NZEI TE RIU ROA ANNUAL MEETING

28 September 1 October 2008

The Wellington Town Hall, Wellington

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

POWHIRI
The 125th Annual Meeting of NZEI Te Riu Roa was opened on Sunday, 28 September
with a powhiri conducted under the mana of Te Ati Awa, Ngti Toa Rangatira, Ngti
Raukawa and the hunuku o NZEI Te Riu Roa.

Kaikranga Tiri Bailey-Nowell, Olive Hawira and Linda Rawiri extended the initial
welcome to invited guests, representatives, observers and staff by laying a peaceful
and harmonious foundation for Annual Meeting 2008.

Manuhiri were led by Kaikranga Osonia Hotereni, immediately followed by ng tne

me ng wahine.

In opening, the whaikrero Toma Waihirere acknowledged the passing of Peter Allen
(a Past President of NZEI Te Riu Roa) and Brian Donnelly (ex MP and School
Principal) and others and their collective contribution to Mtauranga Mori and then
warmly welcomed representatives and special guests to Annual Meeting, wishing
them the very best for a happy and successful meeting.

Max Thompson responded for the manuhiri, speaking about the importance of
people and particularly children when education issues were on the agenda.

Ruawhitu Pokaia thanked tangata whenua for the warm welcome and highlighted
the virtues of te hau kainga. He brought together the wairua of all the departed who
had touched the lives of everyone present. He made a special mention of Koro Toby
Rikihana and Te Ata i Rangi Kaahu and their knowledge of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and
the skill with which Maori and Tauiwi alike were educated about Tiriti issues. In
closing he acknowledged the leadership of ng manu tioriori (kaikaranga) then
extended best wishes to all members, visitors and staff for a successful Annual
Meeting.

Hone Niwa reiterated the warm welcome on behalf of Te Manukura and endorsed the
best wishes to all Annual Meeting participants.

The formal process of the powhiri was concluded with karakia, hongi and kai.

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SUNDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2008
FIRST SESSION

AWARDS CEREMONY
Official and invited guests were greeted in the Town Hall Lobby on their arrival and
escorted to their seats in the Town Hall by their National Executive hosts.
Members of the official party were assembled in the Town Hall Foyer.

Official Party
Members of the official party were:
National President - Frances Nelson; Immediate Past President Irene Cooper,
National Vice-President - Ian Leckie; Kaihautu Fiona Matapo, Maramena Tipiwai,
Merearihi Whatuira; Kaumtua - Alex (Toma) Waihirere; Pakeke - Wini Emery;
National Secretary Paul Goulter.

Invited guests present were:

Bruce Kelly, Bill Noble, Liz Patara, Colin Tarr, (Past Presidents); Charles Chauvel,
Metiria Turei (Members of Parliament); Lorraine Kerr (School Trustees Association);
Karen Sewell, Malcolm Hyland, Nick Pole (Ministry of Education); Kathy Smith (New
Zealand Teachers Council); Mike Hollings (The Correspondence School); Graham
Stoop, Jenny Clark (Education Review Office); Peter Conway, Helen Kelly, (NZ
Council of Trade Unions); Sharn Riggs, Tangi Tipene (Association of Staff in Tertiary
Education); Lynne Bruce (Past National Secretary); Jean Dolheguy (award recipient)
and family/guests; Julie Widger, Grant Gillon .

Chair of Proceedings, Immediate Past President Irene Cooper, welcomed everyone to

the 125th Annual Meeting of NZEI Te Riu Roa. Kaumtua Alex Waihirere opened
proceedings with karakia and mihi.

Irene Cooper called representatives and guests to order, and then introduced
members of the official party.

Immediate Past President - Irene Cooper, then called on National President

Frances Nelson to address members and guests.

NATIONAL PRESIDENTS ADDRESS

Address by Frances Nelson, National President Te Manukura, NZEI Te Riu Roa

BACK TO THE FUTURE

Rau rangatira ma
Tena Koutou, tena koutou, tena tatou katoa.
Ki nga manuhiri tuarangi
Nau mai nau mai whakatau mai

It is my privilege to stand here today, as leader of this organisation as it celebrates

its 125th anniversary.

The New Zealand Educational Institute or as we know it, NZEI Te Riu Roa - is
celebrating 125 years of advocacy for quality public education as of right for every
New Zealand child.

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Those 125 years have been marked by a strong sense of collectivism, activism and
organising. For 125 years NZEI and its membership have advocated for and
promoted quality public education and fairness at work so that teachers can focus
on teaching and children can have the best learning environment we can provide.

In preparing to celebrate this milestone we have had an opportunity to reflect on

what I believe is an impressive history and one which I feel, justifies us blowing our
collective trumpets about.

When you consider New Zealands historical timeline, NZEI is right up there with
some of the oldest and longest serving organisations and professional bodies in the
country. You may be interested to know that there are a number of other
institutions and organisations which have recently celebrated their 125th
anniversary. Included in this list are the University of Auckland the Salvation Army
the SPCA in New Zealand a number of regional rugby clubs - and one especially for
the mainlanders the Central Otago Curling Club.

To put it in an even wider perspective 125 years ago, the first shipment of frozen
meat had only just left for Europe, New Zealands population was half a million
and it wouldnt reach the 1 million mark for another 25 years, women didnt have
the right to vote and the impact of the New Zealand land wars was still being felt.

Overseas Queen Victoria was still on the throne. 1883 was the year Karl Marx died
and Robert Louis Stevenson published Treasure Island. Slavery had been abolished
only 20 years before. Cars and telephones were largely unheard of and airplanes
were the stuff of science fiction.

Journeying back in time to what it would have been like to have been a teacher or
educator in New Zealand 125 years ago we can establish that there were 748
schools in the colony, 119 were in church halls or hired rooms and 67 were in
Auckland.

The economy was in a deep depression which would last throughout the 1880s.
Odds are that most teachers would have been working in a small isolated settlement
in a sole charge position with dozens of children in a single classroom.

At that time the minimum age for teaching was 13 as long as you had an education
above Standard Five. Most teacher training was through the pupil-teacher system
and the only stipulation was that the entrant had to be of good character and
constitution what that actually meant in the context of the time is subject to some
degree of speculation.

I found this set of rules that applied to teachers in Taranaki in 1915, Im sure many
of you will already have seen similar historical sets of rules and it puts a bit of
context around the working conditions of teachers at that time -

Rules for Teachers - 1915

1. You will not marry during the terms of your contract.
2. You are not to keep company with men.
3. You must be home between the hours of 8pm and 6am unless attending a school
function.
4. You may not leave the city limits without the permission of the Chairman of the
Board.
5. You may not loiter downtown in ice cream stores.
6. You may not ride in a carriage or automobile with any man unless he is your
father or brother.
7. You may not smoke cigarettes.
8. You may not dress in bright colours.
9. You may not under any circumstances dye your hair.

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10. You must wear at least two petticoats and your dresses must not be any shorter
than 2 inches above the ankle.

My, how times have changed!

And ratios, the ratios we have now would have been the envy of the colonial New
Zealand teacher. Were talking about 1:50 on a good day 1:90 on a bad. There
were no regulations to determine teacher/pupil ratios until 1902 when these
colonial scales were introduced and they were considered a big improvement!

The scales meant that there had to be 2 fully certificated teachers for a school with a
roll of up to 90 children. A student teacher (who could be as young as 13) could
then be employed for each additional 30 children. As I said, that to us now seems
completely unimaginable incomprehensible really especially as were about to see
ratios in junior classes drop to 1:15 from next year.

One of the other difficulties for the colonial teacher was that conditions and wages
varied greatly among different education boards often depending on the wealth,
population or growth in individual regions.

Teacher appointments were made on the recommendation of the school committee

to the education board nepotism and parochialism were rife. It was time for a
national teachers organisation and that is where NZEI came in.

In 1883, eighteen rather dour looking men gathered in a school hall in Christchurch
and made the decision to bring together the regional associations to form a national
organisation which became the New Zealand Educational Institute.

A Mr Adams from Auckland moved that a committee should be set up to, and I
quote bring forth a scheme which would tend to break down the isolation existing
between province and province, teacher and teacher, and district and district in New
Zealand. And with much insight he added that the committee should be careful to
look after the interests, not only of the present generation, but of those who would
come after them.

125 years later, we are the legacy of that vision. The Council of the New Zealand
Educational Institute then met again a year later in Auckland where it really got
down to business.

Mr Henry Worthington of Wellesley Street School in Auckland presided and opened

the proceedings by saying I am happy to be able to congratulate this Council on the
good which has already been effected in the educational world in New Zealand by
the formation and through the operations of this Institute. Speaking for my own
district Auckland, I can say that it has been just that bond of union which was
wanting to knit the various members of the profession widely scattered, as they
necessarily are into one homogenous body.

He finished by saying Let us only work with a will, and we shall have the proud
satisfaction of knowing that this is only the first of a long series of anniversaries of
the New Zealand Educational Institute.

The NZ Educational Institute quickly became an effective voice for teachers and was
instrumental in the establishment of a national system of education. It campaigned
to have salaries paid at the same rate across the country and put pressure on the
government to assume the employer role in determining the conditions of teachers.

Sound familiar? I wonder if Henry Worthington ever envisaged a 125th anniversary.

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Whatever the vision of the past, I believe his was an inspiration that has set a strong
culture within our union and lasted the test of time. It helps us to celebrate who
and what we are and to feel genuine pride in the role we play and the work we do.

Today we are certainly very different from the institute that Mr Henry Worthington
presided over. The NZEI family now includes early childhood teachers and support
staff Neither group would have been anywhere on those early horizons.

As Aldous Huxley once said the charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in
the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely
different.

What I want to highlight from all of this is that from the foundations of that
Christchurch meeting 125 years ago NZEI has built itself into an organisation of
around 49,000 members in 121 branches, aronui tomua and komiti pasifika from
one end of the country to the other.

Were no longer talking about just school teachers, NZEIs membership in the 21st
century is much more diverse as we now represent early childhood teachers Maori
medium kaiako special education staff and support staff, whose job descriptions fall
under a very broad umbrella. Whilst the addition of these sectors into the
membership over time has given NZEI a degree of challenge in meeting the
expectations of its members it has brought with it a stronger NZEI voice within
education.

Maori also have greater participation within the union. Te Reo Areare the Maori
Council of the Institute now determines the Maori policy of our organisation and
advocates for change in Maori education.

For those of you who enjoy a bit of trivia, heres a thought to tuck away, as the
largest education union in New Zealand an organisation roughly 49,000 strong NZEI
members could fill small cities such as Wanganui, Invercargill and Nelson when you
think of it like that, its pretty impressive.

On the other hand, I have no doubt that there have been times when the
government of the day had wished we could all be banished to Invercargill
notwithstanding what that would do to local tourism!

On a more serious note, the real strength of NZEI and what makes it a powerful
union is its capacity to influence a wide range of issues that directly affect not just
the people who work in the sector but also those who intersect with it, such as
community groups, parents and, of course those at the heart of the matter children.

NZEI's goals and priorities are shaped by our overarching commitment to

maintaining and improving quality public education.

Quality Public Education for the 21st Century, or QPE 4 21C, is the banner under
which we continue to drive our work as we go forward.

2008 is also an election year and the outcome of this, whatever it may be, will be
very important in defining the focus and shape of our work into the future.

It is the National Executive's view that NZEI can and should play an important role
in setting the agenda.

As educators and leaders in the public sector we have a responsibility to proactively

advocate for policy and programmes that are educationally sound and not simply to
respond to issues as they arise.

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Education is, after all, our core business. Basically, our raison detre.

For the union, this means supporting teachers and other education workers to
create positive learning environments and play our rightful part in providing equity
of opportunity for all children to fulfil their potential. As we all know, teachers
working conditions are childrens learning conditions.

For us as a union, this means, through the alignment of both industrial and
professional processes, creating optimal working conditions for teachers and
support staff.

Translated, it involves supporting those who not only lead and teach in our schools
and centres but also those who provide support for this process in the work that
they do.

Our goal therefore, is to build a broad coalition of support for the ideals of quality
public education and fairness at work. A good starting place is the representation
NZEI has on a large number of government and other sector working parties and
committees relating to our shared work.

There is very little that happens in early childhood, primary, intermediate, special
education and teacher education that we dont seek to influence or have a say in.
Many of you can no doubt testify to our tenacity in establishing and maintaining
this presence in the sector.

The good news is were here to stay were 125 years strong and were looking forward
to further developing our working relationships with those of you who seek to realise
the same vision that we have that of Quality Public Education.

We have a proud history of achievement as both a professional institute and an

industrial union, seeking meaningful ways to improve both the working and
professional lives of our members.

NZEI has had some milestone moments in both its industrial and professional
history:
In an era when men dominated positions of power, the first woman president
Miss Maggie Magill was elected to office in 1933.
In 1995 NZEI members elected the first Maori National President Iria Whiu.
Education House was built in 1965 and has over time become a well-known
landmark in Wellington as home for a host of professional and education
focused organisations and of course the NZCTU to which as a union - our
organisation is affiliated.
1998 was a watershed year when we realised our long held goal of pay parity
within a unified pay system for primary teachers and principals.
Following this, in 2002 NZEI successfully negotiated pay parity for kindergarten
teacher members and in October 2004, pay parity for early childhood education
teachers.

The focus currently is to develop pay structures and career paths which provide
greater job security for the support staff who play such pivotal roles in our schools
and centres. We look forward to seeing this become another milestone to celebrate.

Moving forward is as inevitable as it is healthy for an organisation, and this means

change has to be effected.

Charles Darwin once said it is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the
most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. NZEI wont rest on its
collective laurels, we will continually test our capacity to deal with change hence
our current internal focus around the Organisational Review.

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Last year Annual Meeting made the decision to take a long hard look at ourselves as
an organisation. Our external consultant, Owen Harvey was commissioned to work
with a wide range of both members and organisations that NZEI works with and to
prepare a report that would enable us to see the view from our past and then look
forward to craft our new future.

The report that came out of the initial consultation phase challenges our union to
recreate itself as a more dynamic and democratic organisation with a clear focus.
Rather than letting the union lurch and sprawl we intend to plan the way ahead
carefully.

NZEI has travelled a long and proud road and we take strength from the past as we
move towards the future. Regardless of when the next anniversary celebration is
we are determined that history will reflect positively on the way we carried our vision
forward.

Whilst time will present us with new challenges, NZEI can and will adapt to meet
them just as we have in the past 125 years. We want to make this 125th
anniversary not only a celebration but a time of renewal. In other words, we dont
only intend to survive, but ultimately to thrive!

Id like to finish with a whakatauki that seems to me to encapsulate the essence of

being NZEI and being union:

E hara taku toa,

I te toa taki - tahi
Engari, he toa taki - tini.
My work is not that of an individual but that of the multitude.

No reira,
Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena tatou katoa.

Irene Cooper called on National Vice-President Ian Leckie to propose a vote of

thanks for the National Presidents address.

Ian Leckie thanked Frances Nelson, noting the achievements and the challenges
that lay ahead to take NZEI Te Riu Roa forward.

National President Frances Nelsons and Ian Leckies comments were followed by a
waiata.

AWARDS OF GRADES OF MEMBERSHIP

Irene Cooper chaired the Awards Ceremony and called on Frances Nelson to
announce the names of the recipients of the award of grades of membership of NZEI
Te Riu Roa.

National President Frances Nelson provided background to NZEI Awards. She

outlined the criteria used for selecting successful nominees for the Award of Fellow.

Award of Fellow

National President Frances Nelson called on Jean Dolheguy (supported by

Margaret Ready) to came forward to accept the award.

Frances Nelson read from Jean Dolheguys citation.

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Jean Frances Dolheguy
Higher Dip Tchg

Jean Dolheguy has had a profound influence on children, education, and NZEI Te
Riu Roa, during a teaching career spanning 35 years.

A senior teacher at Aucklands Otahuhu Intermediate for the past 12 years, Jeans
passion is visual art education. That passion is shown in the level of achievement
and quality of work produced by her students, which has regularly gone on public
display.

In her capacity as senior teacher, Jean leads and manages a team of technology
teachers, giving advice and guidance which then impacts on education at her school
as a whole.

She has been the staff representative on the Board of Trustees since the inception of
Tomorrows Schools and has worked with three principals to implement policy and
enhance the welfare of staff.

Jean is also known throughout the Auckland region for her professional support
and has served on the Auckland College of Education Art Curriculum Committee.
She has given years of service and support to the Kohia Teachers Centre and was
chairperson of the Kohia Management Committee for six years.

Jean has made a significant contribution to NZEI. She currently holds nine
positions within the Institute including Treasurer of both the Auckland Branch and
the Auckland District Council, as well as worksite representative, and liaison
positions with other branches.

Committed to womens issues and pay and employment equity, she was the
inaugural Treasurer and member of the Womens Network in Auckland and has
continued to mentor and encourage women across all sectors of NZEI.

Jeans commitment, experience and knowledge are highly valued by NZEI and the
wider education sector. Throughout her 35 year career she has been a steadfast and
proud union member and educator.

In recognition of her significant contribution to education and to the union, NZEI Te

Riu Roa is pleased to make this award of Fellow of the New Zealand Educational
Institute to Jean Frances Dolheguy.

Frances Nelson presented the award.

Jean Dolheguy responded.

Award of Fellow

Frances Nelson announced the award of Fellow to Murray Neighbour and asked
Julie Widger and Ron Graham to come forward to accept the award on Murrays
behalf.

Frances Nelson read from Murray Neighbours citation.

Murray Gage Neighbour

Dip Ed Management, Higher Dip Tchg, Adv Dip Tchg, B Teaching & Learning

Murray Neighbour has made an immense contribution to education and NZEI Te Riu
Roa, particularly in the Northland region where he has spent the bulk of his 42 year

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teaching career. He is known for having a real passion for teaching and learning
which goes above and beyond the bounds of duty.

In his semi-retirement he is currently teaching at Bloomfield Special School in

Whangarei, and over the past two years has also stepped into the role of relieving
principal in several schools. He consistently strives for excellence, providing a clear
role model for children, staff and the education community as a whole.

Murray Neighbour was a principal and active member of the Whangarei Principals
Association for many years and is a recognised and valued as an educational leader.

His involvement with NZEI has been extensive. He became a member of the
Whangarei Branch in 1973, and was branch president from 1997-1999. He went
on to become the Chairperson of the Tai Tokerau Distict Council from 2004-2005
and has represented both the District Council and the Whangarei branch at a
number of NZEI Annual Meetings. He was also a long-serving Members Support
Team person and the Members Support Team Convenor for the District Council
from 1990 to 2000.

One of his greatest contributions has been his work around transient students. In
2000 he was an APPA travelling scholarship recipient and undertook research in
transience in New Zealand, the United States and England. His report and findings
have been shared throughout the education sector, with principals, Ministry of
Education officials, and other agencies such as the Childrens Commission.

He has also been committed to improving educational outcomes for special needs
children and those with learning difficulties in low decile schools.

Murray Neighbour is a respected, valued and experienced educator who, through his
commitment and passion, has given support and encouragement to others, and
made a real difference to the learning of thousands of children.

In recognition of his outstanding contribution to education and the union, NZEI Te

Riu Roa is proud to confer the award of Fellow of the New Zealand Educational
Institute on Murray Gage Neighbour.

Frances Nelson presented the award to Julie Widger who responded.

A video clip of Murray Neighbour responding, was played.

Award of Associate

The National President Frances Nelson read out the names of the recipients of the
Award of Associate of NZEI Te Riu Roa and asked those named to stand if present.

She said the award of Associate was presented to the following people in recognition
of their stature in education and as members of the New Zealand Educational
Institute and that the award certificates would be presented to recipients at a
meeting of their nominating branch, aronui tomua or komiti pasefika.

The recipients were:

Ann Wilhemina Brouwers Foxton
Gweneth May Dodgshun Motueka
Diane Margaret Douglas Papatoetoe
Ronald James Fabian Ellesmere
Yvonne Kathleen Granet Papatoetoe
Frances Caroline Guy West Auckland
Te Aroha Hiko AT Kahuranaki
Duncan Grant Kibblewhite Howick

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 Jan Lee Otago
John Stanley Lightfoot Central Otago
Fiona Mary Matapo AT Otepoti
Margaret Ruth Lois Smith Otago
Chris Stuart Auckland

CONCLUSION
The end of the ceremony was marked with a karakia by Koro Toma, followed by
waiata.

The official party left the stage.

Irene Cooper remained and thanked guests and representatives for their attendance.

Members and other guests were invited to move to the Michael Fowler Centre to
attend the 125th Anniversary Celebration. Guests were reminded that admission
was by ticket only and representatives would have received these in their
registration pack, guests were to be given their ticket by the National Executive
members hosting them.

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 MONDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2008
SECOND SESSION
Koro Toma opened the session with karakia at 8:25am. Followed by the waiata Kua
rongo mai koe.

The National President called the meeting to order.

