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NZPF Conference 2019
Photolife The thick grey skies blanketing Bastion Point wept a soft shower as the six coaches carrying this year’s conference delegates ascended the distinguished hill. On reaching the summit, principals spilled from the packed buses to be welcomed onto the history-rich Ōrākei marae. The marae takes in spectacular views of the Waitematā Harbour, in the […]
Te Tai Tokerau in Action
EDITOR I travel north, at the invitation of the Tai Tokerau Principals’ Association Council. My papers tell me the Council is to meet in Tutukaka. ‘How far is Tutukaka from Whangarei?’ I ask a local. ‘Just up the road – out on the coast’, I am reliably informed. It turns out ‘just up the road’ […]
Discretionary Leave – Uses and Misuses
Associate | Anderson Lloyd | d +64 3 471 5433 | m +64 27 556 2378 The NZPF Principals’ Advice and Support Scheme has been providing legal support to principals since 2005, when it superseded a different scheme supported by an Insurance Company, QBE. Between 2005 and the present the scheme has paid out $1,237,699. […]
Moot 2019
An atmosphere of expectancy always surrounds the NZPF Moot. It is the once a year opportunity for all regional presidents to bring their views, debate them with their colleagues and learn from each other. Hearing views from the regions also helps position the work of the NZPF National Executive. This year the theme of the […]
ICP Council Meeting
Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland Liz Hawes EDITOR New Zealand has sometimes been described as more like Ireland than Ireland. If that all sounds a bit Irish it probably is because we’re a bit Irish too! As we were reminded by Damian White (‘Breath of Fresh Eire’ p 19 v.33 (4) Nov. 2018), we are countries […]
Conference 2018 in Pictures
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NZPF Conference 2018 in Wellington
NZPF Conference 2018 – An Opportunity for Creative and Deep Learning Billed as NZ’s most Creative City and famous for events such as the World of Wearable Arts Awards, and the NZ Fringe Festival, Wellington will provide the perfect backdrop for the learning that will occur at this year’s annual NZPF conference. The time has […]
Bringing the Education Council Online
Deputy Chief Executive, Education Council The Education Council puts the teaching profession at the heart of everything we do. And lately, we’ve been doing some exciting work to bring all the Council’s services online so that we can provide a teacher-focused platform that is user-friendly, secure and future-proofed. To kick-start the online services project, we […]
Voices heard at 2018 Moot
EDITOR The NZPF national executive had little trouble agreeing on the theme ‘Our Voices’ for this year’s annual Moot event. A change in Government had already heralded a new direction for education with Minister Hipkins calling for collaboration from the sector in setting a new course. He had made it clear that in scrapping national […]
Former NZPF President Ernie Buutveld Retires
EDITOR ‘Think about that,’ I hear him cautioning his executive. ‘If Education Reform Movement’. we transpose those research findings to our current education He told his national executive that national standards were in policies we can predict a decline in academic achievement not effect a measure for school, teacher and student performance, a gain,’ he […]