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The latest news from the New Zealand Principals' Federation and the wider primary, intermediate and secondary education sectors across Aotearoa.
This section covers NZPF conferences and moots, international principal exchanges, federation business, recognition of long-serving members, and updates from the Confederation of International Principals. Coverage includes the annual NZPF Conference, the Trans-Tasman and APPA conferences, the OPC-NZPF exchange programme, and ICP Council meetings hosted around the world. News articles also profile principal retirements, regional events, and member benefit programmes available through the federation. Use this section to follow federation activity, plan your conference calendar, and stay across the people and partnerships that shape school leadership in New Zealand.
Preparations for the 2014 Moot were shaped by a on the policy. It was therefore not surprising that a significant backdrop of growing disquiet over the Prime Minister’s ‘Investing contingent of 140 provincial principal leaders assembled in for Educational Success’ (IES) policy announcement. The IES Wellington this March. policy challenged the profession to choose collaboration […]
This theme ‘taking the lead’ had clearly enthused the regional presidents who turned up in big numbers to listen to their national president and to other professional colleagues on a number of burning issues. In the traditional spirit of the moot, these issues were all vigorously debated and ideas generated were discussed, shared and shaped […]
President Philip Harding summed it up perfectly. In his conference closing speech, he said, ‘One of the most outstanding features of this conference has been the unique southern hospitality from being met at the airport, to being served toprate Southland cuisine and just feeling included in everything.’ I would take those comments further and say […]
Editor PAUL DRUMMOND Ever y exec utive memb er brings fresh ideas, insights and experience to their work for New Zealand principals. Every now and then a member also brings the ‘X Factor’ and for Paul Drummond, that doesn't mean musical entertainer! From early on Paul demonstrated an acute intelligence for seeing through rhetoric and […]