IN ATTENDANCE
Whetu Maunsell-Hadfield, Tauira
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE Manu Pohatu, Nga Tataha a Maui (ECE)
Isabella Pomare, Taitokerau
President Arthur Rhind, Mangai Maori o Waikato
Frances Nelson, FNZEI, Primary Teaching Sector Tari Robinson, Te Ngaio Tu (ECE)
Sophie Short, Kaiawhina Tautoko/Support Staff
Immediate Past President Marleina Smith, Tamaki Whanui
Irene Cooper, FNZEI, Primary Teaching Sector Merearihi Whatuira, Tai Rawhiti

Vice President
Ian Leckie, Primary Teaching Sector ARONUI TMUA REPRESENTATIVES AND
OBSERVERS
Other Members
A T Awakairangi, Putiputi Temara
Tiri Bailey-Nowell ANZEI, Te Reo Areare Observer, Puhi-Carlotta Campbell
Frances Cudby, Primary Teaching Sector A T Hikurangi Ki Te Tairawhiti, Kaua Tuhura
Ron Graham, Primary Teaching Sector Observer, Ihipera Walker
Louise Green ANZEI, Primary Teaching Sector A T Hokianga ki Taumarere, Te Ruru Thatcher-
Frances Guy, Primary Teaching Sector Umuroa
Te Aroha Hiko, Te Reo Areare Observer, Karani Brown
Ann Hoglund, Support Staff A T Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Ruhia Hamilton
Monique Jansonius, Support Staff Observer, Di Couper
David Kennedy, Primary Teaching Sector A T Kahuranaki, Judith Karaitiana
Diane Lawrence ANZEI, Early Childhood Sector Observer, Canea Konia
Diane Leggett ANZEI, Primary Teaching Sector A T ki Ruapehu, Colleen Hansen
Donna Mason SSANZEI, Support Staff Observer, Mareikura Kaire
Fiona Matapo, Te Reo Areare A T Manaakitia o Potiki, Rawinia Peters-Leitao
Winnifred Morris, Primary Teaching Sector A T Manaia ki Tutamoe, Ringi Hohepa
Judith Nowotarski ANZEI, Early Childhood Observer, Naphelia Brown
Sector A T Manawatu, Richard Bishara
Megan Rich, Primary Teaching Sector A T Manukau Whanui, Reremoana Taipeti
Vincent Ridgway, Primary Teaching Sector Observer, Hariata Samuels
Phebe Sorensen, Primary Teaching Sector A T o Mataatua, OSonia Hotereni
Karl Vasau, Primary Teaching Sector Observer, Joy Heremia
Hayley Whitaker, Early Childhood Sector A T O Otepoti, Tui Qauqau
Nigel Wilson ANZEI, Primary Teaching Sector A T o Te Rohe Potae, Hirere Moana
Observer, Ellen Wehi
A T Parininihi ki Taipake, Hone Niwa ANZEI
TE REO AREARE Observer, Linda Rawiri
A T Rotorua, July McLean
Winnie Emery ANZEI, Kaumatua Observer, Eileen Twist
Alex (Toma) Waihirere, Kaumatua A T Tamaki Makaurau, Lavelle Stuart
A T Tauranga-Moana, Max Thompson
Rangiamohia Brown, Waikato A T Te Mangai Maori o Waikato, Ngaromo
Leeanne Campbell, Waitaha/Wairau/Whakat Beazley
Hilda Foster, Mataatua A T Te Ropu Manawatahi o Murihiku, Paul
Tania Gallop, Te Waipounamu (ECE) McGruer
Serena Lewis, Te Upoko o te Ika A T Te Whanau A Apanui, Veronica Tiatoa
Raiha Manahi, Rotorua Observer, Ani McDonald

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A T Te Whanganui a Tara, Caleb Wall Grey, Katie Nisbett
Observer, Naere Sio Observer, Karen Chapman
A T Tokoroa, Tukiteao Kerei Hastings, Bridget Annabell, Alma Bainbridge, Joy
Observer, Takarihi Te Marama Doggett, Janette Liley, Vicki Vaughan
A T Turanga, Teia Koopu Heretaunga, Andrew De Wit, Samantha Skelton,
Observer, June Renata Imogen Warren
A T Wairau, Helen Joseph Hibiscus Coast, Liz Taute, Claire Hunt
A T Waitaha, Ruawhitu Pokaia Hokianga, Paul Saunders
A T Whakatu, Louisa Paul Observer, Diana Boyle-Dean
A T Whanganui, Huiariki Kereopa Horowhenua, Jane Hodgson, Karen McLeod
Observer, Bernadine Menehira Howick, Maureen Agnew, Jill Cowsill, Brittany
A T Whanganui A Orotu, Whakaata Stewart Gifford, Grant Kibblewhite, Denise Knapman, Ken
Observer, Anaru Ratapu Nicholls
Hurunui, Lesley Fulford
Observer, Gaye Parlane
BRANCH REPRESENTATIVES AND Hutt Valley, Heather Austin, Rose Campbell,
OBSERVERS Shayne McIntyre, Marian Redwood, Pam Smith,
Judy Wilton
Ashley, Edy Lawrey, Sandra Morris, Sandra Kaipara, Julie Cooney
Spekreijse Observer, Melissa Jackson
Auckland, Elizabeth Burgess, Max Calder- Kapiti, Peter Corlett, Winsome Duncan
Watson, Vicky Carr ANZEI, Peter de la Komiti Pasifika Auckland, Etelagi Leilua
Chaumette ANZEI, Jean Dolheguy ANZEI, Drina Observer, Debbie Fischer
Gray, Kamrul Jalil, Sandra Jenkins ANZEI, Carol Komiti Pasifika Wellington, Sesilia Palu
Leota, Meg Moss, Dale Munro, Elikini Naidu, Observer, Fisiena Lupo-Samoa
Margaret Palmer, Margaret Ready FNZEI, Lois MacKenzie, Chris Longbottom
Simmonds, Chris Stuart, Lynda Stuart ANZEI, Observer, John Longbottom
Averil Symons, Robyn Tataurangi FNZEI, Dale Malvern, Jane Huggins
Tifflin, Ana Tonga, Kathy Welch SSANZEI Observer, Anne Cornish
Bay of Islands, Noeline Lemon, Mana, Rebecca Hill, Pat Hutchison, Jill Merrick
Buller, Cath O'Loughlin Manawatu, Elaine Savage ANZEI, Pam Townend,
Cambridge, Joanne Beldham Kaye Webber, Helen Wright
Observer, Jackie Nicholl Maniapoto, Marion Gauntlett
Central Hawkes Bay, Allan Carpenter Observer, Liz Jones
Observer, Phil Bourke Manurewa, Sharlene Goodwin, Ian Hey, Linda
Central King Country, Sharon Shaw Jordan, Kathryn Staples, Patrica Te Mana, Steven
Observer, Angela Edhouse Van Garderen, Karen Wood
Central Otago, Alan Forsyth, Blair Park Marlborough, Dave Paterson, Karen Paterson
Christchurch, Audrey Agnew, Andrea Andresen, Matamata, Karla Lyttle
Neil Baker, Leonie Bowden, Donna Buchanan, Mid Canterbury, Lorraine Bennet, John Harper
Sophie Chambers, Aroha Dorroch, Diane ANZEI
Ferguson, Mary Anne Harris, Rochelle Hurford, Motueka, Leanne Hough
Natalie Johnston, Niki Mayo, Maria McDonald, Observer, Charlene Mora
Linda Milne, Craig Moir, Raelene Moore, Mary Murupara, Mike Jones
Pearson, Colleen Philip, Bridget Preece, Julie Observer, Katrina Stephenson
Priddle, Nick Richardson, Christine Stace, Napier, Katrina Alexander, Jenni Beaven, Sheron
Linda Whiteley, Mellinda Wilson, Matthew Ytsma MacGregor, Shelley Tinker
Coromandel Peninsula, Ngaire Chaney Nelson, Paul Butterworth, Kerri Campion, Acushla
Correspondence School, Marie Dawson Murphy, Virginia Stark
Observer, Liz Monaghan North Shore, Karen Cole, Dale Gamby, Vivienne
Ellesmere, Richard Doyle Goldsmith, Cherie Gurney, Jackie Hawthorne
Far North, Craig Benjamin ANZEI, Christine Mack, Barbara McIlroy ANZEI
Feilding, Faye Todd SSANZEI, Colleen O'Brien ANZEI, Nicky Poor, Dian
Observer, Paula Whalen Warner, Pamela Warner ANZEI
Foxton, Cathy Purdie North Taranaki, Vicky Aylward, Chris Dalliston,
Observer, Tina MacLean Sam Frank, Jenny Sorensen ANZEI, Ramona
Franklin, Amanda Caldwell ANZEI, Fleur De Taogaga
Farias Northern Wairoa, James Nyssen
Golden Bay, Margaret Hope Opotiki, Cammy Savage

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Observer, Dirkje De Vries-Wood Ryan, Vicki Signal ANZEI, Christine Te Kir-
Otago, Karen Ferguson, Nikki Hosking, Iain Tuwairua,
Johnstone, Jan Lee, Deidre MacKay, Julia Waimate, Andrea Soper
Sullivan, Gael Trevathan, Observer, Annette Batchelor ANZEI
Otahuhu, Liz Horgan FNZEI, Fiona Watson Wainuiomata, Janet Low
ANZEI Observer, Mary Sellwood
Pahiatua Bush, Christine Omundsen Waipa, Penny Finn, Jacquie Woodland ANZEI
Observer, Anne Cooper Wairarapa, Lynne McCartney, Beryl Thomson
Papakura, Julie Anne Gauld, Janice MacKay Wairoa, Nigel Jones
ANZEI, Carol Sanford Observer, Jay Goodley
Papatoetoe, Mark Barratt, Georgina Davis, Waitaki, Frank Lewthwaite
Halima Dickie, Diane Douglas, Yvonne Granet, Observer, Sean Wansborough
Garth Houltham, Genneth Marshall-Inman Waiuku, Sarah Copeland
ANZEI, Julie Swale, Theodora Taitua, Tessa Observer, Gina Yelchich
Willis Wanganui, Lani Cotterill, Chic McConkey, Sue
Parumoana, Sandra Johnston Nimmo ANZEI
Patea-Waverley, Jean de Vries Wellington, Ann James, Katie Jones, Cathy
Observer, Stephen Sammons Keane, Kane O'Connell, Jolene Phipps
Piako, Kevin Rae Wellington North, Lesley Waite
Observer, Kate Daly West Auckland, Karen Cameron, Savita Chandra,
Poverty Bay, Miriam Pauling, Yvonne Williams Sheryl Charles, Juanita Corbett, Shirley
Rangitikei, Keith Omundsen Donaldson, Anna Lee, Pam Leonard, Dot Lovell-
Observer, Marie Flynn Smith, Ruth Milburn, Graham Stewart, Maria
Reefton-Murchison, Adrienne Cooper Stewart, Simon Tafea
Rodney-Otamatea, Tony Hamilton ANZEI Westland, Juliette Henry
Observer, Sharlene Tornquist Whakatane, Ellen Hill, Dave Ledbetter
Rotorua, Marion Brits, Russell Hallam FNZEI, Whangarei, Heather Baker, James Baker, Sheryle
Erika Locke, Janette Martin, Roger Pooley Beckham, Jan Bell, Jo MacDonald, Julie Widger
Ruapehu, Art Daniel
South Canterbury, Maureen Bromwich, Kay
Hines ANZEI, Kerry Wood DISTRICT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES
South Otago, Martin Dodge ANZEI
Observer, Carol Fitzgerald Auckland, Dan Clark, Julie Fox ANZEI, Dominic
South Taranaki, Matthew Hall, Lesley Pick Guzzo
South Wairarapa, Susan Proctor Bay of Plenty, Clint Green, Tracey OConnor
Southern Hawkes Bay, Margaret Stephenson Central East, Francis Nicholas
Southland, Anne Gover FNZEI, Lorraine Murihiku-Southland, Angelina Chalmers, Robert
Howden, Lynne Knowler, Kay Schimanski, Teria Paraki, Ruth Snowden
Smiler, Kay Stevens Otago, Katrina Heyneman, Judy Hinton, Fiona
Taihape, Liz Farley Hunter
Taupo, Janeve Green ANZEI Tai Tokerau, Anita Newland
Tauranga, Heather Ballantyne, Marion Dekker, Taranaki, Scott Walden
Anne Griffiths, Julie Sullivan, Jan Tinetti ANZEI, Top of the South/Nelson, Anni Kolff
Graham Woodhead, Shona Woodhead Waikato, Rikki Sheterline
Te Puke, Karen Graham Waitaha-Canterbury, Carly Barnes, Murray
Thames, Jackie Mitcalfe, Cliff Willcocks MacGibbon, Katherine Ramsay
Tokoroa, Roneld Creigh-Smith Wanganui, Gina Prebensen, Liam Rutherford,
Observer, Jan Stobie Paddy Sannazzaro
Turangi, Horiana Rolleston Wellington, Jo Fothergill
Observer, Manu Kerehoma
Waiapu, Andrea Reedy
Observer, Karen McClutchie
Waihi, Angela Moeke
Observer, Crystal McGovern
Waikato, Marama Ager, Jenny Burns, Val
Clarke, Claudine Eriepa, Aaron Frost, Karen
Handley, Denise Hird ANZEI, Margaret Makiha,
Karen Morrison, Eileen Raynel ANZEI, Michelle

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LEAVE

The National President advised that the following members had been granted leave from
Annual Meeting 2008:

Mary Pearson (Christchurch) from 8:30am 12:00pm Monday

Lynda Stuart (Auckland) from 8:30am 1:45pm Monday
Mellinda Wilson (Christchurch) from 8:30am 5:30pm Monday
Anne Cooper (Pahiatua Bush) from 8:30am 5:45pm Monday
Whetu Maunsell (Te Reo Areare) from 8:30am 5:45pm Monday
Angelina Chalmers (Murihiku Southland from 12:30pm Monday
District Council) 4:00pm Wednesday
Linda Stuart (Auckland) from 1:30 5:00pm Monday
Iain Johnstone (Otago) from 1:45 5:00pm Monday
Wini Emery (AT o Rotorua) from 4:00pm Tuesday
4: 00pm Wednesday
Fiona Hunter (Otago District Council) Tuesday and Wednesday
Sarah Copeland (Waiuku) Tuesday and Wednesday
Donna Boyle-Dean (Hokianga) from 8:30am 12:00pm Wednesday
Max Thompson (AT o Tauranga Moana) from 8:30am 4:00pm Wednesday
Pam Smith (Hutt Valley) from 10:15am 4:00pm Wednesday
Lynne McCartney (Wairarapa) from 10:30am 4:00pm Wednesday
John Harper (Mid Canterbury) from 11:30am Wednesday
Lorraine Bennet (Mid Canterbury) from 11:30am Wednesday
Helen Joseph (Wairau) from 12:00 4:00pm Wednesday
Denise Hird (Waikato) from 12:30 4:00pm Wednesday
Kate Daly (Piako) from 12:30pm Wednesday
Leanne Hough (Motueka) from 12:30pm Wednesday
Charlene Mora (Motueka) from 12:30pm Wednesday
Craig Benjamin (Far North) from 1:00 4:00pm Wednesday
Noeline Lemon (Bay of Islands) from 1:30 4:00pm Wednesday
Andrea Andresen (Christchurch) from 1:30 4:00pm Wednesday
Lavelle Stuart (AT Tamaki Makaurau) from 1:30 4:00pm Wednesday
Ruth Snowden (Murihiku Southland from 1:30pm Wednesday
District Council)
Kevin Rue (Piako) from 2:00 4:00pm Wednesday
Nigel Jones (Wairoa) from 2:30 4:00pm Wednesday
Annette Batchelor (Waimate) from 2:30 4:00pm Wednesday
Andrea Soper (Waimate) from 2:30 4:00pm Wednesday
Tracey OConnor (Bay of Plenty) from 2:30 4:00pm Wednesday
Sean Wansbrough (Waitaki) from 2:30 4:00pm Wednesday
Joy Doggett (Hastings) from 2:30 4:00pm Wednesday
Bridget Annabel (Hastings) from 2:30 4:00pm Wednesday
Alma Bainbridge (Hastings) from 2:30 4:00pm Wednesday
David Ledbetter (Whakatane) from 2:45 4:00pm Wednesday
Vicki Vaughan (Hastings) from 2:45pm 4:00pm Wednesday
Lesley Pick (South Taranaki) from 3:15pm Wednesday
Mathew Hall (South Taranaki) from 3:15pm Wednesday
Janice Mackay (Papakura) Wednesday
Hita Foster (Te Reo Areare) Wednesday
Judy Wilton (Hutt Valley) afternoon Wednesday
Whetu Maunsell (Te Reo Areare) Wednesday all day

Annual Meeting remembered members, staff and friends of NZEI, who had passed on
including Peter Allen Past President 1988-89 and Brian Donnelly former Principal, NZ
First MP and NZ High Commissioner to Rarotonga.

The National President advised that greetings had been received from Past Presidents and
Life Members

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 Jack Rutherford, FNZEI, Life Member
Bruce Adin FNZEI, National President 2003
Amanda Coulston ANZEI, National President 2001/02
Bill Noble FNZEI, National President 1996/97
Frank Dodd, FNZEI National President 1985/86
Helen Anderson ANZEI, National President 1978/79 & former National Secretary

The National President explained to Annual Meeting the significance of the Taonga
Pouwhenua. The chain of office of the NZEI Te Riu Roa National President represented and
symbolised the past in terms of the unions leadership Pouwhenua represented the future
and continuity of the office.

She said the Pouwhenua would be taken to the paepae and presented to Pakeke. Pakeke
would bless the Pouwhenua and it would then be passed through the hands of all members
at the meeting to be imbued, once again (as it has been in years gone by), with the strength,
support and spirit of the membership.

The Pouwhenua would be passed to the National President-elect on Wednesday afternoon to

symbolise the continuity of the office and to provide the next President with the strength,
support and spirit of the membership.

The National President then presented the Pouwhenua to the Pakeke for its journey around
Annual Meeting.

PRESIDENTS INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME

Frances Nelson, National President welcomed members to Annual Meeting.

FORMAL RESOLUTIONS

The National President advised that the formal resolutions were in the printed agenda. She
stated, as had been the practice of her presidential predecessors, it was her intention to
receive guidance from an Advisory Committee regarding the handling of business during
Annual Meeting. The Advisory Committee included members of National Executive, Te Reo
Areare and Annual Meeting representatives.

The National President invited the Advisory Committee members to the front of the stage.

Representatives were invited to speak to the committee members if they felt that there were
issues that needed to be addressed at Annual Meeting. They were:

Tony Hamilton (Chair), Liz Horgan, Rikki Sheterline, Jo Fothergill, Clint Green, Murray
MacGibbon, Nikki Hosking, Tiri Bailey-Nowell, Janice Mackay, Scott Walden, Irene Cooper
and Ian Leckie.

Members were advised that there would be a meeting of the Presidents Advisory Committee
when Annual Meeting adjourned at 12:30.

The National President advised it was important to read the formal resolutions in the agenda
booklet.

She then asked members of the National Executive to stand, in order that representatives
would be able to identify them during Annual Meeting.

The National President then asked members of Te Reo Areare to stand.

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The National President introduced the people making up the top table Immediate Past
President Irene Cooper, Vice-President Ian Leckie, National Secretary Paul Goulter,
Assistant Secretary ODMS Darrell Ward, minute takers and a speaking list spotter from
NZEIs staff team.

She advised representatives that people working on the floor of Annual Meeting were
National Office and Regional Staff of NZEI Te Riu Roa. Members were welcome to introduce
themselves and get to know the staff over the course of Annual Meeting.

She also advised that working with Lavana Ramsteijn and NZEIs Communications team,
were the Tech Angels - senior students from Wellington Secondary Schools, who would be
producing an annual meeting daily news-sheet called Union Works. These students would
approach members for comment, responses to annual meeting events, agenda items and
photographic opportunities.

The National President advised the changed seating arrangements for observers at the
meeting. The number of representatives and observers with an entitlement to attend annual
meeting had been growing annually as membership numbers increased and unfortunately,
had reached the point at which it was no longer possible to accommodate everyone on the
floor of the hall and keep within the requirements of the Town Hall Management around
health and safety rules. Accordingly, a decision was made to move the observers to the
balcony area and keep all the representatives on the main floor so they would have both
table space and access to the microphones when they were called to speak.

She said it was not an ideal situation, but as the town hall was the largest venue NZEI
needed to work out a short-term solution. At this time, annual meeting would continue in
the Town Hall until the outcome of the organisational review was clear and future
requirements for annual meetings of the future were decided.

PROCEDURES

The National President then outlined the following procedures.

Introduction

The Annual Meeting Guide had been distributed directly to representatives and observers
three weeks previously. Therefore, it was not her intention to cover the issues contained in
detail throughout the Guide, but representatives needed to have read this guide fully.

Registration

Only those representatives who had registered, were able to speak and have their votes
counted. Representatives, who had not registered, had up until 12:30 pm on the day of the
election to do so. Any changes of representation needed to be notified to the registration
desk.

Getting your name on the Speaking List to speak on the floor of Annual Meeting

The way for representatives to get their name on to a speaking list was outlined on page 13
of the Annual Meeting Guide.
The four special reports were those separately circulated and that when reports were open
for discussion representatives needed to show their speaking card number if they wished to
be put on the speakers list.

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Speaking to the Meeting

Speakers names would be read out in groups of three or four and that when named
representatives should move quickly to the nearest microphone and wait to be called on to
speak.

Speaking time limits were detailed in the Formal Resolutions. The timekeepers would ring a
single warning bell one minute before the time allocated had lapsed. The end of the
speaking time would be signalled by a double ring of the bell at which time the microphone
would be turned off.

With members support, a different approach to the process around voting on rules and
recommendations would be used for the meeting. Rather than determine the outcome of a
vote on a voice call and then a show of hands if the voices didnt give a clear indication of
the outcome, members should use their orange number cards to signal their vote. This had
been tried for a short period of time at the previous years Annual Meeting and it made the
outcome of each vote much clearer for the top table especially when the vote was close and
should make the process work more efficiently.

Standing Orders

Standing Orders were the rules of engagement and would be adhered to in order that
fairness and consistency were applied.

These were also detailed in the agenda booklet for easy reference.

Procedural Definitions

Procedural definitions for the position papers, reports and resolutions that would be used at
Annual Meeting were contained on page 15 of the Annual Meeting Guide.

Abstentions

NZEI Rules did not provide for the right to abstain during voting and that members at the
meeting, in the role of representatives, were required to exercise a vote on behalf of the
members they represented.

Organisational Review Plenary/Breakout Workshops

The plenary and breakout workshops for the Organisational Review would be held on
Tuesday morning. When Annual Meeting was in session, observers were unable to speak.
To enable observers to participate in and contribute to the discussions in those meetings it
would be noticed that Annual Meeting was not in session on Tuesday morning until
10.50am i.e. after the workshops had been concluded. All representatives and observers
were expected to be at their assigned groups unless leave had been granted.

Hot Issues Session

In accordance with past practice, a session for Hot Issues had been set on the agenda for
Wednesday afternoon. The session was contingent on the other scheduled business of the
meeting being completed by 2.00pm on Wednesday.

If this session was able to be held, and if representatives wished to speak at that time, they
should record their name on the speaking list available at the Registration Desk by 5.45pm
on Tuesday. Each speaker would have a maximum of three minutes speaking time.

Writing a Recommendation or Amendment

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Procedures for writing a recommendation or amendment were set out on page 14, Section
20 in the Annual Meeting Guide.

Applying for Leave from Annual Meeting

There were formal procedures to be carried out when applying for leave from any session of
Annual Meeting. Details were on pages 16 & 17 of the Annual Meeting Guide and the Help
Desk could assist.

Louise Green (National Executive) moved, Te Aroha Hiko (National Executive) seconded

That the formal resolutions set out in the Agenda booklet be adopted.
Agreed
Other points

That National President advised that:

The Town Hall was a no smoking area and that this included anywhere inside the
building.
Cellphones must be turned off while representatives were in, or near, the meeting
room.
Health and Safety requirements meant procedures needed to be highlighted. The
Emergency Evacuation Notice was in representatives folders, and they were asked to
make themselves familiar with it. The assembly area was in the carpark area on
Wakefield Street, not in the Civic Square.
Refreshments would be available in break periods. Water was available in water
bottles provided. These were the only water containers so they needed to be retained
for the duration of Annual Meeting. Mikes Woodshop was thanked for their support
of Annual Meeting in providing the bottled water.

Political Panel Lunchtime Session on Tuesday

The National President advised the Panel was taking place at lunchtime on Tuesday (90
minutes) and the six politicians would have 5 minutes each to speak. This left thirty-five
minutes for questions. She stated that in order to ensure that all 150 members get a fair
go the following protocols were to be observed:

1. Questions had to be submitted in writing by morning tea on Tuesday 30 September,

with the questioner identified.
2. Forms were to be collected from the Help Desk to write questions for the Political
Panelists. Completed forms were to be placed in the box marked for this purpose at
the Help Desk.
3. Questions needed to be addressed to an individual and to contain no more than one
lead-in sentence and the question.
4. The question would be drawn by the Chairperson from a box and the questioner
asked to read it. Therefore, the questioners must keep a copy.
5. The politician would be asked to make a brief response to the question.
6. If time permitted other questions might be taken from the floor.
7. It was acknowledged that politics could stir the passions, but the politicians were
NZEIs guests and representatives were to treat them as such.

The National President noted the list of members attending Annual Meeting had been
published in the agenda - any corrections should be delivered to the Help Desk for action,
and any corrections would be shown on the TV screens.

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Functions, engagements, workshops and tea break caucuses would not be formally
announced and representatives should regularly check the TV monitor for updates and
information.

All other events had been put on the fringe agenda a copy of which was in
representatives packs.

The National President emphasised that the distribution of any written material on the floor
of Annual Meeting must have the signed-off approval of the President and the Help Desk
must be advised prior to distribution. In particular, any election material must be cleared
away by Tuesday evening.

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE REPORT AND UPDATES

The National President then introduced the National Executive Report.

The report contained the National Executive Report, the Financial Statement, the Updates
Booklet and Te Reo Areare Report to Kahui Whetu 2008 on their 2008 work programme.

The report from Te Reo Areare would be taken on Tuesday morning, immediately before the
hui session, due to the re-scheduling of the Prime Ministers address to Annual Meeting at
9.45 am on Monday.

Oral questions would be taken on the first section of the National Executive Report,
paragraph 1 to paragraph 94. When speaking to the meeting representatives needed to first
state their name and the branch, aronui tomua, komiti pasifika or district council they
represented. Then they needed to identify the section of the report they were addressing by
stating the page and paragraph number, before asking their question.

The substance of the question must be closely related to the substance of the paragraph
identified. Once they had asked their question, they could make a brief statement if the
question needed to be clarified. The National Executive members responsible for the work
area would be called to the microphone to respond to the questions.

The same process was to be used on Tuesday for the Te Reo Areare Report to Te Kahui
Whetu.

Written questions on the Significant Ongoing Work starting from Paragraph 95 in the
National Executive Report and Te Reo Areare Report to Te Kahui Whetu had been invited
from branches, aronui tomua, komiti pasefika and district councils. Written answers for
these questions had been sent to the members, who had asked them.

The following representatives spoke to the report or asked questions:

Donna Buchanan Additional resources available to schools for

[Christchurch] literacy.

Louise Green replied Ministry currently calling for submissions.

