Yes! You can actually become of Te Kupenga Rangatahi (our New Educators Network) for free! You can find more information here.
How often you pay depends on how you choose to pay:
If you chose to pay fortnightly, we recommend that you pay your subscription on the day after your pay goes into your bank account. This is because direct debit and credit card transactions are normally processed by the banks before salary and wage payments. We have no control over these timings.
Your subscription rate is linked to the amount to you earn. All you need is your gross (before-tax and deductions) fortnightly income.
You can find more information when you apply to join.
Please contact our membership support team on 0800693433 or email nzei@nzei.org.nz for more information.
Support staff can calculate their rates here note: this in an Excel document that will open in your downloads)
Subscription rates usually change only once a year. The actual rates and the thresholds at which each rate becomes payable are adjusted in line with the Consumer Price Index as at the end of December prior to the following year’s NZEI Te Riu Roa Annual Meeting.
Subscription rate changes are notified to members via NZEI Te Riu Roa news emails and individually to each member who pays by direct debit or recurring debit/credit card payments no later than 10 days before the change takes place. No action is required by most members although we do recommend checking that the rate to be paid is correct for your gross fortnightly pay.
There is a 14-day notice period for cancellations. However, we can start the process of cancelling your membership as soon as you fill in our membership cancellation form.
After the end of our 14-day notice period, your payments will stop, though the exact timing for your last payment will depend on your payment method.
If you are leaving the sector and would like us to cancel your membership at a future date, please let us know when you fill in our membership cancellation form.
Get in touch with the Member Support Centre on 0800 NZEI HELP (0800 693 443) or email nzei@nzei.org.nz and a Member Advisory Officer will be happy to help.