Primary Teachers Collective Agreement w/ Liam Rutherford: 12 June, 2023

Last Week primary school teachers reached a settlement with the Government regarding pay equity issues.

As a part of this agreement there will be increases in teachers salaries, extra classroom release time and lump sum payments to combat the cost of living crisis .

Nicholas spoke to Liam Rutherford who is a council member for the New Zealand Education Institute and current teacher about the benefits of pay offer agreement as well as the areas in which further improvements need to be made.