(National Executive)
Eileen Raynel Outgoing Call Centre, what were the number
[Waikato] of calls made and what is the recipients level
of union activity.

Nigel Wilson replied Communication strategy. Approximately 15-

(National Executive) 20 members per night. Mix of activism.
Important to interact with those not active.

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Audrey Agnew Sustainable funding for Schools. Support
[Christchurch] staff positions needed to be tagged.

Ian Leckie replied noted the importance of the operations

(National Executive) Grant and that schools must have the
discretion to use it. Await announcement.

Russell Hallam GSE Support workers MOE funding for

[Rotorua] Fund Holding schools.

Vincent Ridgway replied two separate funding issues assurance

(National Executive) from MOE that this would be addressed.

Rikki Sheterline Curriculum and assess-ment and

[Waikato District Council] development and implementation of revised
curriculum.

Diane Leggett replied quality of Professional Development not

(National Executive) consistent throughout country and funds
insufficient.

Shona Woodhead ECE support and administration staff

[Tauranga] not close to parity with primary support
staff. Differences likely to increase with
current campaign.

Judith Nowotarski replied agreed with questioner new Collective

(National Executive) Agreement will endeavour to address this.

Niki Mayo Queried teacher training programmes.

[Christchurch]

Ian Leckie replied National Executive supportive of Teachers

(National Executive) Council and would be involved in new
induction and registration provisions.

Andrea Andresen Queried resources and physical space for 1-

[Christchurch] 15 staffing.

Ian Leckie replied space and property had to be integrated but

(National Executive) difficulties in siting within schools due to
smaller size of rooms for this initiative.

Peter Corlett Re reading recovery and its place in literacy

[Kapiti] intervention. Is NZEI committed to a
centrally funded RTLB service?

Phebe Sorensen replied working positively and hope this will be

(National Executive) shown in June 2009.

Louise Green replied not yet getting real responses from Ministry
(National Executive) re literacy interventions.

The National President advised that the time for questions had elapsed.

Frances Guy (National Executive) moved, Frances Cudby (National Executive) seconded:

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"That the Report of the National Executive and the Updates be received, amended and
printed in the record of proceedings of this meeting".
Agreed

Frances Guy (National Executive) moved, Frances Cudby (National Executive) seconded:

That the District Council Reports be printed in the record of proceedings of this
meeting.
Agreed

Financial Reports for the Year Ended 31 December 2007

The National President advised that for the discussion of the Financial Statement, Annual
Meeting would go into closed session for the initial consideration of the Institutes financial
position, so that any discussion would be confidential to members.

She stated that no one was required to leave the hall while Annual Meeting was operating in
closed session, but passing the resolution meant the information would be kept within the
Annual Meeting forum and was not for publication.

Nigel Wilson (National Executive) moved, Ian Leckie (National Executive) seconded:

That the Institute go into closed session.

Agreed

The National President advised the Institute was now in closed session, and invited
members of the Executive Membership Services & Finance Committee to the stage.

She called on Nigel Wilson, Chair of the National Executives Membership Services &
Finance Committee to present the Financial Report and noted that the session was merely a
discussion on the Financial Report and that the subscription and resources debate would
be held on Wednesday morning.

Nigel Wilson presented the Financial Statement. Members of the Membership Services and
Finance Committee assisted in the discussion.
Nigel Wilson (National Executive) moved, Ian Leckie (National Executive) seconded:

That the Financial Report and Balance Sheet be received.

Agreed

The National President asked if there were any representatives who wished to ask questions.
There were no questions.

Nigel Wilson (National Executive) moved, Ian Leckie (National Executive) seconded:

That the Financial Report and Balance Sheet be printed in the record of proceedings
of this meeting.
Agreed

Judith Nowatarski (National Executive) moved, Diane Leggett (National Executive) seconded:

That the Institute resume in open session.

Agreed

The National President advised the Institute had resumed in open session, and that in the
closed session Nigel Wilson and members of the Executive Membership Services and
Finance Committee presented the Financial Report and Balance Sheet.

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She also advised that a motion was agreed authorising the printing of the Financial Report
and Balance Sheet in the record of Annual Meeting.

Nigel Wilson (National Executive) moved, Ian Leckie (National Executive) seconded:

That the business done in closed session be confirmed in open session.

Agreed

There being no questions on the Financial Report, the National President thanked Nigel
Wilson and the following members of the Membership Services and Finance Committee
Irene Cooper, Ann Hoglund, Te Aroha Hiko, Ian Leckie, Diane Leggett, Winnifred Morris,
Judith Nowotarski. She noted that the National President was also a member of
Membership Services and Finance Committee.

The National President then advised that discussion on the National Executive Report would
continue.

FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE REPORT

The following representatives spoke to the report or asked questions:

Sarah Copeland P10/65 Re proposed organisational change

[Waiuku] and affect on staff.

National President replied this would be more apparent after

discussion of the report later in the meeting
and where the organisation decided to go.

Nick Richardson P6/9 Re base point of numeracy contract

[Christchurch] and where are its results to be found.

Diane Leggett replied numeracy projects had been developed in

(National Executive) close cooperation between Ministry and
project members in schools.

Anita Newland P7/16 Re reduced numbers of applicants for

[Tai Tokerau District Council] teacher training.

Ian Leckie replied teacher supply is of extreme concern.

(National Executive) Ministry and government must address this
issue. Teaching must be made more
attractive with higher pay.

Rikki Sheterline P10/57 Re support staff core funding.

[Waikato District Council]

Vincent Ridgway replied FTEs to be based on roll of school.

(National Executive)

Denise Hird P8/36 Requested update on long term work

[Waikato] programme.

Frances Guy replied working on unit guidelines and a trial for Q1

(National Executive) and Q2 attestation. Work on mentoring is in
conjunction with Teachers Council.

Vicky Carr Update p2 re composition of Teachers

[Auckland] Council Steering Group on RTC criteria and
its effect on members rights.

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Diane Leggett replied representation from all sectors.
(National Executive)

Louise Green replied legal opinion has been sought, a real

(National Executive) concern re haste, so process is under
discussion re RTC and protection of
members.

Niki Mayo P6/8 Re reading recovery teachers

[Christchurch) professional and industrial issues. There
had been no notice to branches re focus
groups.

Phebe Sorensen replied reports were sent.

(National Executive)

Eileen Raynel P6/7 Symposium on instructional reading

[Waikato]
Diane Leggett replied complex proposals, huge number of
(National Executive) questions. A group will reconvene to
continue discussion.

Frances Guy replied need to improve conditions so

(National Executive) literacy standards for non-achievers could be
improved.

Robyn Tataurangi P7/13 Online survey of principals re

[Auckland] introduction of 1:15.

Ian Leckie replied survey supplemented information on schools

(National Executive) in difficult positions re recruiting teachers
for 2009.

PREPARATION FOR THE PRIME MINISTER

The National President reminded Annual Meeting of the protocols for the visit of the Prime
Minister and checked that those representatives asking questions were present and
prepared.

PRIME MINISTER

Irene Cooper met and accompanied the Prime Minister Helen Clark to the Stage.

The National President called upon Koro Toma to mihi to the Prime Minister, to be followed
by the waiata Whakamanawa.

The National President welcomed the Prime Minister to Annual Meeting and invited her to
address Annual Meeting.

Speech by Rt Hon Helen Clark, Prime Minister

Thank you for the invitation to address your annual conference today.

I have defined this years general election as being about trust.

Who do we New Zealanders trust with the future of our families, our economy, our public
services, and much else besides?

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Public services of course include our public education system.

Nothing is more important in offering equal opportunity to all our people to fulfil their
talents than investment in education, from the earliest years, through the school years, to
tertiary education and skills training.

Labour has a proud history in education going back to the First Labour Government and
that legendary partnership of Peter Fraser and Clarence Beeby.

They articulated a philosophy of education of the whole child, to develop all a child's and
young person's talents. Our primary school system has excelled in that, as has our early
childhood education with its world leading curriculum.

When I became Prime Minister, it was after many bleak years of highly charged political
debate over education policy.

Our predecessors pushed change which was driven by right wing ideology and not by
evidence-based best practice.

Bulk funding was an especially divisive issue and was quickly abandoned by our new
government.

I suspect that we were elected in 1999 just in time to stop the introduction of:
performance pay
national testing, and
a voucher approach to school funding
But of course none of those ideas have gone away.

Rigid national testing remains at the heart of Nationals education policy, as is more funding
for private schools.

And as their industrial relations policy seeks to weaken collective bargaining, we have to
assume that individual contracts remain their preferred form of workplace agreements.

None of these ideas have had any currency during my nine years as Prime Minister, and I
can assure you that none of these ideas will fly in the fourth term of the Labour-led
Government for which I am campaigning.

Let me now address a number of the areas of current interest to NZEI where we are doing
good work, and wish to continue to build on what has been achieved.

Obviously the 20 Hours Free policy in early childhood education has been a highlight of our
third term.

That was a promise made in the 2005 election campaign, and it came into effect on 1 July
last year.

More than 85,000 three and four year-olds are now estimated to be participating across
2,137 teacher led services.

I am pleased to say that includes 100 per cent of kindergartens.

Feedback Ive had from kindergartens is that they appreciate the greater certainty of funding
which this policy brings.

For parents who had their children in other services, the savings from 20 Hours Free can
add up to $80 - $90 a week per child.

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I regard 20 Hours Free as a very important extension of the public education system
indeed the most important extension since the First Labour Government brought in free and
compulsory secondary education.

20 Hours Free establishes teacher-led early childhood education as without doubt a core
part of the education system.

It emphasises quality, by applying the policy only to the teacher-led services.

This policy, however, is one of many up for grabs at the election.

The National Party makes it clear that they are not committed to 20 free hours. They
worked overtime with elements of the private ECE sector to try to knock the policy over
before it began, by discouraging centres from taking up the policy.

At the very top of the NZEIs ten steps for quality education is participation in quality early
childhood education.

We agree lifting participation so that all our small children are involved is our goal too,
and so is raising quality.

Participation is up by 4 per cent since 1999; by 8 per cent for Pasefika children; and by 6
per cent for Maori.

Since 2000, more than $100 million capital has gone into community based services
through the Discretionary Grants Scheme creating more than 6,000 new places.
And we have raised the bar on staff qualifications requiring 80 per cent to be registered
teachers by 2010, and 100 per cent by 2012.

The proportion of registered teachers had more than doubled between July 2003 and 2007.

Enrolments in ECE teaching qualifications increased by 45 per cent from 2002 to 2006.

This year alone more than 2,100 Incentive Grants are supporting staff currently employed in
ECE to gain their qualifications.

Overall, early childhood education has been and will continue to be a huge priority for
Labour.

The investment is huge weve trebled spending on ECE from the 1999 figure of around
$300 million to just on $900 million this year.

Let me turn now to the issues of pay as well trained, well paid teachers are the linchpin of
a great education system.

Recruiting and retaining top quality teachers has been a focus for Labour, and its an issue
which weve worked with NZEI on for years.

To attract new people into the profession, we need to pay decent salaries. Weve made
progress, with the graduate entry rate moving in July next year I understand to $45,653, an
increase of 38 percent since 2000. I understand that overall the average pay of school
teachers overall is up by 37 per cent, to around $65,444, and for principals is up 43 per
cent.

Kindergarten teachers achieved full implementation of pay parity with primary teachers in
2006.

I understand that the new collective agreement with NZEI also includes substantial
increases for teachers who undertake additional responsibility.

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 An additional 10,000 management units are to be phased in over 2009 and 2010;
and
The value of these units increases progressively, and will be $4000 in July 2009

For first-time principals, there is now a commitment to ten days development release time
over an eighteen month period to be used for professional learning.

Im also aware that the introduction of the new New Zealand Curriculum requires
professional development time. Im pleased to announce today that weve agreed to grant a
further teacher-only day next year for the primary sector for this purpose.

I also want to comment on the importance of the work done by school support staff, the
invisible army which helps keep our schools running. Our government believes it is time
their hard work is better recognised.

The new collective agreement for support staff was settled in December last year. One of the
features of the settlement was an agreement to establish a tripartite working group,
comprising NZEI, the Ministry of Education and the New Zealand School Trustees
Association, to develop options for a new support staff remuneration structure.

Were also committed to working with the NZEI and other unions on the issue of low pay in
the support staff sector.
Indeed as a government, we have a focus on low pay overall. Weve lifted the minimum wage
every year since being elected the adult minimum is up from $7 to $12 an hour, a rise of
over 70 per cent since 1999, and weve targeted low pay in the public sector.

Last year, for example, we provided additional funding for a pay jolt for cleaners in the
public health sector and we have been seeking to replicate that for school cleaners and
caretakers.

Lately, NZEI has been talking with the Minister of Education about a pathway to address
the issue of low pay among school support staff members. I was pleased to hear that the
NZEI and the Ministry of Education have reached an understanding on how the issue of low
pay will be approached in negotiations for a new support staff collective agreement early
next year.

Our government is prepared to provide the additional funding required for a pay jolt to
raise pay rates for low paid school support staff, just as we are proposing to do for school
cleaners and caretakers. General pay increases, including those for higher paid support
staff, will continue to be negotiated as usual. Pay increases for low paid support staff
should be able to come into force at the same time as do the new pay rates for your cleaning
and caretaking colleagues.

Across the board, our government has made a huge investment in education up 84 per
cent overall in nine years.

There have been many new initiatives not least the gazetting of the new NZ Curriculum,
and the development of the first ever curriculum for Maori immersion education Te
Marautanga o Aotearoa.

We are employing more than 6,000 more teachers than there were nine years ago.

There have been significant investments in new technologies in education, and in new
schools and refurbishment I see this at first hand as I get to open quite a lot of new
developments.

The five year school property budgets have been very useful in helping schools budget and
plan ahead.

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Schools have participated in initiatives to promote better child health like those targeted at
obesity through Mission On and the new National Administrative Guidelines on food sold
on school premises.

Weve made the big investments because of the fundamental importance of education. Like
health, it is one of those areas where short term penny pinching leads to long term failure.

So, I come back to where I began. This election is about trust. For NZEI the central issue
will be : who do you trust with the future of the education system ?
Who has demonstrated to you that they have the track record on and the commitment to
prioritising public education?

Labour has steadily increased investment in education and theres still much more to do.

Over the next four years, (and starting this week), weve budgeted for $10.6 billion of tax
cuts. Yet weve been able to do that while also keeping up investment in critical areas like
education and health.

Our opponents are offering far bigger tax cuts so something would have to give. Far bigger
tax cuts and maintaining and improving spending on education and other critical areas just
dont add up.

And driving up New Zealands debt levels by borrowing for tax cuts is reckless especially in
the middle of the worse international financial crisis since the 1930s.

So the choice is up to you.

Given the privilege of a fourth term in government, we in Labour look forward to continuing
to work with NZEI to build the best possible education system we can for the 21st century.

The National President called on members to ask questions, as follows:

Monique Jansonius [National Executive] Prime Minister, on behalf of both support staff
and our teaching colleagues, thank you for recognising the value and importance of the
work that we do in schools and centres throughout New Zealand. NZEI acknowledges the
governments commitment to addressing the issue of low pay-rates for Support Staff and
want to thank you for publicly acknowledging this as something that can and will be
resolved. Your comments now enable us to refocus on the bargaining of our collective
employment agreement that will take place early in 2009 and how we can ensure the low
pay issue is remedied as part of that process. We look forward to working with the
government on a fix that includes a process to ensure that a funding stream is available to
enable Principals and Boards to implement the support staff pay-rates without
compromising other school funding priorities.

Tony Hamilton [Rodney-Otamatea] Stakeholder Working Parties have produced two

reports around the Operations Grant for the Minister of Education one on ICT and one on
the Non-Teaching Staff Workforce. To date, only the ICT Report has been released.

Does the government have a timeframe for the release of the Non-teaching Staff Workforce
report and will this report form the basis of a plan to reform the Operations Grant and
develop options for establishing a highly skilled and appropriately paid support staff
workforce in the education sector?

Prime Minister I did not know the report had not been released and will follow that up. Im
sure it will reveal the question of fundamental re-examination of priorities.

Marion Dekker [Tauranga] The value of quality early childhood programmes for pre-school
children is well recognised. The group most at risk of missing out on ECE are those
children living in low socio-economic areas. What plan would a returning Labour

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Government implement to ensure equitable access and increased participation rates in ECE
for children living in low socio-economic areas?

Prime Minister Will continue to prioritise under-serviced areas, especially low socio-
economic areas, in particular Mori and Pasifika children.

Sharon Shaw [Central King Country] Poverty is an identified factor in a childrens failure
in education. We also know that the socio economic status of families is directly linked.
What policies would a Labour led government implement to raise the standard of living and
ensure access to the range of social services that would assist families living in relative
poverty?

Prime Minister Importance of full employment, working for families programme, primary
health-care strategies, state housing availability all help to address those issues.

Tiri Bailey-Nowell [National Executive] With the launch of Te Marautanga o Aotearoa on

Friday September 26 it became public knowledge that there would be an additional marau,
Te Reo Pakeha to stand alongside all the other marau including Learning Languages. My
question is why is there no stand alone curriculum area within The New Zealand
Curriculum English Medium for Te Reo Maori? Where is the language equity in that?

Prime Minister Spoke about her personal memory of a wonderful primary teacher who
taught her some Te Reo when she was nine years of age. Would like more children to learn
Te Reo Maori but also hindered by lack of teachers with this knowledge. New curriculum
demonstrates that to function fully in New Zealand knowledge of English is also vital.

The National President called on Ian Leckie to thank the Prime Minister.

Ian Leckie thanked the Prime Minister Rt Hon Helen Clark on behalf of the 125th Annual
Meeting of NZEI Te Riu Roa, and welcomed the Minister of Education, Hon. Chris Carter.

Ian Leckie congratulated Ms Clark on using the opportunity to address NZEI national
representatives and acknowledged the positive response of NZEI Te Riu Roa members to her
announcements on recognising the invisible army that is the support staff workforce. He
added, that members working in schools do not see them as invisible they were a very
necessary and positive support to schools programmes and they supported the needs of
particular children as well. Both very visible roles. Ian Leckie said the pay jolt would be
welcome, and trusted that the mechanism to honour the pledge would be in place. Lifting
participation and engagement was the aim of all educators.

Trust was important and he acknowledged that the government and NZEI had worked
together to shape the current and the future education environment. Among these
achievements were:
Settlement of all major collective agreements
Improvements in teaching staffing, especially 1:15
Developments and improvement in ECE 20 hours free
Recognition of leadership in schools through the delivery of units
Revised national curriculum and Te Marautanga Curriculum
And now support staff too.

Ian Leckie acknowledged the positive relationship between the government, her ministers,
and NZEI Te Riu Roa. He took the opportunity to wish the Prime Minister well in the
coming general election and said that 49,000 members throughout the country were
represented by those present at the meeting.

He presented a gift of pounamu, and invited Annual Meeting to share in thanking and
showing appreciation to the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon Helen Clark.

This was followed by Waiata Tikina Ra Te Kakano.

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The National President and National Secretary escorted the Prime Minister from the stage to
morning tea with members in the foyer.

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE CANDIDATES

The National President explained that the candidates for National Vice-President and
National Executive would address Annual Meeting.

She advised it was resolved by Annual Meeting 2001 that each candidate would have 1
minutes, inclusive of an appropriate mihi. The order of speakers had been determined by a
ballot. The list of National Executive nominees was in the agenda booklet.

The speaking order was printed and in members folders, along with a copy of each
candidates CV. Representatives were to note that the candidates names were listed in
alphabetical order on the voting papers.

Te Reo Areare nominated representatives on National Executive for 2009 were: Tiri Bailey-
Nowell, Te Aroha Hiko, Sophie Short.

The National Secretary advised there was one nomination for the position of National
President. As there would be no election, Frances Nelson would not speak at that time.

The National President advised there were three candidates for the position of Vice-
president. The nomination of Judith Nowatarski, as one of these candidates, had not been
included in the information in the Rourou Annual Meeting supplement. This omission was
due entirely to an internal mistake. Judiths nomination was in ahead of the deadline and
should have been included in the supplement. The National President apologised to her for
the error.

Sesilia Palu had withdrawn her nomination from the election of the Primary Teaching Sector
representatives on the National Executive prior to the printing of the Rourou Annual
Meeting Supplement containing the CVs of nominees.

There were two nominations for the two positions of Support Staff Primary, one
nomination for the Support Staff position Secondary/Area Schools Sector and there were
three nominations for the three positions from the Early Childhood Education Sector. As
there would not be an election for these positions, these nominees were not required to
address Annual Meeting.

The speaking Order for National Executive Candidates, Annual Meeting 2008 were:

National Vice-President
Judith Nowotarski
Ian Leckie
Diane Leggett

National Executive - Primary Sector

Frances Guy
Ron Graham
Vincent Ridgway
Louise Green
David Kennedy
Karl Vasau
Fiona Matapo
Peter de la Chaumette
Clint Green
Nigel Wilson
Phebe Sorensen

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Nicola Mayo
Winnifred Morris
Frances Cudby

OPERATION SWITCH

The National President called on Nigel Wilson and members of the working group to the
stage.

Nigel Wilson (National Executive) moved, Ann Hoglund (National Executive) seconded:

That the presentation Operation Switch, be received.

Agreed

Nigel Wilson, Ian Leckie, Ann Hoglund, Judith Nowotarski presented Operation Switch
Whakawhitiwhiti Mahi.

Nigel Wilson (National Executive) spoke as follows:

NZEI Te Riu Roa a large, effective dynamic union has looked closely at its needs
(Organisational Review) as a 21st Century Union in moving forward in the future. Operation
Switch is the key to ensuring the viability, flexibility, continuity and enhancement of
organising programmes and services provided by the union.

This means that the Union needs to have the capability to:
Establish a clear and supported organisation-wide direction.
Align all activities, decision making and structure (nationally, regionally, sectorally,
within interest groups) with this direction and monitor progress.
Work collaboratively with other sector partners, while maintaining a strong and
independent voice backed by member involvement.
Adopt a learning orientation that encourages innovation, good process, and
continuous improvement in all areas.
Move quickly and decisively when required including the capacity for frequent and
ICT driven rapid response communication, feedback and interaction with members.
Make a commitment to the ongoing renewal and development of activist, leaders and
staff.
Develop an organising orientation to enable the greatest level of member involvement
in the widest range of activity.
Achieve organisational effectiveness in using resources and time including a
commitment to minimising bureaucracy.

Operation Switch is a critical component in securing and enhancing NZEIs ongoing capacity
and influence as this countrys largest education sector union.

As part of its review, feedback from members, enthusiasm to ensure the future of the
institute, National Executive has taken the decision to move from payroll deductions to
direct debit payment of subscriptions:
Maximising member involvement efficiently to build ownership.
Focus the process on setting broad direction based on member input rather than
being overly prescriptive, and
Having a limited number of goals and strategies that enable clear focus.

To enable this to happen the Operation Switch campaign is being launched at this Annual
Meeting.

Operation Switch is about the way in which we need to pay subscriptions from today and in
the future.

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Currently subscriptions are paid through Payroll services by a contract agreement with the
Ministry of Education. So that NZEI has greater security over its income there is a need for
NZEI Te Riu Roa to switch its members away from Payroll deduction to Direct Debit.

By carrying this out the strengthening relationship between the union and its members will
grow and is seen as an important outcome of this process.

NZEI Te Riu Roa has for some time been aware of the benefits to the organisation from
having its members paying subscriptions in ways that dont have the hands on involvement
of third parties, for example the Ministry of Education payroll system and various
kindergarten association payrolls.

NZEI Te Riu Roa then is committed to encouraging all its members to review their current
subscription payment method and move to direct debit payments. This way the Institute
will be able to collect subscriptions from its members with the knowledge that this Switch
will free subscription income for other activities.

Operation Switch will ensure that the Unions subscription income is secure and
independent. In doing so the strength of direct relationships with members is increased and
growth and activism continue to build.

Ian Leckie (National Executive): spoke as follows:

NZEI Te Riu Roa is a member driven organisation and as such there is a very close
relationship between the members and the operation of our union. As an organising union
there is a continued need to protect ourselves from the influence of others and as this will
result in a better organisation, we have an obligation to look after ourselves.

