Thursday, 6 June 2002, 5:33 pm Press Release: ACT New Zealand
Awatere Huata Urges Calm from Politicians During PPTA
Voting
Thursday 6 Jun 2002 Donna Awatere Huata
Press Releases -- Education
Emails between
principals on the teacher pay dispute have no place in
the public arena and should not be used to score political
points, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata
said today.
"Teachers, principals and parents are all
very concerned at the pay dispute, and all sorts of
emails and faxes are going between schools at the moment.
People are speculating. That's understandable. But
Wellington politicians should be careful to allow the PPTA's
democratic voting process to continue without
interference.
"ACT believes the system of centralised
negotiation is intrinsically flawed. But we respect the
right of PPTA members to vote without scare-mongering,"
Mrs Awatere Huata said.
For more information visit
ACT online at http://www.act.org.nz or contact the ACT
Parliamentary Office at act@parliament.govt.nz.
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