Annual Conference to plan next steps in campaign

Media advisory: NZEI Te Riu Roa Annual Conference to plan next steps in campaign for better funding, not bulk funding

• What: NZEI Te Riu Roa Annual Conference

• Where: Rotorua Energy Events Centre

• When: 1pm Sunday 25 September until Wednesday 28th September

A national summit of educators beginning this weekend will plan the next steps in the joint NZEI-PPTA campaign for better funding, not bulk funding.

Nearly 400 elected representatives of the union's 48,000 educator membership will meet at the NZEI Te Riu Roa Annual Conference in Rotorua starting this Sunday afternoon.

Entitled Ourselves, Our Values, Our Actions the conference will run from 25-28 September and start with a powhiri at the Rotorua Energy Events Centre at 1pm on Sunday.

NZEI Te Riu Roa president Louise Green says that the conference could not come at a better time.

"More than 37,000 educators from around the country have given us a strong mandate for further action to stop the Government's bulk funding "global budget" proposal and to fight for better funding. The conference is a key opportunity for us to plan our next steps."

Louise Green will give a keynote speech on Sunday afternoon at 2pm. Other speakers at the conference include Australian teachers' leader Maurie Mulheron, who is President of the New South Wales Teachers’ Federation.

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