NZEI Te Riu Roa cannot work for its members if there isnt a secure and ongoing financial
income. Members rely on the organisation, and the organisation relies on its members to
remain sustainable.

If we are to maintain the influence we have in the education world then we have to ensure
there is reliability in our operational capacity.

Operation Switch has to start somewhere and at Annual Meeting 2008 that the first
commitments to ensuring this sustainability can be made. Representatives and observers to
this meeting are all members of NZEI Te Riu Roa and we can all be the first to make the
move.

I hear you ask why should we move to direct debit?

We need to remain mindful that the budget approved at Annual Meeting 2007 was based on
a projected large deficit. The likely case scenario for the end of 2008 is that the actual
deficit will be even more than that which was predicted.

National Executive considered the need for a possible subscriptions increase for 2009 and in
deciding to proceed ensured any possible savings were taken into account in the making of
that decision. In all likelihood the sub increase sought would have been greater had NE not
done this. Even though the possible $300,000 in deductions savings may be considered
significant, the flow of this into our accounts has many depending factors and until it
eventuates consideration of it at this stage would be a risk to the organisation. When 100%
of members are using direct debit we can then consider this with far more certainty. A
further thought is that this figure alone does not even represent equivalence to the annual
rate of inflation.

Therefore the need for a subscription increase and the impact of saving go hand in hand
with the end result we still strongly recommend the subscription increase.

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There is a clear need for us to be planning ahead and as a responsible organisation this is
what we are bound to do.

Ann Hoglund (National Executive) spoke as follows:

You will be responsible for predicting what your annual earnings for all roles covered by
NZEI agreements will be. This will ensure that you are not overpaying your subscriptions
and give you greater control over subscription payments.

We know that Support Staff members who dont receive a regular salary every fortnight have
problems with subscription payments via payroll. This is because the same formula is used
by the payroll computer to work out the subscriptions of ALL NZEI members.

That formula doesnt take into account that many Support Staff members do not work the
same number of hours every week throughout the year.

An electronic calculator has been devised on the NZEI website to ease the translation to
direct debit of those Support Staff who are non-annualised and who, because of irregular
earning patterns, have difficulty with payroll formula used to determine subscriptions. This
makes it very easy to calculate what your annual earnings will be and what you should be
paying for your NZEI subscription. So please log on and check your details, you may well
find you will be paying less with the Direct Debit system, as the calculations will be a lot
more precise than the MOE payroll computers are in calculating your subscriptions.

Judith Nowotarski (National Executive) spoke as follows:

The action of switching is a manual task for members so the working party determined this
campaign to be worthy of incentives.

The costs of providing incentives can be met by the savings estimated in this year alone, and
because of the minimal costs of the Operation Switch Campaign to date.

Four draws will take place at the end of November from the pool of members who have
made the switch before the end of November.

Each of the four draws provides a lucky recipient with $2500 of air travel to be used
domestically, nationally or internationally!

Your opportunity to be in with a chance happens when National Office receive advice (i.e.
the paperwork) that you are making the switch to Direct Debiting as your subscription
payment method you will be automatically entered into a draw pool!

So What more motivation do you need???

Let me remind you Operation Switch is about improving the way in which NZEI Te Riu Roa
collects subscriptions from members.

Operation Switch is about reducing NZEIs dependency on the MOE Payroll system as the
most significant collection method.

This presentation then is about leadership, a very special type of leadership collective
leadership.

Michael Chirichello said and I quote Collective leadership supports a culture in which
trusting relationships are valued and members of the organisation experience a sense of self
empowerment.

The success of Operation Switch annual meeting requires that all representatives and
observers take on board the challenge and exercise your support for the campaign.

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We ask that you interact with your colleagues and encourage them to make the Switch. As
an activist and leader use the following words as part of your discussion: Us; We; Our;
Union.

Nigel Wilson (National Executive) continued:

The success of Operation Switch will vividly demonstrate effective and efficient leadership of
our activists you as members of Annual Meeting.

Long term measures of our leadership success are:

The unions subscription income being secure and independent.
The strength of direct relationships with members is increased and growth and
activism continue to build so tip the balance and secure NZEIs Future.

Switch with Style! Sign yourself up today! Lead in your worksites tomorrow encourage
members to make the switch next term.

We have leaders amongst us Noeline Lemon signed up 100% of her staff and added a new
member on direct debiting You can Switch now.

NZEIs rules currently limit the range of options available to members for paying
subscriptions rule changes are proposed to address these matters.
Operation Switch is the way we will secure the Union for the future.

The following representatives spoke to the report or asked questions:

Tony Hamilton Supported questioned whether there were

[Rodney-Otamatea] other options other than direct debit i.e.
credit card.

Nigel Wilson replied NZEI was talking to banks.

(National Executive)

Garth Houltham Questioned how this would apply to relievers

[Papatoetoe] and could payments be suspended?

Chris Stuart Questioned re payments by relievers who

[Auckland] were not sure how much relieving they
would have.

Darrell Ward that the working patterns of relievers varied.

(Staff) Best option was to contact Field Officer to
find most effective coverage.

Anita Newland Noted this was a very difficult time for

[Tai Tokerau District Council] members to make this change.

Ruhia Hamilton Questioned whether

[A T Kahungaunu Ki Te Wairoa] airfare reward could be used for family
members.

Darrell Ward Yes.

(Staff)

Christine Mack Some members really against direct debit as

[North Shore] it is a cost to individual members which
varies from bank to bank rather than NZEI
organisation.

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Kerry Wood Can payroll deal with problem of large
[South Canterbury] number of members changing.

Darrell Ward Yes.

(Staff)

Caleb Wall How can NZEI ensure relievers who opt for
[AT Te Whanganui a Tara) the minimum payment are actually eligible
for it?

Darrell Ward Rely on trust.

(Staff)

Meg Moss Supported. - Currently Early Childhood can

[Auckland] only pay by direct debit and it is easy on
easy option.

Mary Pearson Direct debit fine for passionate activists.

[Christchurch] However huge bank charges if member has
no funds in bank when payment due to be
made.

The National President thanked members of the Operation Switch Working Group: Nigel
Wilson, Ann Hoglund, Irene Cooper, Ian Leckie, Te Aroha Hiko, Judith Nowatarski, Diane
Leggett, Winnifred Morris, herself plus Staff members Paul Goulter, Steve Coates, Stephanie
Mills and Darrell Ward.

RESOLUTIONS TO AMEND RULES

The National President advised that, again, this year she had convened an Annual Meeting
Resolution Advisory Committee (AMRAC) to provide advice to her on the resolutions and the
order that these would be taken.

The National President advised the first session was to consider the resolutions to amend or
repeal Institute Rules and Policy.

The National President reminded branches sponsoring recommendations on the rules and
policy to have notified the Help Desk of the names of movers and seconders as soon as
possible.

She also reminded representatives that in terms of the Rules of NZEI, motions to insert,
add, rescind or amend rules must be agreed by at least a 60% majority.

The National President reminded representatives that Rule 6.19.6 stated that no resolution
to insert, add, rescind or amend the rules could be subject to amendment. In other words
the resolutions regarding rules would be won or lost as they were worded.

Members were reminded that resolutions to amend Institute rules and policy that related to
a particular report would be taken when that report was discussed, wherever possible.
Movers and seconders were to be prepared to speak to their resolution at any session.
RESOLUTIONS TO AMEND RULES AND POLICY

The National President announced Annual Meeting would consider resolutions to amend
rules and that these were to be taken in the order recommended by AMRAC.

The National President announced that Numbers 2 and 5 would be taken at this time.

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Entrance Fees, Subscriptions and Levies

Nigel Wilson (National Executive) moved, Ann Hoglund (National Executive) seconded
That 2.13.2 of the Rules of the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa (Inc) be
amended by:

Replacing the current rule 2.13.2:

2.13.2 Each full and Student Teacher member shall pay an annual subscription in
advance to the National Secretary except that those members in receipt of a
fortnightly payment of salary may remit their subscription by way of salary
deduction at the rate of fourteen three-hundred-and-sixty fifths (14/365) of the
annual subscription each fortnight or at the rate of one-twelfth of the annual
subscription each month by direct debit from a nominated bank account. In
any case where arrangements with an employer or payroll service to deduct
subscriptions from salary have been proved to be continually unsatisfactory in
remitting subscriptions owing, the National Secretary may determine that an
alternative method of payment shall apply and shall advise affected members
in writing at least 30 days before any change takes effect.

With
2.13.2 Each full and Student Teacher member shall pay a membership subscription to
the National Secretary at the appropriate rate that has been determined under rule
2.13.3.
Carried
The mover spoke to the resolution.

The following representatives spoke to the resolution or asked questions.

Russell Hallam Questioned whether new members would

[Rotoura] have to move to direct debit.

Darrell Ward current processes would continue for some

[staff] time.

Jean Dolheguy Membership form query as form only states

[Auckland] branch in school or home.

Darrell Ward current membership rules would be

[staff] maintained.

Tony Hamilton Rule change gives total control as to how a

[Rodney-Otamatea] member pays to National Executive does
not allow for structured approach.

Nigel Wilson replied Rule 2.13.3 is set at Annual Meeting.

(National Executive)

Tony Hamilton Stated this rule is not about method of

[Rodney-Otamatea] collection.

Nigel Wilson replied believes rule change does allow this to occur.
(National Executive)

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Amanda Caldwell Raised point of clarification does not
[Franklin) believe previous question and answer is clear
to representatives.

Ngaire Chaney concerned changes in subscription occurring

[Coromandel Peninsula] at same time as proposed changes in
Institute structure they should be delayed
until after this is determined.

Nigel Wilson (National Executive) moved, Ann Hoglund (National Executive) seconded:
That the Rules of the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa (Inc) be amended
by:

Inserting a new rule numbered 2.13.4 (numbering subject to deletion of the current
2.13.4; otherwise 2.13.5 with subsequent rules renumbering).

2.13.5 The National Executive shall determine the methods of payment of

subscriptions available to members which shall be notified from time to
time in Rourou.
Carried

The mover spoke to the resolution. Rule change is to reflect current practice.

The following representatives spoke to the resolution or asked questions:

Tony Hamilton Opposed does give total power to National

[Rodney-Otamatea] Executive to determine method of payment.

Anna Lee Supported need to grapple with difficulties

[West Auckland] of changing method of payment cannot
always be assured of government
cooperation.

Russell Hallam Opposed does not mention Annual Meeting

(Rotorua] or different methods of payment.

Cliff Willcocks Questioned whether government was likely

[Thames] to prevent payroll deducting NZEI subs.

Nigel Wilson replied that internationally a new government had

(National Executive) removed this provision

The National President advised that as meetings were scheduled at lunchtime this debate
would continue at a later time.

The National President reminded the Presidents Advisory Committee to meet at the Help
Desk immediately upon the lunch adjournment.

The National President announced that during the lunch break there were two workshops:
Lobbyists/Campaigning being held Civic Suites 1 & 2 and the Poverty Workshop in The Lion
Harbourview lounge at the Michael Fowler Centre. Only those who had registered for those
workshops could attend the sessions as space and resources were only allocated on the
numbers registered.

Annual Meeting adjourned at 12.45pm

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MONDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2008
THIRD SESSION
Annual Meeting resumed at 1:45pm.

Organising Call Centre (OCC) Presentation

Kelly Dare, Organising Calling Centre (OCC) presented the following report:

Kia ora. My name is Kelly and Ive been pushed forward to introduce the new Organising
Calling Centre to you all. The people who work here are Morgan who is studying
Accounting, Emma and Theresa are both studying English Literature, Dom, who couldnt be
here today, is doing Industrial Relations, Ashleigh and Kris who have recently joined us and
Rachel and I are both training to be teachers. Of course, we wouldnt be anywhere without
our fearless leader Jo, who has managed to train us into the brilliant callers you see before
you today.

The OCC opened on 29 July 2008 with a welcoming drink and nibbles. Not bad for our first
night at a new job! After that, though, we were thrown straight into being trained to make
calls regarding support staff issues, the organisational review of NZEI, worksite checks and
of course the election. For all of us, it was great to be immediately involved in some of the
key campaigns of NZEI.

Overall, the union has been an extremely supportive place for us to work. Weve been given
training in what happens behind the scenes and how much work all sectors of the union
really do. Weve also been given training in Mori pronunciation and we really do try our
best but feel free to correct us if we get it wrong!

The response to our calls has been really great we especially enjoyed the support staff
conference feedback including finding out what the mystery workshop was! Also valuable,
has been finding out about how members are feeling in the current political environment.

Our goal is to provide members with a positive union experience and I hope that we manage
to do that. Were interested in getting your opinions and being able to put forward what you
think to the union.

RESOLUTIONS TO AMEND RULES AND POLICY

The National President advised of the continuation of discussion on Resolution No. 5.

Caleb Wall Opposed National Executive should not be

(AT Te Whanganui a Tara) given this power. Membership should be
given the option to decide.

Ian Leckie Supported clarified that National Executive

(National Executive) needed to have flexibility to deal with
practices that may be introduced by banks.
NZEI is currently at risk if the government
stops the ability of payroll to debit
subscriptions from those employed by the
state sector. The intention was to broaden
current rule. While National Executive have
a preferred option, other methods will
remain.

Erika Locke Opposed current rules give National

(Rotorua) Executive power to do this now.

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Tukiteoa Kerei Opposed once members actually see money
(AT Tokoroa) coming out of bank account, many are likely
to withdraw.

Anne Gover Supported change of government could

(Southland) easily stop deductions from payroll and NZEI
could not function.

Chris Stuart Opposed needs to be rewritten for next

(Auckland) year.

Ruhia Hamilton Supported if National Executive make poor

(AT Kahungunu ki te Wairoa) decisions this will be reflected in voting at
next Annual Meeting.

Rikki Sheterline Supported should have faith in National

(Waikato District Council) Executive. Greater activism could result
from members who actually notice that the
sub is being deducted from their bank
accounts.

Nigel Wilson in reply Each individual existing member can make

(mover) their own decision as to which subscription
method they select. New members from now
on will have subscriptions paid by direct
debit. It will not be used with indiscretion
but give National Executive flexibility if they
have to react to situations that arise between
Annual Meetings. Subscriptions deducted
from Early Childhood and kindergarten
members currently often remain in those
institutions bank accounts earning interest
for them for some time before being sent to
National Office.

BUILDING THE UNION A STRATEGY FOR NZEI BY PAUL GOULTER, NZEI

NATIONAL SECRETARY

The National President informed members, that at Annual Meeting 2007, one of the three
priorities identified was for NZEI to conduct an organisational review to ensure that NZEI, in
every way possible, became a union fit for working in the 21st century. NZEIs new National
Secretary, Paul Goulter, would present Building the Union A Strategy for NZEI. It was
the framework endorsed by the National Executive that it believed would enable NZEI to
become a successful union and professional organisation. She reminded members that
many of them had already been introduced to the framework as it had become the platform
upon which National Executive had begun to build the work going forward on the
Organisational Review. Pauls presentation this morning was important from the perspective
of giving representatives an opportunity to put a framework around both the organisational
review and the work the union had undertaken as part of the campaigning pilot
programmes NZEI had developed over the past three months. It signalled National
Executives intent to sharpen its focus around the agreed purpose for its work.

The National President stated also that she intended to open up discussion around the
framework at the end of the presentation

National Secretary Paul Goulter presented a powerpoint presentation Building Unions:

Frameworks for Change.

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The following representatives spoke to the resolution or asked questions:

Erika Locke Concerned PCTAG was being dropped.

(Rotorua)

National President replied this was a separate issue. Suggestion for

dropping PCTAG was part of Owen Harveys
Reorganisation Report.

Caleb Wall He Whakaaro Tautoko supported.

(AT Te Whanganui a Tara)

Shona Woodhead Not a lot of involvement in her branch

(Tauranga) because members see NZEI becoming an
industrial union, rather than professional.

Dot Lovell-Smith Interested in research being carried out in

(West Auckland) private early childhood centres.

Peter de la Chaumette (Auckland) Interested in strategies that would be needed

if there was a change of government.

National Secretary replied the strategies must continue.

Colleen Phillip Agreed NZEI needed plans but these must

(Christchurch) not become too prescriptive, but must
respond to passion of members.

Judy Wilton Queried whether NZEI knew names of

(Hutt Valley) Reading Recovery teachers, because many
were bulk funded from Operations Grant -
and other bulk funded teachers.

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Nigel Jones Much complacency was due to the fact that
(Wairoa) many branches did not realise what it was
they could discuss at branch meetings and
need training in this.

Hayley Whitaker National Executive was right behind the

(National Executive) thinking and plans of the new National
Secretary.

The National President Frances Nelson thanked Paul Goulter, National Secretary, for his
presentation.

GUEST SPEAKER

Angelo Gavrielatos, President, Australian Education Union

Mihi by Koro Toma

National President - Frances Nelson called on Judith Nowotarski to introduce Angelo

Gavrielatos.

Judith Nowotarskis introduction for Angelo Gavrielatos began with a waiata.

Ko Aotea taku waka ko tipua hororangi te tata

E hoe e ko Kautu-ki-te-rangi nga tai e riwaru!

Judith Nowotarski introduced Angelo Gavrielatos, as follows:

Angelo, my waiata tawhio speaks of the waka Aotea, and the paddle, names Kautu-ki-te-
rangi. I liken you to being the captain of your waka Australian Education Union, and that
your being with us, is like the paddle putting your waka your union and ours closer
together.

Angelo, you participated in our powhiri. You observed our Awards evening and you partied
with us! You have experienced our tikanga; our way of acknowledging the excellence of our
members and the way we celebrate those moments that are so important to us.

It is my pleasure to invite Angelo Gavrielatos to address our Annual Meeting.

Angelo Gavrielatos Address

(summarised as follows)
I thank everyone for the very warm welcome to your country. In response to that very warm
welcome from Koro Toma, can I acknowledge the traditional custodian of the land that I met
today. I come to you today in the spirit of international solidarity in the hope that we can
continue to work together to achieve that which is the most important outcome to us, which
is the improvement of education of the students under our care. I say, on a daily basis,
that as educators we have one responsibility, a responsibility that we take very seriously, a
responsibility to improve the education outcome of our students, a responsibility to ensure
that they can become better citizens of the future. Before I go on to present to you the
political landscape as it is existing in Australia at the moment, I would like to make some
observations about your proceedings thus far.

In all my professional life, that was the first time Ive experienced a Prime Minister
acknowledging and celebrating the achievements, efforts and contributions of teachers and
educators in an education system. I havent seen it before. I was impressed with that
acknowledgment and celebration of your efforts and contributions by your Prime Minister.

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Also my observations of some of the debates that you have had, reminded me of the debates
that we will continue to have at home and right across the world whenever educators meet.
It is our responsibility as elected leaders and, Im talking about all of us collectively, to
constantly evaluate and strive, in order to strengthen and deepen the level of engagement of
our membership. In the absence of that engagement we will not grow as unions; we will not
grow as individuals nor grow collectively. The last observation that I can make is with
respect to your debate around the collection of dues, membership fees and the direct debit
campaign that you have launched. It is interesting that my home union, the NSW
Federation, three years ago, launched an aggressive campaign called SWITCH. The
campaign was launched aggressively in 2006 because some 13 years earlier we were
complacent. 13 years earlier, in 1992, a hostile conservative government in NSW, overnight
ceased payroll deductions. In 1992 we said how important it was to start switching people
over to direct debit but it was a case of too many words without action. We woke up in 2006,
courtesy of the onslaught of the government that changed the industrial laws, which could
have seen the cessation of deductions at that point.

Under the Howard government, a change to industrial laws saw a cessation of payroll
deductions. In NSW in three years some 18,000 people moved over to direct debit which
means for 62% of membership now, we do not have to rely on payroll deductions. That
means our house is in order. Last year on 24th November the union movement, the teacher
movement, the broader education movement, celebrated a change of government to a
government that governs, rather than a government underpinning their policies with fear
and division.

The Rudd government took office with a lot of hope, a lot of expectation, an expectation to
value itself. The 13th of February was one of the special moments in the history of Australia
- a transforming moment with respect to the psychology of the nation, an uplifting moment,
- a long overdue apology to the stolen generation of Australia.

We say to our students, as teachers, its always important to be proud of our past but we
need to acknowledge in Australia that there are certain aspects of the past which were
wrong and that apology had to be put in place. We still have a long way to go. We all
thought based on that initial day in Parliament that the Kevin Rudd government would fulfil
our expectations. Today, amongst the business of union in general, amongst teachers and
educators in particular, there is very deep disappointment. The government has not moved
anywhere fast enough or deeply enough to changing the industrial relations laws in our
country. We have a long way to go. Yesterday, the Council of Trade Unions launched a new
campaign to put more pressure on the government to speed up those industrial relations
reforms.
Helen Clarks acknowledgment of your work, and your achievements, we need to see in
Australia. Teachers live every day with the imposition of a transparent and accountability
agenda in our schools. In fact, I believe that worldwide, teachers and educators, in general,
have never been subjected to more political scrutiny than we are subjected today.

It is fine to have quality programmes. Parents have a right to be informed about them.
Kevin Rudd and the Minister of Education would like to go beyond that and start comparing
schools. National tests are being introduced this year. Unfortunately, the government
wants to import the worst of ideas from overseas. We want policies from countries which are
consistently performing, and that have high quality outcomes for students, rather than
those from UK and USA.

Next year well see the first round of national standardisation tests for Years 7 and 9. It is
wrong. National standard testing, and comparison in lead tables, is in fact a narrow
curriculum and the very people affected are those that are most affected - disadvantaged
students.

We have a long way to go as far as our campaigns and our struggles to achieve are
concerned. We will continue to demand from government their obligation to publicly support
our efforts, to support teachers and to support educators. We dont operate in a vacuum.

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For far too long the funding of our schools has been to the detriment of our students. We
say that all students regardless of location, regardless of background, have the right to a
quality public school education.

I say to our teachers, I say to our educators, the most pressing issue confronting Australian
teachers is the human rights issue and human rights must be confronted by students and
their communities. We constantly strive to address underachievement, whatever that is. The
underperformance of indigenous students is the major obstacle that must be overcome.

Our course, our struggle is not an isolated case. I just described, the agenda of degradation
of teachers, the agenda of commercialisation of commodities, is an international agenda of
education.

Solidarity is where we work collectively for the common good and realize not only what
public education means to individuals but also what it means to a civilized global world, one
which places values above profits.

National President - Frances Nelson called on Diane Leggett (National Executive), who
offered a vote of thanks.

Diane Leggett addressed Angelo Gavrielatos, as follows:

Angelo, it is a privilege to thank you on behalf of the members of NZEI Te Riu Roa for your
thought provoking address this afternoon.

NZEI is very aware that the AEU canvassed vigorously for a change of government and Kevin
Rudd and his colleagues came to power with much hope and, like here, past wrongs have
been acknowledged.

It is obviously disappointing that reforms are moving slowly. There are many common
issues eg. quality teaching, assessment - question marks in some political arenas and
private/public partnerships. New Zealand too, has a history of importing policies from
overseas. However, our new curriculum is a world leading document and we are proud to
put that out there to other countries. Together we can learn from each other, support each
other and work together to better outcomes for students.

Please accept this gift in appreciation of your presentation to us this afternoon, and safe
travels back to Australia. The toki (adze) symbolises authority, strength and triumph over
adversity.

Annual Meeting was invited to join in showing Angelo its appreciation. This was followed
with a waiata.

REPORT SPECIAL EDUCATION POLICY REVIEW

National President Frances Nelson called Diane Leggett and members of the Special
Education Policy Review workgroup to the stage.

Diane Leggett (National Executive) moved, Fiona Matapo (National Executive) seconded:

That the report Special Education Policy Review be received.

Agreed

Presentation of the Special Education Policy Review Report by members of the

workgroup

Vinny Ridgway (National Executive) spoke as follows:

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The development of this policy follows a different pathway than usual, in that it is a
culmination of current policy and existing actions that have seen the place of special
education in NZEI policy relegated to stand alone statements. We all know that students
with special educational needs require a variety of approaches in delivery in order to
encourage engagement and for learning to take place.

