Recent media releases
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Cutting Māori words from educational books all part of slow erasure of reo Māori
Minister Stanford’s decision to ban nearly all Māori words from the Ready to Read Phonics Plus books series used in the early years of schooling is part of a wider pattern of…
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Primary teachers reject ministry offer
Primary teachers have voted to reject a collective agreement offer from the Ministry of Education. The vote saw them overwhelmingly say 'no’ to the offer.
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Primary principals, teachers, school support staff and Ministry of Education specialist staff take ‘rare and major move’ to hold joint union meetings after “insulting” pay offers from Government
The decision to collectively organise at paid union meetings follows similarly disappointing offers from the Ministry to settle collective agreements