Special education requires passionate teachers working together with family/whanau and
specialist support along with the resourcing to pull it together. It is with this in mind that
we would like to present to you a visual, physical and verbal approach to the presenting of
this policy. The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate the practical application of
these supports for students with special educational needs.

Fiona Matapo (National Executive) spoke as follows:

In this box we have a creature. Can you guess what it is by checking each feature? The
features are:
Thousands of frustrated members;
Hundreds of fragmented actions;
One Annual Meeting agreement.
And no overarching policy.

Can you guess what our creature is? A copy of the policy statement.

It is our pleasure to introduce NZEI Te Riu Roas Special Education Policy to Annual
Meeting 2008.

Diane Leggett (National Executive) spoke as follows:

Special Education continues to be a priority for NZEI Te Riu Roa. We know this because we
still have those things in the box but we now have a tool to help us.

This special education policy statement sits within NZEIs broader policy framework. They
are not intended to replace that broader policy but to add the special education perspective,
or to complement that policy. The working group considered ways in which other unions in
Australia and in Great Britain had structured their policies and agreed that statements of
principle should begin and frame the NZEI special education policy. These statements of
principle would:
Express what NZEI members believe in and wish to achieve in special education;
Be readily accessible and public;
Guide the union when making public statements;
Remain relevant over time;
Acknowledge the unique place of Mori students within education and especially
those in the Mori medium.

Much consultation with members had occurred during the year with a wide range of
members perspectives being considered. The policy is a culmination of members ideas,
philosophies, beliefs and dreams. It was the tapestry of current practice and pedagogy
woven together with the members voices from past annual meetings where Special
Education had always been a topic of hot debate.

However, there was still much to be actioned in the area of Special Education and it was
important for the work to be progressed through NZEIs workplan. The overarching policy
gave NZEI the structure from which it could work through what was already in place as it
was reviewed, analysed, adapted and recommended new and reviewed policy for
consideration.

In conclusion, she said, she would like to acknowledge all those who contributed to the
document including all members of the working party and NZEI Te Riu Roa staff.

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The following representatives spoke to the report or asked questions:

Eileen Raynel Commended the report and symbol.

(Waikato) Limitation on number of teachers was set in
1999, which does not take into account
population growth and means case loads are
unrealistic, and need to be new model based.

Margaret Ready Commended the report - however, concerned

(Auckland) with level of government funding through
SEG and contestable funding schemes. At
present, Special Education was in crisis.
Questioned how policy is going to be
progressed.

Fiona Watson Agreed that NZEI would continue to lobby for

(Auckland) more funding after considerable consultation
with members.

Clint Green Praised much of the report but cautioned the

(Bay of Plenty District Council) lack of close links or dialogue with the
Ministry of Education and their poor
appreciation of support staff; crucial there
was more teacher education around needs of
special education students.

Heather Ballantyne Applauded that members were working

(Tauranga) together; however, resourcing needed to be
needs based and not contestable. Miro
Maori strand needed to have specially
trained and resourced staff.
Shona Woodhead Supported noted there were very small
(Tauranga) sectors within special education framework.

Kerry Wood Congratulated - but hoped it was not blue

(South Canterbury) sky scenario; need for more training of staff
who spend most time with children with
special needs.

Pat Hutchison Supported must continue to look at big

(Mana) picture and not let small details drive it.

Russell Hallam Supported need to carefully define meaning

(Rotorua) of local school as this may not be nearest
school; need for meaningful discussion with
Ministry over this.

Erika Locke Supported funding for students must

(Rotorua) continue throughout all school class levels.

Anna Lee Concerned with high level statement on

(West Auckland) page 4 of the report and retaining of existing
policy while new policy being developed;
must put into place actions that have been
previously agreed.

Diane Leggett replied it was planned that this would be part of the
(National Executive) next stage.

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Ruth Milburn Draft policy needs to be more specific;
(West Auckland) working party needs to be proportionally
representative.
Diane Leggett replied working group is made up of district council
(National Executive) nominations, but not all district councils
responded. Point taken of need to be
inclusive.

Fiona Matapo replied report was a policy document and it was not
(National Executive) in the action plan to give
whanau/community an opportunity to give
their view as to any action.

Vincent Ridgway replied committee went through all existing policy

(National Executive) resolutions on Special Education but many
were now irrelevant.

Tony Hamilton Questioned which of the five bullet points on

(Rodney Otamatea) recommendations were going to be discussed
further; and also questioned where
challenging students fitted under the
Special Education report.

National President replied these would be defined in the work

programme.

Andrea Andresen Many would fit in under this and also the
(Christchurch) Disruptive Students policy.
Vicki Vaughan Had worked with students in all special
(Hastings) education categories; questioned why there
was no suggestion in the report for a
counsellor in primary sector.

An amendment was put.

Anna Lee (West Auckland) moved, Ruth Milburn (West Auckland) seconded:

That all special education resolutions passed at Annual Meeting since 1996 remain as
policy and guidelines for action until rescinded individually by Annual Meeting.
Lost
The mover and seconder spoke to the resolution.

The following representatives spoke to the resolution or asked questions:

Shona Woodhead Opposed support given to National

(Tauranga) Executive and Special Education team; must
not delay going through every report over last
ten years.

Robyn Tataurangi Supported will not delay report.

(Auckland)

Tony Hamilton Supported debated over years but detail

(Rodney-Otamatea) must sit behind it until removed, if desired,
by Annual Meeting.

Irene Cooper Opposed need to bring coherence to

(National Executive) framework with relevant current policy.

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Garth Houltham Supported.
(Papatoetoe)

Erika Locke Opposed work of working party too

(Rotorua) important to be delayed and need to proceed.

Anna Lee - in reply while there was confidence in the National

(mover) Executive she was concerned actions thought
out over long period of time could be lost.

The National President put the amendment, with an explanation as to the effect on the
substantive motion, and this was
Lost

Diane Leggett (National Executive) moved, Fiona Matapo (National Executive) seconded:

That the recommendations of the Special Education Policy Review Working Group be
progressed through the NZEI 2008/09 work programme.
Agreed

The National President thanked members of the work group Diane Leggett, Megan Rich,
Fiona Matapo, Vincent Ridgway from the National Executive and members Esther Watson,
Bronwyn Peacock, Christine Gnida, Gael Trevathen, Jill Merrick, John Harper, Amy Mitchell
and Andrea Andreasen.

RESOLUTIONS TO AMEND RULES AND POLICY

NZEI Organisation (Section 23): Annual Meeting.

The National President accepted a friendly amendment clarifying wording on the original
resolution

Graham Woodhead (Tauranga) moved, Heather Ballantyne (Tauranga) seconded:

That the order in which resolutions are set in the Annual Meeting agenda remains as
printed with resolutions not relegated by decision of the Annual Meeting Chair.
Lost

Graham Woodhead spoke to the resolution much preparation by representatives, who

(mover) are speaking to resolutions and if delayed, or
not taken at all, caused frustration to them.

The following representatives spoke to the resolution or asked questions:

Garth Houltham Opposed need for Annual Meeting Chair to

(Papatoetoe) move resolutions around to tie in with
reports being discussed.

Russell Hallam Supported these

(Rotorua) needed to be linked to the agenda and it was
important that the timeframe be considered.
He questioned, who set the current order?

National President replied the current order was set by AMRAC

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Megan Rich Supported activists in branches formulated
(National Executive) the resolutions and they needed to be
discussed.

Nigel Wilson Opposed debate needed to be linked to

(National Executive) reports and linkages needed to be
progressed.

Graham Woodhead - in reply agreed linkages necessary, but individual

(mover) resolutions not linked to a report do get
shuffled down the list. All representatives
should have the opportunity to debate.

Heather Ballantyne - in reply activists in branches have the democratic

(seconder) right to have their resolutions debated on
the floor of Annual Meeting.

ORGANISATIONAL REVIEW CONSULTATION FEEDBACK

The National President invited Shelley Hughes to continue the feedback on the
Organisational Review Consultation. Shelley Hughes spoke to a powerpoint presentation
prepared for Annual Meeting.

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The National President thanked Shelley Hughes and gave an explanation of the need to talk
about how NZEI worked as equal parties under the Tiriti o Waitangi, establishing shared
values, remembering NZEI was a Treaty based organisation the principles defining the
structures and the principles of accountability, and how the two worked together.

The National President advised that the workshops that would focus on the Organisational
Review would meet at 8:30am Tuesday, 30 September. The workshops were an integral part
of Annual Meeting and all representatives and observers were expected to take part. Group
venues were printed in the Agenda book. The National President noted that venues for the
number of workshops required had been difficult to find within the immediate radius of the
Town Hall, and advised that five of the workshops were to be held at Education House in
Willis Street.

Frances Nelson explained that the groups were made up of a cross section of membership
groups to ensure NZEI obtained a really broad whole of union view of NZEIs world.
Groups would have a number of questions to consider and the facilitators in the groups
would need to keep representatives and observers to the time allocated for each question in
order to give due consideration to all of the questions. Their feedback would be collated
during the day to enable the steering group to present a plan for going forward with the
work the next day, following the debate around subscriptions and resources.

The groups would break for morning tea at 10:30am

REMINDERS

The National President gave notice of agenda items for Tuesday noting that there would be
presentations on two further reports in the afternoon:
- Quality Public Early Childhood Education A Vision for 2020
- Public Private Partnerships

She advised that during the lunch break a political panel speaking on education would be
held in Civic Suites 1 and 2. It was noted that only those who had registered could attend
that session and be provided with lunch. Hon. Chris Carter, Te Ururoa Flavell, Anne Tolley,
Meteria Turei and Judy Turner had confirmed their attendance as members of the Political
Panel. Dail Jones had sent his apologies due to the funeral of Hon. Brian Donnelly.

Questions for the political panel were needed to be in the appropriate box on the Help Desk,
no later than morning tea on the Tuesday morning.

She also advised that the breakfast hosted by the Mens Caucus, was being held in the
Renouf Foyer in the Michael Fowler Centre and the guest speaker was Lester Flockton
HFNZEI.

She then called upon Koro Toma to close the business for the day with karakia and waiata.

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Annual Meeting adjourned at 5:45pm to reconvene at 10:50am on Tuesday morning,
following the Organisational Review workshop group meetings.

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TUESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2008
FOURTH SESSION

Koro Toma opened the session with karakia at 10:55am followed by waiata.

The National President called the meeting to order.

The National Secretary advised housekeeping matters.

The National President advised the Te Reo Areare Report to Te Kahui Whetu was open for
discussion. Members wishing to ask questions were invited to signal to the speaking list
spotters.

The following representatives spoke to the report or asked questions:

Heather Ballantyne Single institution for Mori teacher supply.

[Tauranga] Would those be outposts across country?

Te Reo Areare reply Yes they are required also to mainstream

kaiako if need arises

Shona Woodhead P5/60 Agreed with need to have better Early

[Tauranga] Childhood liaison personnel.

Te Reo Areare reply Would come up during hui session speech.

Denise Hird P40/21,22 Kaihaututanga how are they

[Waikato] going to pursue leadership for Miro Mori.

Te Reo Areare reply Would come up in hui.

Jan Tineti Lack of professional development for

[Tauranga] Principals.

Te Reo Areare reply Would be pursued for all staff.

Russell Hallam Were therapists covered by the Collective

[Rotorua] Agreeement? Also noted that students with
ATSSD, have therapists covered by other
agreements.

Te Reo Areare reply Yes

Robyn Tataurangi P39/2 What would indigenous qualification

[Auckland] frameworks look like ?

Te Reo Areare reply A successor to Te Aoe Mautaranga.

Tony Hamilton What was entailed in the decision to pursue

[Rodney-Otamatea] leadership for Miro Mori ? Tony stated they
were not exploring through organisational
structure.

Te Reo Areare reply Exploring leadership models

Garth Houltham P42/30, 32 Pleased as a reliever he would be

[Papatoetoe] provided with material to get through the
day.

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Caleb Wall Noted Te Reo Mori was a holistic language
[AT Whanganui-a-Tara) and asked of status of Te Reo Mori as a
compulsory language.

Te Reo Areare reply Te Reo Pakeha was the only compulsory one.

Fiona Matapo (Te Reo Areare) moved, Tiri Bailey-Nowell (Te Reo Areare) seconded:

That the Te Reo Areare Report to Te Kahui Whetu 2008 be printed in the record of
proceedings of this meeting.
Agreed

The National President thanked the Kaihautu Fiona Matapo, Merearihi Whatuira, Hita
Foster and members of Te Reo Areare.

KATERINA TE HEIKOKO MATAIRA

The National President called on Katerina Mataira to the stage. Mihi by Koro Toma followed
by waiata.

Te Aroha Hiko introduced Katerina Mataira. Her introduction was as follows:

Tena koe te whaea. Annual Meeting I present to you Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira author,
artist and academic. A living taonga of Ngati Porou descent, born in Tokomaru Bay,
Katerina attributes her gifts and talents to her parents, Erana and Raniera Harrison, who
raised a large Mori speaking whnau in Ruatoria.

Educated at St Josephs Mori Girls College in Ahuriri, Katerina then trained as a teacher
and an art educator. She established the first Mori Language class in a state school in
Northland College in Kaikohe in 1956. In 1985 Katerina helped set up the first Kura
Kaupapa Mori at Hoani Waititi Marae in Tamaki Makaurau and consequently co-authored
Te Aho Matua, the philosophy and charter for Kura Kaupapa Mori.

Ground breaking work in the revitalisation and teaching of Te Reo Mori, publications from
picture books through to full novels in Te Reo Mori and compositions of waiata Mori are
but a small part of the mahi of this dynamic Mori wahine. In 1998 Katerina was awarded
the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in recognition of her contribution to New
Zealand.

Further recognition of Katerinas status within the educational sector was the
acknowledgment and recognition of her mahi by NZEI Te Riu Roa by bestowing on her the
award of Honorary Fellow.

Annual Meeting, Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira.

SPEECH BY KATERINA MATAIRA

(began by singing a waiata)

Tena kotou, tena kotou, kia ora mai kotou.

Those of you who are welcoming me, who have called me, one who may be regarded as an
ancient person in this whole phenomenon of education, thank you very much. I actually
retired many years ago, thinking now I have the time to do what I really love which is to
write. But here I am, still treading this path that all of you are treading with me.

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So, what have I got to offer you? I look around, I see some grey heads like mine. Relatively
few by comparison with the younger faces and the more energetic.

Let me begin. I did say to Laures, when the invitation came for me to address you, Laures I
havent got time to prepare a proper presentation with all the mod-cons and the IT
instruments. But if youre happy to have me off the cuff, then I will come. And she was
gracious enough to take the risk. But I have had a few thoughts, and one of the things that
came to mind was the starting statement of that amazing person who said I have a dream.
Now you all know who that is! But Im not going to start that way, Im going to go one
better. Im going to say I have a conviction. Thats more than a dream. I have a conviction
that teachers and teaching is the most important career path anybody worldwide can take.
And I say that with full honesty and from real experience in the teaching world. And why do
I say it? I say it because teaching transforms. Teaching is about transforming people, and
god knows the world needs transformation right now!

I had some other thoughts about what can I offer to you when I have been out of the
teaching game for so long - rather out of the classroom for so long. And I reflected on the
teachers who made a difference to my life. Who indeed might have opened a door here,
offered an idea there, triggered a spark elsewhere, that helped me to make choices in my
life, because that is what teaching is about. And I have to say that there wasnt a single
Mori [Mori ma whakarongo mai], there was not a single Mori in my early education that I
could place or point a finger at having that kind of influence on me. My Mori world was in
my home, was in my community, was in my whakapapa, was with my people on my marae,
but not in the schools. Now some would say that was a bad thing, Im saying that the
people who I had the pleasure to sit and listen and learn from were not Mori. I dont like
the word Pakeha, neither do I like the word European. I would rather say non-Mori.

The woman who taught me to read, very very quickly, so quickly that she trotted me around
from classroom to classroom to read to the rest of the school, was a woman called Elizabeth
Methven. Very straight-laced. Almost Victorian in her attitude towards teaching. Very
strict but an amazing teacher who demanded the very best response from all her students,
including we bare-footed, snotty nosed Mori kids.

The other person who to some extent opened the door to my writing, was another teacher,
again a non-Mori teacher. I was in Standard One and we were given a little project to write
a story. And I wrote this story of course about a Mori Princess and a Rangatira and
warriors all over the place. And she thought it was good, so she turned it into a play and we
acted it out, and of course I was the Princess. Now that stayed with me.

There was one other person, he was the Head Master Mr Methven. Scots I think he was,
who told stories. Stories after stories. He did not use books. History lessons were
phenomenal. We just sat and listened in absolute awe as he told us about everything that
happened in the UK of course. The Celts, The Scots and all of the battles, Boadicea, you
name it, he had it all. Not a single story about any Mori at all I have to add.

And then I went to secondary school, St Josephs Mori Girls College. And I thought what
am I doing here? My mother is a confirmed Anglican, why has she sent me to a Catholic
school? And I took her to task over that and she said, because youre such a mischievous
kid I had to put you somewhere where they could control you. And then I got callous knees
I will admit, but the nuns were extraordinary devoted women, and one in particular,
couldnt speak a word of Mori without making a mess of it, but she opened up the world of
Mori literature to me. She taught me the grammar of Mori that I never had before. She
gave me opportunities to write in Mori that I had not had before. And I was able to dig
deep into my Mori experience and pull it out and start writing. She also made it possible
for me to explore Mori art. She didnt know a thing about those things. She didnt try to
teach me. She just opened a door and said here go and have a look.

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I remember those people with love, with compassion and with joy, because I think all of
them displayed for me, what teaching is about. Since then I have moved on and done all
sorts of other things.

There are teachers of course in communities. Let us not for one minute think that teaching
is about what happens only in schools. And all of you are aware of that, and all of you
probably suffer the pangs of not being able to reach out to your communities and say come
along and work with us. That is difficult in this day and age but it is still very true that our
first teachers are our parents and our communities. And for me that was very much the
case. I have to talk about a woman in particular, with whom I had the pleasure of working,
one called Moi Moi Pewhaea [17:27]. I dont think she went past maybe a few years in
secondary school. Certainly she had not had the benefit of university education, but she
was an amazing teacher. And again, how and why? She didnt stand and lecture. She
didnt make you read copious notes and explore this textbook and that textbook. She
simply said mahi a te mahi - there is work to be done, do it. She was a leader in the full
sense because she had her entire community behind her. But she was also a great
supporter of what went on in her school. And there are people like that in your
communities everywhere. The task for the school is to find them and to give them the
status that they should have within your school.

Kura Kaupapa Mori. I wasnt going to teach about the Mori thing. I thought I would leave
that for the end of my presentation so that people can come at me with questions that I can
respond to directly, rather than to cover the scope of what I see in your publication. I will
leave that. I would like to go instead to another area, and talk about Te Aho Matua. For me
the movement in that territory was about being disenchanted about what was happening to
my children in mainstream schools. It is for me, the bad period of our system. The time
when being Mori was not treated in the way it ought to have been. My children suffered in
those periods. And that was one of the reasons why I decided this is not good enough
what is wrong with mainstream education? And I decided at that time that there was a lack
of a meaningful philosophy that embraced all children whatever their social status and
whatever their ethnic origins. Thats why I started, with Peter Sharples, Kura Kaupapa
Mori. Certainly it followed the other great movement, Kohanga Reo. Kohanga Reo opened
the door. At the same I was very much involved with language recovery with the adult Mori
community. So those two initiatives, Mori driven initiatives, of Kohanga Reo and Atarangi,
which have wakened Moridom to the fact that Te Reo Mori was fast dying, that the idea of
a kura become a reality. And it was Peter Sharples who came and pulled me out of another
attempt to retire to writing and said Katerina come and help us start this kura. So away
we went.

That probably was the greatest challenge I had to face. No support from community. No
support from the Ministry. No support from any of the funding bodies. No resources.
Nothing. And I have to say that the people who worked alongside me - Peter Sharples
chased the money, but it was his wife Aroha, who nobody knows or hears anything about,
that I must acknowledge on this day, because she trusted me enough to stand alongside me
and work with me to come up with some kind of philosophy for this kura as well as te reo.

Later, I was invited to attend an international UNESCO conference to present Te Aho Matua.
Now, Kura Kaupapa Mori people will know what that is, some of you may not. But it is
really a simple philosophy that can operate and did operate as guidelines for teachers in
Mori medium education. Some did not approve of it. Some felt it was too prescriptive.
Some didnt fully comprehend what its intention was, but nevertheless, those who have
stayed with it have found great benefit from having a philosophy to guide them in their
teaching. Well I dont know how the UNESCO people found out about that, but I was
invited to attend this UNESCO conference, and I cant tell you what year it was, but it
happened, of all places, in India at a place called Puttaparthi at the Ashram of one called Sai
Baba. What on earth is a Mori doing in India, in an Ashram, that was the place of a
person called Sai Baba, who Id never heard of. Well I asked myself that question even as
we were flying there. But when I got there I went AHA! I had to present Te Aho Matua, and

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to my amazement there were as many people there who understood what I was talking
about, who themselves were attempting similar approaches in education.

Let me tell you what the theme was for that particular UNESCO conference it was about
human values in education. The idea was promulgated by Sai Baba. What an
extraordinary person. When I first laid eyes on him I thought oh my god what have we got
here. Out came out this person with an afro hairdo wearing a red dress. I thought
educator?. Well it turned out I had the shock of my life, because I was seated there
amongst several thousand people when he came through, and I just had a thought. And the
thought was who are you? He heard me, because the answer came back. And this is what
he said. I am you. You are me. Anyone who has stepped over the boundaries of being
concerned about bread and butter and life as we know it, to look elsewhere, to look at the
spirit, to look at that part of ourselves which we Mori call wairua, would know exactly what
I am talking about.

But I wont dwell on that. Let me just say that this person had the extraordinary power to
hear my thought and to send me a message just like that. Well I forgot the afro. And I
forgot the red dress. And I thought OK lets listen to what this man has to say. And he made
some profound statements. Let me read just one of these statements. It was he who
promulgated the idea of human values in education. What does that mean? What
significance does it have for us ordinary teachers in this little country miles away from
India? Why was it that this strange looking man had attracted educators from around the
entire world to this particular conference? They were there from Russia, from America, from
the UK, from Scandinavia, from every country you can name. And they were all people who
were like you and me, educators as well as teachers assume there is a difference there
and they were all interested in human values in education. Why? Well the thought is if we
are engaged in the process of transforming people, how is it that we still have war, people
fighting people, we still have hate, we have all of these ugly negative things still in our
countries, therefore in our schools, therefore in our children, therefore in our homes. Can
we claim to be transforming? No. Is there something wrong with our curriculum? Is it a
transforming curriculum? Maybe not. Are we still too subject oriented and not beginning to
look at our humanness? Do we still think that the churches are there to turn us into, shall
we say, good people? Churches cant do it. Theyre not doing it. Is it not also our task? If
we believe that our task is to transform, how do we do it? Is it OK to just pursue knowledge
for knowledge sake?

Who were the greatest perpetrators of the greatest crimes in the world? Brilliant men. Men
with heaps of knowledge but no conscience. How do we develop people who care for each
other? Who will not engage in acts of violence that hurt, that destroy, that maim, that kill.
That is our task. Are we doing it? Well that was Sai Baba message if we want to
transform the world, indeed I want it to happen for my grandchildren, all 40 of them, then I
am asking you to think about this particular question with respect to what we do in our
schools. Sai Baba said you cannot transform others unless you transform yourself. Wow.
I had to do some transforming. Boy, did I have to do some transforming. Because indeed
we can do nothing for our students if in fact we are not doing it for ourselves. We have to
be, a word we dont use anymore, but Im going to use it. We have to be moral people. We
have to be good people. We have to be truthful people. We have to be observing the correct
behaviour with all people. We have to be trusting and we have to love and care for
everybody.

Hey, are you comfortable with the word love? Mori are not. They prefer to use aroha,
suggesting that its different. Im not quite sure what the difference is but I certainly feel
more comfortable using it, because somehow the word love immediately brings in all sorts of
connotations about sexuality. Wed rather not go down that track, but not turn our backs
on it. Lets have some fun as well. I was so taken by this man. I tell you, it transformed my
husband. We came home from that experience enlightened. Feeling terribly important.
Feeling and knowing that each one of us, and that includes each one of you, has this
amazing role to play in transforming society and thereby transforming the world. And

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according to Sai Baba, simply by taking onboard, integrating, not removing anything in the
curriculum, but rather integrating into what we do those five, what he calls human values.

Truth thats so hard for some of us. And people will argue all day long and say so and sos
truth is different from so and sos. Leave that for them to argue about. Intuitively we know
what that is. Its honesty, its all of those things that make us trustworthy people. Truth.
Do we lie to our children. Do we lie to our students. Do we make promises and not keep
them. Often. We do it, all of us. Thats what I had to look at myself and say stop it
Katerina, look at yourself. Peace oh boy, so hard, so hard some of us would think to
create an environment that is harmonious, that is peaceful, that is full of the joy of life and
caring for each other. Peace. This one about behaviour right behaviour, correct
behaviour. What is it? Its really about acknowledging everyone we come in contact with,
whatever that persons social background, whatever the religion, whatever their ethnic
origins, whatever, as somebody special. And indeed everyone is somebody special.
Somebody whose whakapapa is special. If we did that to each other and to every child who
steps into our classroom, what difference would that make?

The fourth one of course is non-violence. And by that I dont mean refraining from picking
up an axe and knocking somebodys head off. Non-violence is also about the words you use
because they too can be extremely violent. Indeed one could go further and say even the
thoughts you think can be violent because thoughts are transferred very easily by
electromagnetic fields and picked up by anybody with that kind of sensitivity, as children
have. Think badly of Johnny, you dont have to utter a word, and Johnny will hear and
know you dont like him. I see some nodding heads. You know what Im saying. So that
one of non-violence, to me, is the greatest one that we have to look to ourselves about,
because indeed if we do it to ourselves our children will hear it and know it and you dont
even have to talk about it and certainly not preach it. Doing is the important thing.

And what in fact is that other value that binds all of those it is of course aroha. Because
indeed if we dont have that we dont have any of the others. In fact if any one of those
others was missing you dont have it at all. So all of those five are the human values that
Sai Baba talked about.

Now I have to tell you about another person who is at the top of my list of leading educators
worldwide. His name is Dr Jumsai and he is a Thai. I had the extreme joy and pleasure of
spending time with Dr Jumsai last year. I went with Cathy Dewes from Te Kura Kaupapa
Mori Rua Mata. My good husband trailed along as well, he does more than just carry my
bags, and one of Cathy Dewes staff. Four of us went to this school in Thailand which Dr
Jumsai heads. I have to tell you about him because he is extra special. You need to hear
about this man because one, his early education was in France. His parents were the Thai
ambassadors to France. He was nine years old, hits the streets of Paris and of course just
playing around in the streets he is confronted with young Parisian street kids who eye him
up and down, recognise he was different and began using the worst French language. Do
the French actually swear? Yes they do. They used that sort of language on this Thai boy
who didnt understand them. When he did learn what they were saying he reacted and of
course the Thai are well known for kickboxing. Before long he was the head of the street
gang, this Thai guy and these Parisian lads. That was his early education. He was sent
away to England to boarding school and finished up in one of the leading universities in
England doing a PhD in Engineering. And he talked about meditation. Silence. I wonder
how many of us meditate. He talked about the power of meditation and I want to illustrate
this because this is something some of our kura are beginning to use and beginning to see
the effects it has on children even the most badly behaved children can benefit from
learning how to meditate. Jumsai talked about being a student in his PhD year who was
more concerned with chasing ghosts in all of those castles in England than he was with
finishing his PhD thesis, until he was called to his professors office, he said, I need your
thesis and I need for you to have a product built on the basis of the theory of your thesis.
Have we got any engineers here? He suddenly realised when his professor said to him I
want it in two weeks on my desk, that he had to do some work. The Thai, as some of you
will know, as indeed many of those eastern peoples have, is that one of knowing and

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meditating often. He had learnt how to meditate as a child but he said in western education
he didnt use it as often until his professor said I need your thesis and I need something
you have made from the theory of your thesis in two weeks time. He found a hill,
somewhere close to his establishment and went into a meditative state. He came down from
that, wrote his thesis, made this instrument he had to make and got his PhD in two weeks.
The power of meditation.

But that isnt where it ends. He went back to Thailand to pick up a position in one of the
universities in Thailand, but he was bored with teaching. He was an engineer. He wanted
to make things. He was following very closely everything that was happening at NASA in the
space programme. And he followed with interest the fact that the engineers at NASA were
having difficulty creating the landing craft or the landing apparatus for many of their space
craft. And then he noticed that they were advertising for engineers and he applied and got
invited to go along for an interview. He describes going to NASA and walking into this
palatial building into a vast room that was filled with very official men wearing their
uniforms and of course emblazoned with all of their medals and things. And he in his
crumpled Thai suit coming off a plane, sitting at the very last seat on the very end row of
this huge collection of very very important official people. One after the other these people
went into interview then finally he was the last. He was taken into interview to face again a
barrage of very official men, also bedecked in medals. And they asked him a question, an
engineering question, and said can you solve this problem for us? Which he did, very
easily. They gave him the job. They gave him a huge budget. They gave him all of the
workers he needed. All of the equipment he needed. All of the apparatus he needed and
they worked on the landing apparatus for the spacecraft. He said they worked for ages.
They tested, they worked, they tested. Still wouldnt work. And he thought what is wrong
with this? Bingo. Time to meditate. Climbed up Bear Mountain have you heard about
Bear Mountain next to NASA? Well there he was sitting up there on Bear Mountain, went
into his meditative state and he said Bingo it was there. He skipped, he danced all the way
back, told his mates its only a tiny little problem. They fixed it and the landing apparatus
worked. Now that is the brilliance of this man. NASA wanted to keep him. Offered him
whatever he wanted to stay. He wouldnt stay. He said I have to go back to my people, Ive
a feeling there is something else I need to do, Ive satisfied my need to pursue this, now I
have to go back home. Dedication right. He went back, he was still not happy and then one
day a colleague of his at the university said what are you doing for the holidays? Oh I
dont know, he wasnt married at that time. Come with me. Where you going? Going to
India. What? What you going to India for? Im going to visit Sai Baba. Never met Sai
Baba so he went along. He met Sai Baba. Sai Baba said to him, youre a teacher. And he
said no Im not a teacher. Sai Baba said you can learn. I dont know what Sai Baba did to
him but he went back, he then went back to school and took a course in education, finished
up with a PhD in education and then started the first model school on human values which
is where we visited last year. Extraordinary. I couldnt help thinking this was what I was
thinking about when I was working at Hoani Waititi. It was something like this. But of
course it never happened for us. It did happen, it is still there today and it is still there
today in Thailand. More than that, the Thai government have acknowledged the system of
that school, the philosophy of that school of human values in education as so important for
their own people it has been legislated for in the Education Act of Thailand and indeed they
are sending all of their teachers to Dr Jumsai for the training course. That offer is open to
all of us. Dr Jumsai says, I will take teachers from anywhere in the world. They can come
here, live here, we will look after them. All they need to do is pay their fare to come here.
How extraordinary is that. We had that privilege. We stayed there for ten days. We sat
with those children. We ate with those children. We talked with them and with the
teachers and came back so fulfilled that here at last was an example of how schooling and
education can transform people.

Thats what I have to offer. I would like to finish by quoting from Dr Jumsai where he talks
about what teachers need to be. Its actually one that he borrowed from Sai Baba which
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Education without character, politics without principle, commerce without morality,
science without humanity are not only useless but positively dangerous. Further, the end of
education is character.

The end of education is character.

I need also to quote from the Education Act of Thailand which says education must lead to
human excellence, physically, mentally, intellectually and spiritually, with human values,
ethics and culture and the ability to live in peace with one another.

Those of you who have been teaching a long time and have recognised that teaching is
greater than, probably more so than curriculum subjects, will probably recognise in your
hearts what I am saying. Because indeed the other thing that you will learn, if some of you
want to explore the writings of Dr Jumsai, is that he has also come up with a different
model from that presented us in our teacher training by Piaget and the rest, which is a
western model. He also comes up with another model that I think actually comes closer to
what our Mori children are like, how they think and how they behave and how all of those
things are actually influenced by the observation of those five human values.

(Speaks in Te Reo ) Let me complete what have to say by repeating again that I have not
just a dream, but I have a conviction that teaching and teachers are the most valuable
people in the world for transforming this terrible world we live in, to something that might
come closer to a world of peace and harmony.

Kia ora ma rou tatou katoa.

Fiona Matapo thanked Katerina Mataira, as follows:

It might have been some time ago that you wrote the story about being a princess, but for
us you still are a princess. You have given us a lot of insight today and I believe that you
have transformed the thinking of the members who have had the privilege to listen to you.
Thank you so much for your inspiration. Thank you so much for your time. We are
humbled by your presence.
This was followed by waiata

Hui Session

The National President suspended Standing Orders and handed over the Mana of Annual
Meeting to ng Kaihaut Fiona Matapo, Merearihi Whatuira and Hita Foster who led the
session as a hui .

The session was opened by karakia by Kora Toma followed by waiata.

Mtauranga Tuhaha

Te Reo Areare presented Mtauranga Tuhaha, an indigenous Mori strategic framework

through which Miro Mori work programme was organised and prioritised.

The strategic framework was represented by the Poutama. Incremental stairs where Miro
Mori work-programme was placed.

There were seven key areas:

1. Vision Te pae Tawhiti: encapsulated a whakatauaki that set high achievement

expectation for the tamariki. Ko te pae tawhiti whaia kia tata, Ko te pae tata
whakamaua kia tina.

2. Genealogy whakapapa: or the geneses of Miro Mori. Miro Heretangata began in

1991. NZEI Te Riu Roa organised itself into two strands: The general-stream strand

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 and the Miro Mori strand. Over the previous three years Te Reo Areare along with
Miro Mori developed the indigenous strategic framework.

3. Mission Statement: Kawa Encapsulated in the words of King Tawhiao There is

only one eye of a needle, through which three strands are threaded. The white
strand representing belief and trust, the black strand representing his people, and
the red strand representing all other nations. The Miro Mori strand and the Miro
General strand of NZEI worked extremely hard together to achieve a commonality of
understanding.

4. Priorities: Tikanga There were four priorities for Te Reo Areare and Miro Mori:
Mori Education
Leadership in Mori Education
Te Reo Mori
An effective communication strategy

5. Debate: Wananga
6. Policy: Tauakitanga
7. Implementation: All teachers will be trained and registered.

Te Khanga Reo an Organising Project

Manu Pohatu introduced the project. She said that at the moment there werent many
Khanga in the Union that she came from one Khanga out of two that they were
searching for support to assist the Kaiako who were working in Khanga Reo.

Laures Park asked - why was a Reo project needed? Representatives would probably know
the Khanga Reo in their area and that this was where they seeking help for. That they
believed that:
Together they could- build a strong Khanga Reo movement
Have dynamic worksites
Promote skilled and professional workers
Ensure that staff are paid what they are worth

Isabella Pomare spoke of - Vision. The best way to predict the future is to create it. We
are the result of: what we are, what we do and what we can cause to happen (Hone Mutu,
TKW 2008)

Mona Stevens Our purpose. Through partnership, NZEI Te Riu Roa would support Te
Khanga Reo by revitalising Te Reo Mori and raising achievement levels for tamariki Mori.

Tiri Bailey-Nowell Te Khanga Reo project was member driven. We feel it is better that our
members approach people that they know, kanohi ki te kanohi, so that the initial contact is
made by members / whnau / friends. Opportunity for NZEI Te Riu Roa to hui with
Khanga whnau.

Paul Goulter It is a privilege to work on this project which is part of our early childhood
strategy. This is a whole of union campaign and we need your help with it. We need as
many contacts in as many Te Khanga Reo as possible. Anyone you know who can help
please pass those names onto Mona. We need your help to make this campaign happen.

Fiona Matapo advised that time for the hui session had run out and there would not be time
for questions. Representatives with questions were invited to approach members of Te Reo
Areare.

The Kaihautu returned the mana of Annual Meeting back to the National President.

The National President reminded the Presidents Advisory Committee to meet Irene Cooper
at the HELP DESK at 12.30pm.

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The National President advised that during the lunch break the meeting with the Political
Panel was being held in Civic Suites 1 & 2, supported by Winnifred Morris, Diane Leggett &
Monique Jansonius.

The National President reminded representatives of the guidelines provided the previous day
in respect to the guests at Annual Meeting.

Annual Meeting adjourned for lunch until 2pm.

TUESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2008

FIFTH SESSION
Annual Meeting resumed at 2:00pm.

The National President announced that there could be a possibility of an extension of time.

PRESENTATION OF THE REPORT - QUALITY PUBLIC EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION:

AN UPDATE

The National President Frances Nelson called Hayley Whitaker and members of the work
group on Quality Public Early Childhood Education to the stage.

Hayley Whitaker (National Executive) moved, Judith Nowotarsk (National Executive) seconded:

1. That Annual Meeting receive the paper Progress Report on the Vision for
Quality Public Early Childhood Education.
Agreed

The mover, seconder and workgroup members spoke to the resolution.

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Hayley Whitaker (National Executive) moved, Judith Nowotarski (National Executive)
seconded:

2. That Annual Meeting takes action to endorse the work to build communities of
interest to promote the vision of quality public early childhood education and
to determine some strategies on how to reach that ideal.

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3. That action be taken by NZEI to continue its campaign to educate the public
about the importance of quality public early childhood education.

4. That action be taken by NZEI to continue to lobby political parties and seek
their commitment to the vision of quality public early childhood education.
Agreed

The following representatives spoke to the report or asked questions:

Anna Lee With commercialisation and private sector

(West Auckland) involvement, why were NZEI campaigning for
members when it did not include teachers in
private schools.

Hayley Whitaker replied There was a real need to increase

(National Executive) membership.

Meg Moss 20 free hours was being used to increase

(Auckland) profits of commercial operators early
childhood teachers need to work with
communities for public provision.

Shona Woodhead Lack of recognition of support staff in early

(Tauranga) childhood centres.

Hayley Whitaker replied Overlooked in the past, because early

(National Executive) childhood only just becoming a registered
profession.

Graham Woodhead Accountability appears a number of times in

(Tauranga) the report but what active steps are NZEI
taking to ensure all providers show funding is
transparent.

Hayley Whitaker overlooked in past, because early childhood

(National Executive) only just becoming a registered provision.

The National President thanked the members of the work group on Quality Public Early
Childhood Education Hayley Whitaker, Judith Nowotarski, Frances Cudby, Diane
Lawrence and staff members Jenny Davies and Lynne Bruce.

Resolutions to Amend Rules and Policy

Early Childhood Education (Section 12.1 General): Survey

Dot Lovell-Smith (West Auckland) moved, Pam Leonard (West Auckland) seconded:

That Resolution G be withdrawn.

Agreed

A new resolution accepted by the National President was moved:

Colleen OBrien (North Shore) moved, Dale Gamby (North Shore) seconded:

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That NZEI Te Riu Roa take urgent action to address the issue of sessional two teacher
kindergartens, when one teacher has to deal with a child requiring emergency
treatment. This leaves the other teacher alone with the children.

Agreed
The mover spoke to the resolution.

The following representatives spoke to the resolution or asked questions:

Dot Lovell-Smith If one teacher was required to deal with

(West Auckland) emergencies great stress was caused to
remaining teacher dealing with all the other
children.

Hayley Whitaker other early childhood providers also have to

(National Executive) deal with the issue.

Shayne McIntyre This situation is not safe-reliance on parents

(Hutt Valley) to assist an extra teacher only provided if
kindergartens go to full day model.

Early Childhood Education (Section 12.1 General): Buildings

Pam Leonard (West Auckland) moved, Dot Lovell-Smith (West Auckland) seconded:

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That action be taken to ensure that all kindergartens and community based care and
education centres have sufficient office space for todays administrative needs plus a
separate staff room so that teachers may have private child free space for meal breaks
and non contact time. Many primary schools have had Ministry funded upgrades to
office and staff room space, ECE would like the same commitment from Ministry to
the working conditions of ECE teachers.
Carried

The mover spoke to the resolution - Early childhood teachers had worked hard to be
professionals but property issues hindered this no space for teachers to revitalise
Ministry funding needed to be provided.

The following representatives spoke to the report or asked questions:

Katie Jones supported, however many kindergartens

(Wellington) already had adequate facilities.

Shayne McIntyre supported definitely needed in community

(Hutt Valley) based early childhood centres need to look
after staff.

Judith Nowotarski opposed definitely supported concept,

(National Executive) however many centres built years ago, but
cannot support sentences dealing with
primary schools.
Meg Moss supported requirement of centres to
(Auckland) support nursing mothers.
Niki Mayo (Christchurch) supported need of all representatives to
support colleagues in other sectors.

Dot Lovell-Smith, in reply said professionalism was devalued by the

(seconder) buildings members worked in.

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Niki Mayo (Christchurch) supported there was a need for all
representatives to support colleagues in
other sectors.

Dot Lovell-Smith, in reply professionalism was devalued by the

(seconder) buildings members worked in.

Entrance Fees, Subscriptions and Levies

Nigel Wilson (National Executive) moved, Ann Hoglund (National Executive) seconded:

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That 2.13.1 of the Rules of the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa (Inc) be
amended by:

Deleting the current 2.13.1

2.13.1 A person on becoming a member of the Institute may be subject to an

entrance fee as determined from time to time by Annual Meeting, but
such entrance fee shall not exceed 10 per cent of the annual rate of
subscription and shall be paid at the time of admission or readmission
to membership.
Agreed

The mover and seconder spoke to the resolution. They stated the resolution was just a
cosmetic change.

Entrance Fees, Subscriptions and Levies

Nigel Wilson (National Executive) moved, Ann Hoglund (National Executive) seconded

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That 2.13.3 of the Rules of the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa (Inc) be
amended by:

Replacing the current 2.13.3:

2.13.3 The subscription of each full and Student Teacher member and the
threshold below which part subscription rates shall be calculated shall
be set by majority decision at Annual Meeting. Members earning less
than the threshold so set shall pay part of the full members subscription
at rates to be determined by majority decision at Annual Meeting.

With

2.13.3 The subscription of each member and the threshold below which part
subscription rates shall be calculated shall be set by majority decision at
Annual Meeting. Members earning less than the threshold so set shall
pay part of the full members subscription at rates to be determined by
majority decision at Annual Meeting.
Agreed

The mover spoke to the resolution a cosmetic change.

Entrance Fees, Subscriptions and Levies

Nigel Wilson (National Executive) moved, Ann Hoglund (National Executive) seconded:

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That 2.13.5 of the current Rules of the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa
(Inc) be amended by:

Inserting the word termination in the sentence beginning Such membership shall
not be effected., between the words membership and shall, so that the amended
rule then read:

2.13.5 Any member, not including members who are temporarily on leave from
tenured positions, whose annual subscription or current instalment is
more than 90 days in arrears may have their membership terminated,
unless otherwise determined by the National Executive. Such
membership termination shall not be effected unless the National
Secretary has written to any member deemed to be in arrears at their
last known address. Nothing in this section shall prevent a member
from re-joining at a later date.
Agreed
The mover spoke to the resolution by adding in the word termination - the clause would
make sense.

Entrance Fees, Subscriptions and Levies

Nigel Wilson (National Executive) moved, Ann Hoglund (National Executive) seconded:

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That 2.13.4 of the Rules of the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa (Inc) be
amended by:

Deleting 2.13.4 from the Rules:

2.13.4 Each honorary member shall pay $10.00 per annum.

Agreed

The mover and seconder spoke to the resolution saying it was discussed at Annual
Meeting 2007 that the clause should be deleted.

Entrance Fees, Subscriptions and Levies

Nigel Wilson (National Executive) moved, Ann Hoglund (National Executive) seconded:

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That 2.13.7 of the Rules of the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa (Inc) be
amended by:

Deleting the rule 2.13.7:

2.13.7 For any person who is employed within any of the categories of full
membership as described in Section 2.2.1 of these Rules and who is on
exchange from another country with a financial member of the Institute
and who is a member of any union or organisation accredited by
National Executive, full membership shall be granted without entrance
fee or subscription provided that:
(a) the Institute member as the other party to the exchange:
(i) continues to subscribe as a full member of the Institute;
(ii) is employed in the exchange teacher's position overseas
for an equivalent period of time;
(iii) is granted full membership of the exchange teacher's
union or organisation without entrance fee or
subscription; and

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 (b) the Institute and union or organisation granting reciprocal
membership agree by exchange of letters prior to any
employment exchange taking place that the provision of
reciprocal membership shall apply.

Agreed

The mover and seconder spoke to the resolution now obsolete.

The following representatives spoke to the report or asked questions:

Robyn Tataurangi questioned whether there were any other

(Auckland) teachers who could be affected.

Nigel Wilson, replied No.

(National Executive)

Functions of Annual Meeting

Tony Hamilton (Rodney-Otamatea) moved, Sheryl Beckham (Whangarei) seconded

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That Section 5.4.3 of the Rules of the New Zealand Education Institute Te Riu Roa
(Inc) be amended by:

Adding the following bullet point:

to receive a written report from National Executive that provides details of all
policy decisions made by the Institute since the previous Annual Meeting.
Carried

Tony Hamilton spoke to the resolution policy decisions from Annual Meeting drive
(mover) the direction and focus of the Institute.
However, many policy decisions are made by
National Executive between Annual Meetings
and it is hard to decipher what they are from
the policy document.

The following representatives spoke to the report or asked questions:

Hayley Whitaker opposed ongoing improvements not solved

(National Executive) by rule change.

Megan Rich opposed policy changes need to go to wider

(National Executive) membership.

Russell Hallam supported Annual Meeting is the right

(Rotorua) place to receive this information; rule change
will ensure this.

Erika Locke supported need for accountability and

(Rotorua) transparency.

Anne Gover supported in the rules would ensure it

(Southland) would occur at Annual meeting as well as in
other forums if necessary.

The mover (in reply) said that it needed support to ensure it

happened.

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NZEI Rules (Section 6.13 Death Benefit Fund)

Jean Dolheguy (Auckland) moved, Peter de la Chaumette (Auckland) seconded:

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That 6.13.4 of the Rules of the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa (Inc) be
amended by the addition of the following words:

Where the Branch is unable to determine who the approved recipient should be,
then the benefit should be paid to the Public Trust to be distributed as part of
the deceased estate.
Lost

The mover spoke to the resolution new directive re payment of Death Benefit
does not allow for argument over who is the
next of kin.

The following representatives spoke to the resolution or asked questions:

Serena Lewis opposed if approved recipient cannot be

(Te Reo Areare) found branch should not apply.

Winnifred Morris opposed Public Trust should not benefit.

(National Executive)

Te Aroha Hiko opposed branches need to know their

(National Executive) members.

Jo Fothergill opposed Public Trust is not necessarily the

(Wellington District Council) best place.

Chris Stuart supported outlined events leading to

(Auckland) payment.

Anne Gover questioned whether Public Trust was the

(Southland) right wording, should it be estate of the
deceased

Jean Dolheguy replied no lawyer was involved.

(Auckland)

Erika Locke opposed Public Trust cannot handle this if

(Rotorua) there wasnt an estate.

Mover (in reply) stated Branch does know members.

Seconder (in reply) need a timeframe for branch to make

decision.

LAUNCH OF DISRUPTIVE STUDENTS GUIDELINES

Frances Nelson called National Executive members - Frances Guy, Ron Graham and Te
Aroha Hiko to the stage to launch the NZEI Disruptive Students Guidelines.

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Frances Nelson thanked Frances Guy, Ron Graham and Te Aroha Hiko for the presentation.

PRESENTATION ON REPORT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN PUBLIC

EDUCATION

National President Frances Nelson called Ian Leckie and members of the Public Private
Partnerships in Public Education work group to the stage.

Ian Leckie (National Executive) moved, Louise Green (National Executive) seconded:

That the Report Public Private Partnerships in Public Education, be received.

Agreed

The mover and seconder and other members of the work group spoke to the resolution.

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The following representatives spoke to the report or asked questions:

Chris Stuart questioned what was place of church

(Auckland) schools, kohanga reo, and foreign fee
students and foresaw problem if permanent
teacher employed and sponsor withdrew
funding.

Ian Leckie replied if profit is made in integrated schools it must

(National Executive) be used for educational purposes. NZEI
would not support product being included
in programmes and schools must have the
ability to say no.

Mark Barratt In USA some pupils had to look at company

(Papatoetoe) sponsorship every day.

Graham Woodhead concerned that as in Australia languishing

(Tauranga) schools could be ripe pickings for corporate
body problem when sponsor gives up
finance.

Ian Leckie replied also ownership can change without

(National Executive) discussion with school must not wait until
it happens, but have response prepared.

Rikki Sheterline why have Boards of Trustees been left out of

(Waikato District Council) statement.

Erika Locke more emphasis needed to be on

(Rotorua) rangatiratanga in schools, and autonomy
for schools being stronger.

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Peter de la Chaumette questioned whether this was start of
(Auckland) privatisation.

Ian Leckie replied must protect state publicly owned schools.

(National Executive)

Clint Green cannot underestimate threat; real need for

(Bay of Plenty District Council) educating members around bulk funding
dangers.

Ian Leckie replied will do this if it becomes a political party

(National Executive) policy.

Dot Lovell-Smith government was not prepared to put up

(West Auckland) money initially, leading to private
involvement and this funding cannot now be
removed as early childhood education would
collapse in many areas.

Ian Leckie replied 20 hours free brought state into public,

(National Executive) private arena.

Mathew Hall problems that we are not saying no to

(South Taranaki) private involvement in early childhood,
whereas we are stating this in regard to
schools.

Heather Ballantyne property developers could change sitting of

(Tauranga) schools.

Meg Moss if sponsor removes sponsorship, early

(Auckland) childhood centres get sold and staff loose
employment.

Kamrul Jalil supports intent companies want mileage

(Auckland) from their investment.

Tony Hamilton private providers in early childhood milking

(Rodney Otamatea) as much money as they can from state but
where to from here.

Ian Leckie replied National Executive will take this report and
(National Executive) act on it, but initially may have to deal with
election issues.

Garth Houltham primary schools not only affected need to

(Papatoetoe) meet with PPTA to present united front.

Ian Leckie replied will endeavour to gain this support.

(National Executive)

Ian Leckie (National Executive) moved, Louise Green (National Executive) seconded:

That the report Public Private Partnerships in Public Education be endorsed by Annual
Meeting 2008.
Agreed

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The National President thanked members of the Public Private Partnerships in Public
Education work group Ian Leckie, Tiri Bailey-Nowell, Louise Green and Donna Mason.

RESOLUTIONS TO AMEND RULES AND POLICY

NZEI Rules (Section 6.19.1 Power to Amend or Repeal the Rules)

Margaret Ready (Auckland) moved, Jean Dolheguy (Auckland) seconded:

That 6.19.1 of the Rules of the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa (Inc) be
amended by inserting the words district council into the rule to read:

All resolutions that members want to send to Annual Meeting to amend or

repeal the rules and to amend policy require the sanction of the National
Executive or a meeting of a district council or branch.
Carried

The mover spoke to the resolution gave alternative forum to Branch.

The following representatives spoke to the resolution or asked questions:

Ron Graham supported gave wider areas for forum and

(National Executive) discussion.

Vincent Ridgway supported District Councils could support

(National Executive) branches.

Julie Fox supported resolution put right

(Auckland District Council) resolutions promoted by district council in
previous years.

Sandra Jenkins supported the resolution.

(Auckland)

Clint Green opposed process already in place, district

(Bay of Plenty District Council) councils can pass its remits back to
branches.

Whakaata Stewart supported the resolution.

(AT Whanganui a Orotu)

Bargaining Ratification of Agreements, Variation of Agreements and Secret Ballots

Judith Nowotarski (National Executive) moved, Vincent Ridgway (National Executive)

seconded:

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That 8.5.2 of the Rules of the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa (Inc) be
amended by:
a) Replacing the words: Area Schools Collective Agreement by the words Area
School Teachers Collective Agreement.
b) By inserting the words Area School Principals Collective Agreement on the
line between Area School Teachers Collective Agreement and Support Staff
in Schools Collective Agreement.
c) Replacing the words Consenting Parties Collective Agreement by the words
Early Childhood Education Collective Agreement.

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So that the new wording would read:
8.5.2 With respect to the following National Collective Employment Agreements (or
their successors),
Primary Teachers (including Deputy Principals, Assistant Principals and
other Unit Holders) Collective Agreement
Primary Principals Collective Agreement
Area School Teachers Collective Agreement
Area School Principals Collective Agreement
Support Staff in Schools Collective Agreement
Kaiarahi i te Reo, Assistants to Teachers of Students with Severe
Disabilities and Special Education Assistants Collective Agreement
Kindergarten Teachers, Head Teachers and Senior Teachers Collective
Agreement
Early Childhood Education Collective Agreement
Education Support Workers, Behaviour Support Workers and
Communication Support Workers Collective Agreement (Ministry of
Education)
Field Staff Collective Agreement (Ministry of Education)
Ministry of Education Service Managers Collective Agreement
The National Executive will verify, prior to membership decisions, that the proposed
settlement is consistent with Institute policy.
Agreed

The mover spoke to the resolution put in place how the Institute were
operating.

Schedule B: Estblished District Councils of the New Zealand Educational Institute Te

Riu Roa (Inc)

Richard Bishara (AT Manawatu) moved, Lani Cotterill (Wanganui) seconded:

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That Section B/First Schedule of the Rules of the New Zealand Educational Institute
Te Riu Roa (Inc) be amended by:

Deleting Wanganui and inserting Te Haunui Central.

Agreed

The mover spoke to the resolution In 2007 Wanganui Branch made this
suggestion agreed to by all branches within
the district council.

SUPPORT STAFF CAMPAIGN PRESENTATION

National Secretary Paul Goulter presented a powerpoint presentation on the Support Staff
Campaign.

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Other comments included:

Political campaign needed to build up political strategy.

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 It was a membership driven campaign
Need to focus attention on other political parties (National would treat it as an important
issue, but would not commit)

Dot Lovell-Smith questioned whether campaign also applied

(West Auckland) to Early Childhood Support Staff.

Reply No only school support staff.

Conditions of Service/Bargaining (Section 11.3 Support Staff) Funding for Wage

Increases

Karen Cameron (West Auckland) moved, Juanita Corbett (West Auckland) seconded:

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That action be taken to ensure that NZEI Te Riu Roa, while promoting current policy
around support staff wages and conditions, works to ensure that where support staff
have been upgraded, the Government provides the funding to pay the resulting wage
increase.
Lost

The mover spoke to the resolution - Thanked NZEI for all they had done so far. Some
schools were reducing support staff when they received a wage increase. Teachers needed
support to give all children high quality education in a safe environment.

The seconder spoke to the resolution Minister of Education advised at a meeting that it
was up to Boards of Trustees to determine how many support staff were employed support
staff were under stress.

The following representatives spoke to the report or asked questions:

Ann Hoglund opposed however would support tagged

(National Executive) funding voting in favour would undermine
NZEI campaign.

Judith Nowotarski opposed support staff campaign was a very

(National Executive) broad issue.

Tony Hamilton questioned meaning of ungraded and how

(Rodney Otamatea) NZEI would work on behalf of schools on a
case by case basis

Karen Cameron replied upgrading from A to B.

(West Auckland)

Neil Baker opposed problem of term upgraded.

(Christchurch)

Mellinda Wilson opposed even though a teacher aide - the

(Christchurch) motion gives benefits to schools who were
not employing staff correctly.

Russell Hallam opposed contract issue staff deal with

(Rotorua) anomalies members have NZEI support.
STA should be lobbying government to
ensure sufficient funds were provided.

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Mover, in reply ruling from court case in 2007 meant many
boards of trustees reduced hours when they
raised staff from Grade A to Grade B.

Primary Teacher Staffing Priorities: Special Report to Annual Meeting 2007 (Action
resolution establishing priorities): Removal of Detail Agreed at Annual Meeting 2007

Lynda Stuart (Auckland) moved, Chris Stuart (Auckland) seconded:

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That action is taken by NZEI to review policy to arising from the Primary Teacher
Staffing Priorities document (ref. policies 14.5 and 14.6) with a view to improving:
a. Staffing curriculum ratios (remove the words years 4 to 8);
b. Time allowances for middle management positions and for the career pathways
positions developed through the Longer Term Work Plan; and,
c. Guidance Time Staffing Allowance is the next priority focus for primary
teaching staffing improvements across all levels (remove the words years 7 and
8).
Lost

The mover spoke to the resolution commended NZEI on lowering of class sizes
for Year 1 students must continue the
campaign progressively throughout Years 4
to 8 need to work with young children with
behavioural issues, rather than years 7 and
8.

The following representatives spoke to the resolution or asked questions:

Phebe Sorensen opposed an NZEI policy issue from Annual

(National Executive) Meeting 2007.

Shona Woodhead report accepted in 2007, therefore cannot be

(Tauranga) altered.
Lynda Stuart replied Annual Meeting could change priorities.
(Auckland)

Chris Dalliston supported - student teacher ratios must be

(North Taranaki) reduced.

Ngaire Chaney opposed area schools also affected.

(Coromandel Peninsula)

Irene Cooper opposed staffing was provided as a ratio

(National Executive) and could be used across schools which was
why Years 4 to 8 had been targeted as that
was where there was the largest ratio.
Guidance counsellor placed in Year 9 by
government, but the need arose in Years 7 &
8.

Robyn Tataurangi (Auckland) supported told in 2007 the report was a

starting point and this was what the
resolution attempted to improve.

Tony Hamilton (Rodney Otamatea) opposed need to be realistic agreed with

intent but if adopted wording would make
current policy insensible.

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Lynda Stuart replied this would not occur, as it was not the
(Auckland) intent.

The mover in reply the earliest we can get support for students
the better.

The seconder in reply there was no doubt that staffing ratios had
been improved, but current policy denied
improvements to children who were not in
Years 4 to 8. Children must be supported
from 5 years upwards.

Nigel Wilson raised point of clarification as mover and

(National Executive) seconder had disagreed as to intent.

Lynda Stuart replied continue current policy, but extend to

(Auckland) include Years 4 to 8.

Conditions of Service / Bargaining (section 11.1 General): Tax Relief

Chris Stuart (Auckland) moved, Peter de la Chaumette (Auckland) seconded:

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That urgent action is taken by NZEI Te Riu Roa to actively lobby government to
establish tax relief for work related expenses of members.
Lost

The mover and seconder spoke to the schools should provide all resources, either
resolution from the Ministry or from Boards of
Trustees. However, all teachers provided
additional material from their own pockets.
Previously teachers had this ability, but
today teachers were increasingly providing
resources.
The following representatives spoke to the resolution or asked questions:

Megan Rich opposed this would mask problems

(National Executive) pressure needed to be put on Boards of
Trustees.

Serena Lewis opposed detrimental to Beginning Teachers

(Te Reo Areare) BOTs may put pressure on staff to
purchase materials.

Putiputi Temara opposed should lobby government for

(AT Awakairangi) adequate public funding for quality public
education.

Garth Houltham supported relievers do not find resources in

(Papatoetoe) schools even if BOT supply funds to staff to
provide.

Lois Simmonds supported teachers regularly purchase

(Auckland) material for their classes budgets do not
fund extra materials needed in schools.

Heather Ballantyne supported reality is that all relievers have

(Tauranga) to spend funds to purchase materials not
purchased from operations grant.

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Mover in reply stated that this was policy in United States
of America, where credit was given to
educationalists.

Schools Sector (Section 14.4.7 Funding): Contestable Funding

Averil Symons (Auckland) moved, Vicky Carr (Auckland) seconded:

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While it is acknowledged that NZEI Te Riu Roa opposes the government policy to have
contestable funding initiatives, this practice continues therefore;

That NZEI adopt as policy that the Ministry of Education is lobbied to ensure that any
successful initiatives established from contestable funding sources be maintained as
long as is needed beyond the project timeframe set by the funding body.
Lost
The mover spoke to the resolution.

The following representatives spoke to the resolution or asked questions:

Niki Mayo opposed would allow no money for new

Christchurch) projects.

Denise Hird opposed policy was for no contestable

(Waikato) funding at all.

Seconder in reply happened often, that with staff turnover,

initiative did not continue in the school.

Conditions of Service / Bargaining (section 11.1 General): Wage Comparisons

Anna Lee (West Auckland) moved, Graham Stewart (West Auckland) seconded:

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That action be taken to carry out research, or to request Education International for
information that provides a real comparison of wage rates (taking into consideration
cost of living factors, etc) of primary teachers and ECE teachers, as compared to their
counterparts in public education systems in Australia and the UK.
Lost

The mover and seconder spoke to the Information needed for next collective
resolution agreement claims leading to greater pay for
New Zealand teachers which would possibly
stop teachers moving overseas.

The following representatives spoke to the resolution or asked questions:

Jo Fothergill (Wellington District Council) opposed must also look at working

conditions and how they teach.

Rikki Sheterline (Waikato District Council) questioned as to hourly rates or salaries.

Judith Nowotarski (National Executive) opposed not always appropriate to use

information gained when dealing with
agreement claims unsure of costing.

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Vivienne Goldsmith (North Shore) opposed focus needed to be on New
Zealand issues which affected New Zealand
teachers in negotiation claims.

Kane OConnell (Wellington) supported the data would be useful in

negotiations.

Mover in reply the information is close to surface and

needed to be provided.

Winnifred Morris (National Executive) moved, Judith Nowotarski (National Executive)

seconded:

That there be an extension of time to 6:00pm.

Lost
(not unanimous)

REMINDERS

The National President reminded members that election of the National Executive would
take place as business progressed on the Wednesday morning. All electioneering materials
must be removed from the auditorium before representatives left that evening.
Electioneering material included the rosettes worn by National Executive candidates.

The Subscriptions and Resources Report (which was contained in the National Executive
Report) would be the first report discussed the following morning.

At lunch time on Wednesday there would be a meeting of Assistant Principals and Deputy
Principals in the Civic Suites 1&2. This would be an opportunity to discuss issues specific
to their roles with their industrial advocates Jane Porter and Neil Hammond.

The National President asked members to be seated ready to commence the National
Executive elections on Wednesday morning no later than 8:25am; the doors would be closed
when voting for elections commenced at 8.30am.

The National President then called on Koro Toma for the karakia.

Following karakia and waiata Annual Meeting stood adjourned at 5:45pm.

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WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2008
SIXTH SESSION
Annual Meeting resumed in plenary session with Koro Toma opening the session with
karakia at 8:30am followed by waiata.

National President Frances Nelson called the meeting to order, and advised:

that earlier that year, nominations had been called for an NZEI nominee for the New
Zealand Teachers Council. At the close of nominations, NZEI had received one
nomination, that of Louise Green. Accordingly, there would be no election necessary
and she declared Louise Green as NZEI nominee to the Teachers Council for the
following three year term. The National President advised NZEI would write to the
Minister of Education seeking his confirmation of the nomination. She congratulated
Louise and said that Annual Meeting wished her well in her work for the sector as part
of the New Zealand Teachers Council.

that NZEIs current nominee on the New Zealand Teachers Council was Diane Leggett.
Diane had been in that role for the previous three years. The role was not an easy one
and NZEI appreciated the work that Diane had done on behalf of the profession. She
asked Annual Meeting to join her in acknowledging both the work of Diane Leggett and
the election of Louise Green.

that the meeting was moving to the election of the National Executive. During elections
all representatives were required to remain in the hall. No representatives were to leave
during the voting. Staff would be at the doors and had been asked to remind members
to remain in the hall until the Chair, on the advice of the Lead Scrutineer, determined
the vote collection was completed.

that the following eleven persons had been selected by her, in her role as National
President to be scrutineers: Pamela Hill, Fiona Watson, Amanda Caldwell, Joy
Heremia, Marion Dekker, Noeline Lemon, Sue Nimmo, Rosemary Simpson, Jennyth
Spence, Mereana Epi-Mana, Peter Hughes.

ELECTION FOR NATIONAL EXECUTIVE

Annual Meeting was advised the ballot papers were in representatives folders.

As was earlier indicated, there was only one nomination for the position of National
President so no election would be held.

The first ballot would be for the position of National Vice-President and that when the result
of that ballot was known, Annual Meeting would then, move to the election for the Primary
Teaching Sector members.

The National President advised that each representative must take part in all ballots and
that observers did not have a vote.

While waiting for each ballot to be counted, the National President advised that Annual
Meeting would proceed with the business on the agenda.

Elections commenced.

Election of National President

Paul Goulter, National Secretary, said there was one nomination for the office of National
President: that of Frances Nelson.

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Therefore, Frances Nelson was declared National President for the 2009 Institute year.

The National Secretary asked Annual Meeting to stand and acknowledge the National
President elect.

Election of Vice-President

The National President stated there were three nominations for the office of Vice-President:
that of Ian Leckie. Diane Leggett and Judith Nowotarski.

Therefore, an election was necessary and she gave instructions to voters and scrutineers.

When the ballot was returned, the National President Frances Nelson announced the
results.

Total Count of Votes

Ian Leckie 199
Judith Nowotarski 105
Diane Leggett 43

Therefore, Ian Leckie was declared Vice-President for the 2009 Institute year.

Election of National Executive Primary Sector

The National President stated that Annual Meeting would move on to the election for the
National Executive Primary Sector and advised that representatives should follow the
instructions set out on the ballot papers.

She also advised that representatives should do a branch check to make sure all
representatives were present and to advise the Help Desk of the name of the branch and the
number of any absences.

National President reminded representatives that each representative must take part in the
ballot, they must delete the name of Ian Leckie (Vice-President newly elected) and to be a
valid a voting paper must not contain more than twelve names for the primary sector.

Election of Immediate Past President

The National Secretary, referred Annual Meeting to Section 4.1.2.2 of the Rules concerning
nomination for the office of Immediate Past President.

She said that one nomination had been received that of Irene Cooper from Waikato
Branch.

Therefore, Irene Cooper was declared elected Immediate Past President for 2009.

Election Results

The National President advised:

There were three nominees for the three Early Childhood Sector positions so no
election was necessary.

There were two nominations for the two Support Staff (Primary) Sector positions so
no election was necessary.

There was one nomination for the Support Staff (Secondary/Area) Sector position so
no election was necessary.

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 Te Reo Areare representatives had already been selected.

Accordingly, Annual Meeting was asked to congratulate the following members of the
National Executive.

Diane Lawrence Early Childhood Sector

Judith Nowotarski Early Childhood Sector
Hayley Whitaker Early Childhood Sector
Tiri Bailey-Nowell Te Reo Areare
Te Aroha Hiko Te Reo Areare
Sophie Short Te Reo Areare
Ann Hoglund Support Staff (Primary)
Donna Mason Support Staff (Primary)
Gay Parlane Support Staff (Secondary/Area)

After the scrutineers returned from counting the votes, the National President announced
the results of primary teaching sector ballot:

Total Count of Votes

Nigel Wilson 268
David Kennedy 238
Louise Green 238
Diane Leggett 231
Fiona Matapo 231
Frances Guy 225
Karl Vasau 222
Phebe Sorensen 201
Clint Green 188
Nicola Mayo 175
Winnifred Morris 170
Vincent Ridgway 168
Ron Graham 161
Frances Cudby 138
Peter de la Chaumette 116

The National President declared the National Executive for 2009 and asked them to stand as
she read the full list of successful candidates:

National President
Frances Nelson

Vice President
Ian Leckie

National Executive Primary Sector

Clint Green
Louise Green
Frances Guy
David Kennedy
Diane Leggett
Fiona Matapo
Nicola Mayo
Winnifred Morris
Vincent Ridgway
Phebe Sorensen
Karl Vasau
Nigel Wilson

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Te Reo Areare
Tiri Bailey-Nowell
Te Aroha Hiko
Sophie Short

Early Childhood Sector

Diane Lawrence
Judith Nowotarski
Hayley Whitaker

Support Staff - Primary

Ann Hoglund
Donna Mason

Support Staff Secondary/Area

Gaye Parlane

Closure of Elections 2008

Megan Rich (National Executive) moved, Diane Lawrence (National Executive) seconded

That the ballot papers be destroyed after 28 days.

Agreed

The National President Frances Nelson thanked the scrutineers for their work that
morning. She acknowledged the unsuccessful candidates and congratulated them on
putting themselves forward, saying that democracy was only effective if people participated -
tough though that sometimes was for those not successful. She thanked them all for their
preparedness to put themselves forward to work at that level as part of the union. The
National President returned Annual Meeting to the next business at hand - Resolutions to
Amend Rules and Policy.

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND RESOURCES

National President Frances Nelson called members of the Executive Membership Services
and Finance Committee to the stage.

Nigel Wilson (National Executive) moved, Ian Leckie (National Executive) seconded:

That the report on Subscriptions be received.

Agreed

The mover, seconder and members of the Membership Services and Finance Committee
spoke to the resolution.

Nigel Wilsons presentation was as follows:

Increased costs in the delivery of all Institute services and activities.

Tena koutou katoa, President Frances

Good morning colleagues.

The Subscription and Resourcing Report begins on page 33 of the National Executive
Report.

The purpose of the report is to look ahead to the 2009 year and to share/alert Annual
Meeting about planned priorities for the future. In doing so the National Executive is

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charged with the responsibility of outlining the way in which it intends to manage the
organisations resources on your behalf.

From time to time to meet the servicing and organisational expectations of members there is
a need to bring to Annual Meeting a subscription increase. This need has been identified in
2008 and the proposed increases are outlined in the report as recommendations on page 36.

It is predictable that the usual difficulties encountered in addressing competing demands

for resources, services and activities will continue to be with us and this makes the process
something of a challenge for us.

One, I want to deal with the question of Indexing first.

At Annual Meeting 2007 it was indicated that a review would be established to look at the
way subscriptions were set.

As the work was carried out it became clear that this was a huge task being affected by the
current financial climate and was becoming more complex over time as different models
were tested - and also the need to align this with the Organisational Review.

Two, lets turn our attention to the reasons for a subscription increase proposal.

Time and timing was also having an effect on the focus of this group. With this in mind the
President and National Secretary asked that the group reflect on - as part of the budgeting
process;

Recommendations coming out of the Organisational Review. (Cash would be needed for
the change process);
Major financial implications around uncertainties such as effects of the international
financial state, growing inflation, uncertainty of oil costs);
Possible changes in structures;
The increasing demands from our negotiation campaigns in 2009 for primary, early
childhood and support staff in an uncertain political environment;
The inability of the union to sustain the organisation at the current level of costs.

Due to the understanding that subscription rates for the following twelve months is
recommended by the National Executive, and considered by Annual Meeting as part of the
Subscriptions and Resources debate, there was a decision by National Executive to bring a
recommended minimal subscription increase to Annual Meeting 2008 and allow the
subscription working group further time to carry out its work on indexing for the future.

The National Executive has historically promoted subscription increases when additional
resources are required for NZEI activities or when significant restructuring of the
subscription model is proposed.

It is timely for a minimal subscription increase at this point in time whilst continuing
indexing exploration and the need to align the Institutes finances with the shape of the
organisation and the influences on the costs of running its operation.

There are several drivers that come into play for this proposed subscription increase.

Increased costs in the delivery of all Institute services and activities.

The graphs on page 34 show a steady growth in the costs of operating the Institute.

Following significant discussion by management teams, the subscription working group,

Executive Membership Services and Finance Committee, and the National Executive, we
recognised that the changing environment has impacted and will continue to impact on
each and every worksite.

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We know that being efficient and effective has everything to do with our ability to campaign
on our members behalf now and into the future and the levels of services we can provide to
our members.

Our costs express themselves in; inflation, oil costs, service charges eg. phone, electricity,
hard copy resources, the international financial climate, the recent Staff collective
agreement settlement you will be pleased to know this ensures staff stability a critical
outcome for NZEI as our staff are our most valuable resource.

Some of these costs are also being felt by you as members you will all be aware of the cost
of living going up for households costs of living, electricity costs, petrol, heating, lower
interest rates all impact on our day to day operations. NZEI is no different to your
households except the costs are at a far greater level for the Institute because of its size and
the increasing complexities of its large and diverse membership and the increasing workload
that comes with this.

NZEI is not sheltered from the increasing costs of meeting the demands of members through
servicing and activities. With inflation predicted at 4.7% (Reserve Bank Governor indication)
and rising costs, servicing activities continues to stretch the annual budget. Activities
include:

Bringing members to Wellington;

Holding Annual Meeting;
Keeping field officers on the road;
NZEI staff collective employment agreement increases;
Campaign developments to secure the best possible settlements for members;
Financial planning - IFRS standards has impacted on the costs of auditing the Institute
business;
Increasing demands and use of IT for communication and resourcing;
Providing resources to service and support NZEI activity;

All have steadily resulted in increased costs for the Institute.

To support the rising costs the National Executive regularly review budgets and limit the
target goals for the year. This at times means some aspects of the servicing and activities
required by members cannot be carried out. However, in consideration of current work
programmes, various political imperatives the current governments philosophy that
workers are entitled to have an active part in the development and implementation of policy
- has impacted significantly on the way in which NZEI has operated in recent times. The
expectation of members that they will have an entitlement to consultation on a wide range of
issues is high; such levels of participation are important in terms of an active and informed
membership.

The necessity to deal with the consideration and implementation of the initial
Organisational Review Report in which wide membership involvement was very positive
any consideration of changes will not come without implementation expenses.

With the identified higher level of in the field servicing, it was decided to bring a minimal
subscription increase to Annual Meeting 2008. (Based on 33,000 FTE 820,000 -
$0.08c/day or $1.13 a fortnight for full members) the background to this is highlighted in
the report. The cost per fortnight represents the cost of a small ice cream.

Annual Meeting, we would not be bringing a subscription increase recommendation to

Annual Meeting unless there was a real identified need. We will face a $1.2 million deficit in
2009 unless this subscription increase is delivered.

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My colleagues on the Executive Membership Services and Finance Committee will outline
further issues that impact on the bringing of the subscription increases to this years
Annual Meeting.

Before I hand over to them, may I recommend the recommendations of this report to you.
The endorsement of these recommendations will not only increase our ability to respond to
the challenges of the day, but will help provide the resources to continue to build our
organisation for the future.

No reira
Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.

Increased demands being made for access to Institute services and activities.

Ann Hoglund commented:

To be able to provide the current level and preferably an enhanced level of services to our
members, we need to be able to fund these. NZEI has visions for the future, a lot of these
will be influenced by the Organisational Review.

NZEI represents a very diverse range of members across many sectors and as our
membership grows so does the demand for services, some of which include: campaigns,
legal and provident fund assistance, member support work, field officer services, networks,
collective agreement negotiations, implementing organisational review recommendations.
We need to be able to provide NZEI members with the support services and activities they
require and deserve.

Support for organisational change within NZEI Te Riu Roa.

Ian Leckie commented:

The Institute has visions for the future and these will be shaped by the organisational
review.

As you have seen from the debate and discussion of Annual Meeting, NZEI are going
through a process where the shape, and reshaping of, the organisation is being considered.
The results of that consideration are not yet known but it is known that if there is to be any
change it will be a consideration for the 2009 Annual Meeting for the 2010 year.

NZEI needs to align the financing of the organisation to the level of income structures. A
good example of this would be the cost of annual meeting and the ideas that are contained
in the Organisational Review Report about that. Whatever the decision ultimately made, it
woud have an impact on expenditure budgets.

The organisational review is a continuation of the process that was started at Annual
Meeting 2007 where the decision to progress the notion was decided. NZEI now have Owen
Harveys report and some decisions will be made at Annual Meeting 2008.

Implementation of any changes will surely involve some additional costs and NZEI have no
idea yet where any savings can be made.

Decisions of this annual meeting will shape the direction of the organisational review and
decisions made now will determine the activity of the Institute in 2009 which must surely
come first.
The need to sharpen focus in positioning NZEI Te Riu Roa as both an industrial and
professional organisation.

Judith Nowotarski commented:

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National Secretary Paul Goulter presented to Annual Meeting Building the Union a
Strategy for NZEI. Paul paid particular attention to the organisation developing campaign
capacity, and support and leadership across sectors and at all levels of the union.

NZEI knows industrial issues motivate the membership. It wants to continue to tap into an
increasing number of members on professional issues.

The focus on the interface between industrial and professional needed to be maintained.
NZEI was well on the road to achieving this for example
Opposition to Performance pay and National Testing; responding to the focus on Disruptive
Children; Class Size; Professional Development.

These illustrate where the two arms of the organisation the whole of union approach
had been successful.
Repositioning and refocusing NZEI in that way came with transactional costs.

The following representatives spoke to the report or asked questions:

Eileen Raynel opposed questioned why had threshold

(Waikato) changed (reply-moved forward, so modelling
could continue) and believed savings from
Operation Switch should be considered in
budget (reply-this has been factored in, but
dependent on full cross-over).

Clint Green supported commended committee

(Bay of Plenty District Council) Operation Switch would take time to take
effect NZEI needed strong financial base.

Heather Ballantyne opposed wrong timing Operation Switch

(Tauranga) would lead to members resigning when they
saw subscription level.

Hone Niwa supported all factors were relevant.

(AT Paraninihi ki Taipaki)

Tony Hamilton supported NZEI needed the increase best

(Rodney Otamatea) way of setting subscription was to keep up
with increasing costs.

Hayley Whitaker supported Operation Switch was not the

(National Executive) alternative to a subscription increase.
Fiona Matapo supported fiscal responsibility to act
(National Executive) prudently.

Russell Hallam supported small increase now better than

(Rotorua) large increase in the future never a best
time.

Christine Mack opposed as a worksite representative NZEI

(North Shore) needed to reduce stationery costs, and
change method of communicating with
members.

Ngaire Chaney opposed timing was not right PPTA

(Coromandel Peninsula) colleagues pay set figure of 1%; questioned
whether NZEI had considered this.

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reply Yes, one of current proposals being
considered.

Anita Newland opposed some branches had large

(Tai Tokerau District Council) surpluses must survive within budget.

Gael Trevathan supported minimum increase needed to

(Otago) move forward commended NZEI staff.

Peter Corlett supported in a period of great change

(Kapiti) new ideas needed to be adequately funded
needed to maintain current work at the
same time as new initiatives.

Frances Guy supported even if NZEI did nothing new,

(National Executive) current subscription level would not allow it
to be maintained.

Erika Locke opposed subscription increase not showing

(Rotorua) due integrity, as current membership form
did not show new rates.

Chris Stuart questioned which part of Organisational

(Auckland) Review could allow for savings.

reply Cannot predict because still in consultation

phase. Need to fiscally manage budget in
best possible way.

Nigel Wilson (National Executive) moved, Ian Leckie (National Executive) seconded

1. That the threshold at which the full subscription becomes payable be increased
from 1st January 2009 to $37,000 pa.

2. That the minimum fortnightly subscription payable by any full member be

$2.00.

3. That for 2009 the maximum fortnightly subscription be $20.77.

4. That for 2009 the minimum subscription of $2.00 per fortnight be paid by
those full members earning less than or equal to $354.79 gross per fortnight.

5. That for 2009 those full members earning more than $354.79 gross but less
than or equal to $709.59 gross per fortnight pay a subscription of $5.19 per
fortnight one quarter of the full fortnightly subscription.

6. That for 2009 those full members earning more than $709.59 gross but less
than or equal to $1,064.38 gross per fortnight pay a subscription of $10.39 per
fortnight one half of the full fortnightly subscription.

7. That for 2009 those full members earning more than $1,064.38 gross but less
than or equal to $1,419.18 gross per fortnight pay a subscription of $15.58 per
fortnight three quarters of the full fortnightly subscription.

8. That for 2009, those support staff members not receiving 26 regular pays, and
who elect to pay their subscriptions by a method other than payroll deduction,
shall have their projected earnings annualised for the purposes of determining
their fortnightly subscription.

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9. That for 2009 those full members earning more than $1419.18 gross per
fortnight pay a subscription of $20.77 per fortnight.

10. That the annual subscription for honorary members be $20 per annum.

11. That the annual subscription for student teacher membership be $5.00 per
annum.
Carried

The following representatives spoke to the resolution or asked questions:

Janeve Green supported minimal cost per week.

(Taupo)

Anne Gover supported minimum rates have not

(Southland) changed, nor students nor honorary.
Commended NZEI on ways they cut costs.

Ron Graham supported small increase a small price to

(National Executive) pay for services from staff.

David Kennedy supported

(National Executive)

Tony Hamilton supported a small price for gains made

(Rodney Otamatea) through collective negotiations.

Caleb Hall supported

(AT Whanganui a Tara)

Nigel Wilson (National Executive) moved, Ian Leckie (National Executive) seconded:

That the Report on Subscription and Resources be endorsed.

Agreed

The National President thanked the members of the Executive Membership Services and
Finance Committee Nigel Wilson, Te Aroha Hiko, Ian Leckie, Diane Leggett, Ann Hoglund,
Winnifred Morris, Judith Nowotarski, Irene Cooper, and advised that she too, as National
President was a member of the committee. The committee was supported by members of
the staff including Paul Goulter, Darrell Ward, Ailsa Coutts and Shelley Hughes.

RESOLUTIONS TO AMEND RULES AND POLICY

Schools Sector (Section 14.5 Primary School Staffing): Work Life Balance

Anna Lee (West Auckland) moved, Shirley Donaldson (West Auckland) seconded:

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That action be taken to lobby the Government to increase school staffing so that full
time members workload can be completed in a 40 hour week.
Lost

The following representatives spoke to the resolution or asked questions:

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Phebe Sorensen opposed in an ideal world this would be
(National Executive) great. Issue cannot be solved by staffing
alone need to overcome personal
expectations of many teachers, schools and
communities.

Clint Green opposed supported notion of reducing

(Bay of Plenty District Council) workload, but nature of job never completed
within 40 hour week imposition of controls
could be detrimental.

Kevin Rae opposed impractical with teacher shortage.

(Piako)

Graham Woodhead supported already a statement in PTCA

(Tauranga) that sought to limit hours this needed to be
enforced.

Chris Stuart opposed sympathised with mover, but

(Auckland) impractical with the extras all teachers,
principals and support staff were required to
do.

Kane OConnell supported need to fight for human working

(Wellington) conditions.

Ruth Milburn supported possible in Scotland where there

(West Auckland) was a 37 hour week in New Zealand
there was pressure from schools to do the
impossible.

Mover in reply commented that a 40 hour week would give

children a better education because teachers
would work more efficiently and effectively if
hours were limited to 40 per week teachers
and support staff should be the model for all
other New Zealand workers.

NZEI Organisation (Section 23): Green Policy

Dot Lovell-Smith (West Auckland) moved, Ruth Milburn (West Auckland) seconded:

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That NZEI Te Riu Roa develop a Green Policy that will give members and staff
guidance and support in carrying out all NZEI Te Riu Roa work in a way that
encourages a sustainable future.
Lost
The mover spoke to the resolution.

The following representatives spoke to the resolution or asked questions:

Dan Clark supported current decade was decade of

(Auckland District Council) sustainability more use of technology
would reduce waste.

Dave Kennedy supported NZEI needed to have an

(National Executive) awareness of sustainability.

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Karl Vasau supported the resolution.
(National Executive)

Caleb Wall opposed members did not need a

(AT Te Whanganui a Tara) resolution to do that they should do it
themselves - need for practicality all
members must use common sense.

Russell Hallam opposed do not need a policy arguments

(Rotorua) presented were those of urbanites not
practical in country areas. Field staff need
a car it was their worksite. NZEI was a
responsible organisation.

Chris Stuart opposed sense must prevail members

(Auckland) must have faith in National Executive.

Mover in reply NZEI needed to begin to become cleaner and

greener.

Special Education (Section 15): Resourcing

Alan Forsyth (Central Otago) moved, Blair Park (Central Otago) seconded:

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That the National Executive lobby the Ministry of Education to train an increased
number of speech language therapists ensuring conditions of employment are such
that they are retained in the education sector.
Carried
The mover spoke to the resolution.

The following representatives spoke to the resolution or asked questions:

Winnifred Morris supported currently not enough teachers

(National Executive) or students who wished to become speech
language therapists.

Colleen OBrien supported very few scholarships currently

(North Shore) available those in training moved into
health area rather than education.

Maria Stewart opposed only two institutions trained

(West Auckland) speech language therapists but there was a
need for all other therapists currently
better employment conditions in health
sector.
Mellinda Wilson opposed shortages in all therapist areas
(Christchurch) much better opportunities and career
pathways in Health than in GSE.

Mover in reply it was a matter of workload, training, supply

and retention.

Seconder in reply Teachers in classrooms affected if no

therapists available.

The National President advised Annual Meeting that Resolution B had been withdrawn.

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The National President advised Annual Meeting that Resolution D had also withdrawn.

ORGANISATIONAL REVIEW

Ian Leckie stated that the limited time to prepare the presentation and change on
challenging The document reflected on suggestions from workshops the previous day and
there were no preconceived outcomes or plans. Feedback showed notions of me, NZEI,
and Unions. The presentation set out key principles.

He noted that there was a new statement for a guiding Vision but that was currently only
within the organisation review.

Our collective industrial/professional action will ensure the most powerful voice for quality
education. (also Maori version)

There was a merging of statements from all workgroups.

NZEI was not a statics organisation, therefore action must ensure NZEI was powerful and
was heard. He stated that the omission of public from public quality education was
because not all members worked in the public area.

Peter Monteith spoke of the three principles behind the organisational review.

Giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi (rule 1.8.4);

Accountability, both individual and collective applies;
Organisational re-design

and developed them in detail.

Shelley Hughes spoke about the accountability principles and noted the seven statements
were broad enough to cover the thoughts of all members. She also stated that a general
consensus was reached by all groups in Principles of Organisational Redesign.

Frances Guy advised that the workshops provided an umbrella for the organisational review
to move forward. The Committee made two recommendations

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Organisational Review: Recommendation 1

Frances Guy (National Executive) moved, Ian Leckie (National Executive) seconded:

That the National Executive using the agreed vision and principles, bring to Annual
Meeting 2009 a report that promotes structures and processes for the future of the
organisation, including relevant rule changes.

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 Carried

Organisational Review: Recommendation 2

Frances Guy (National Executive) moved, Ian Leckie (National Executive) seconded:

That the following process be used to develop that report:

Term 4 08 develop proposals for consultation

Term 1 09 consultation with membership
Term 2 09 feedback and refinement report preparation
Term 3 09 report sent to worksites and membership groups
Annual Meeting report tabled.
Carried

The National President announced there would be discussion around each of the slides.

1. Organisational Review: Guiding Vision

Ma te whakatopu mai whakangatahi whakangaio mahi tatou, ka put ate reo aumangea o te
mautauranga kounga

Our collective industrial/professional action will ensure the most powerful voice for quality
education

The following representatives spoke to the report or asked questions:

Anna Lee attention needed to be paid to missing word

(West Auckland) public. There were problems with early
childhood centres that were privately
controlled. Many early childhood workers
did not join NZEI because of pressure from
employers she questioned whether it
should be quality education or quality
public education.

The National President replied this vision would allow discussion as to

which of the statements was most viable.

Peter Corlett questioned whether the statement in Maori

(Kapiti) was a true translation?

Laures Park replied it was an interpretation.

Ruhia Hamilton pleased that it was an interpretation, but

(AT Kahungunu o te Wairoa) stated there were still grammatical errors.

Erika Locke was concerned re process, as there had been

(Rotorua) no mandate to change principled and
ethical practice as discussed in her group
had not been included.

National President replied every single item could not be included the
essence of discussions was the most
important.

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2. Organisational Review: Principles

Giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi (rule 1.8.4)

Accountability, both individual and collective applies.
Organisational Re-design

The following representatives spoke to the report or asked questions:

Tukiteao Kerei questioned what was giving effect to Te Tiriti

(AT Tokoroa) o Waitangi

Frances Guy replied needed agreement on interpretation

(National Executive) developed in bullet points.

Shona Woodhead rule 1.8.4 stated honour and respect which

(Tauranga) was different to this statement.

Hirere Moana there should have been a Miro Maori

(AT Te Rohe Potae) representative on the group that brought
workshop discussions together.

Frances Guy replied queried whether this had created a problem.

(National Executive)

3. Organisational Review: Tiriti o Waitangi

Promote mutual respect and understanding

Encourage inclusiveness
Enable open, transparent and communication
Develop a comprehensive Treaty partnership
Meet the needs of all members and sectors

The following representatives spoke to the report or asked questions:

Max Calder-Watson lack of mention of political power and in

(Auckland) terms of the Treaty, equal political power
should be explicit in honouring true meaning
of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Frances Guy replied That was feedback from groups and was
(National Executive) included in bullet points.

Whakaata Stewart supported previous speakers; making

(AT Whanganui a Orotu) position of Maori clearer giving honour and
respect to Treaty and mutual respect to each
other.

Julie Fox branches and district councils needed to

(Auckland District Council) have representation from all groups at
discussions planned.

Eileen Raynel needed to remove and from third bullet

(Waikato) point.

Caleb Wall how was communication to occur? (setting

(AT Te Whanganui a Tara) tasks for NZEI members)

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4. Organisational Review: Accountability

Effective use of resources

Research and understand societal context
Respect for diversity
Open report to members
Financial transparency
Membership involvement
Responsibility for completion

The following representatives spoke to the report or asked questions:

Sandra Spekreijse appreciated work; however, some groups

(Ashley) were not given the opportunity to make
amendments; whereas other groups were
given that opportunity.

Chris Stuart many groups had little time to discuss the

(Auckland) principles of accountability effectively.

Frances Guy replied The committee did get comprehensive

(National Executive) feedback from most groups detail could be
added when they were sent to members for
discussion.

Elikini Naidu as a believer of multilingual education was

(Auckland) pleased with these principles.

Erika Locke questioned meaning of membership

(Rotorua) involvement and if this was different to
membership driven.

Frances Guy replied Activism within the union was important to

(National Executive) membership to involve as many members
as possible.

Organisational Review: Principles of Organisational Re-design (1)

Strategic direction and delivery aligned with the goals of the organisation in a
whole of union focus
Promote meaningful membership involvement
Meet the diverse needs of members in a whole of union context

Organisational Review: Principles of Organisational Re-design (2)

Promote cooperative/professional work practices between members and staff

Cost effectiveness and efficiency
Promote a learning and development orientation
A mix of fixed and/or flexible and fluid

The following representatives spoke to the report or asked questions:

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Robyn Tataurangi delighted NZEI was discussing a way forward
(Auckland) - this should engage membership
concerned that the word education did not
occur. Currently our object was to advance
the cause of education generally.

National President replied asked for leeway members needed to

assume status quo remained.

Colleen Philip not intending to be critical, but feeling less

(Christchurch) and less comfortable with the processes
which could be manipulated; different
discussion groups had different emphasis
would the minutes of discussion groups be
published.

National President replied stated it needed to be a consensus process

however, members needed to advise any
significant omissions - there would be a
clear consultation process.

Roger Pooler bullet points needed to be unique, clear and

(Rotorua) concise ie. first and last really meant the
same.

Etelagi Leilua waiting for Pasefika to be consulted.

(Komiti Pasefika Auckland)

Frances Guy replied All groups would be consulted and need to

(National Executive) discuss.

Kerry Wood last principle is unclear and structures

(South Canterbury) should be included in bullet point.

National Secretary replied stated that campaigns needed to be fluid and

flexible to meet what was needed to be
achieved circumstances were dynamic and
fast moving.

Denise Hird it appeared there were preconceived ideas

(Waikato) particularly the term union and the
number of times it came into the debate; -
was there to be a name change
recommendation to NZEU.

National President replied advised this was definitely not the intention
sometimes professional took preference,
sometimes industrial and sometimes
professional became industrial.

Tony Hamilton questioned whether the vision could be

(Rodney Otamatea) modified through the consultation process -
and needed assurance that the report would
be out at the beginning of Term 3, 2009.

National President replied Necessary if there were to be Rule changes in

2009.

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Russell Hallam questioned whether passing the resolution
(Rotorua) meant agreeing with principles?

National President replied Yes

Graham Woodhead supported use of word structure; meant

(Tauranga) Annual Meeting was looking at a framework
and required consultation with all members.

Dot Lovell-Smith opposed disturbed public had been

(West Auckland) deleted from quality public education a
fundamental shift in vision of the Institute
word should be included.

REMINDERS

National President reminded representatives that at lunch time there would be a meeting of
any Assistant Principals and Deputy Principals who were present, in the Civic Suites 1 & 2,
and that would be an opportunity to discuss issue specific to their roles with their industrial
advocates Jane Porter and Neil Hammond.

Members were also reminded to be seated by 1:30pm

Annual Meeting adjourned for lunch.

WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2008

SEVENTH SESSION
Annual Meeting resumed at 1:30pm.

Tukiteao Kerei (A T Tokoroa) raised a point of order regarding the National Presidents ruling
rejecting an amendment before the luncheon adjournment. He stated Annual Meeting was
the highest authority. The National President explained Recommendation 1 of the
Organisational Review it would have to be National Executive that presented the report
(not Annual Meeting) and National Executive included Te Reo Areare.

National President moved

That my ruling stand

Carried

Diane Leggett (National Executive] - thanked representatives for donations to the Womens
Refuge. She reported that the Museum Hotel had made further donations of blankets and
linens.

Discussion resumed on the ORGANISATIONAL REVIEW

The National President stated she had disallowed a number of amendments wishing to
include public in quality education.

Tony Hamilton questioned therefore what was the status of

(Rodney Otamatea) the publication Quality Public Education for
the 21st Century.

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The National President replied explained that it was a guiding value and
goal, but a number of members did not work
in the public sector.

The National President accepted a wording change to the Organisational Review: Guiding
Vision slide which would interchange the words voice and action so the Guiding Vision
would read:

Lynda Stuart (Auckland) moved, Jean Dolheguy (Auckland) seconded:

That our collective industrial/professional voice will ensure the most powerful action
for a quality education.

Annual Meeting accepted the change after the following debate:

Amanda Caldwell opposed cannot vote for a motion excluding

(Franklin) public.

Jean Dolheguy a need for best person for the job.

(Auckland)

Hirere Moana Te Reo Areare represented all districts.

(AT o Te Rohe Potae)

Tukiteao Kerei opposed the resolution.

(AT Tokoroa)

Hone Niwa report needed to be available if possible for

(AT Parininihi ki Taipake) Te Kahui Whetu so it could be discussed
there.

National President replied Te Kahui Whetu would likely be updated if

the report was not ready.

Meg Moss supported delighted public was not

(West Auckland) included as it meant all early childhood
could be included.

Judith Nowotarski supported National Executive have a role to

(National Executive) ensure every member has opportunity to
make a contribution.
Mike Jones opposed Treaty o Waitangi states equal
(Murupara) partnerships - therefore should have two
separate executives.

Megan Rich supported NZEI needs to have direction to

(National Executive) proceed with discussions and involve all
members in it.

Ron Graham supported members working in private

(National Executive) schools would be able to maintain NZEI
membership.

Nigel Wilson supported while NZEI stands for Quality

(National Executive) Public Education the vision statement
provided an opportunity to engage as many
members as possible not exclude those
outside the public sector.

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Hayley Whitaker supported report would be discussed at
(National Executive) 2009 Annual Meeting, but needed this
resolution to be passed so discussion could
continue.

Te Aroha Hiko supported korero from other speakers.

(National Executive)

Julie Fox supported full membership need to have

(Auckland District Council) the discussion.

Dave Kennedy communication should continue through

(National Executive) email.

AWARDS OF SCHOLARSHIPS

The National President called Hayley Whitaker and Donna Mason to the stage.

NZEI Support Staff Scholarships

Donna Mason announced the recipients of the NZEI Support Staff Scholarships and read
out a short bio of the recipients.

Donna Le Marquand has been awarded an NZEI Support Staff scholarship. She is
currently the Library Manager at New Windsor School in Auckland.

Donnas research will look at the importance of school libraries and how they make a
difference to learning outcomes and the development of key competencies.

Wendy Ballard is a recipient of an NZEI Support Staff scholarship. She is currently

librarian at Greenpark Primary School in Tauranga.

Wendy will use her scholarship to focus on the further development of her own
Library/Information Literacy project into a more professional online resource package to
share and offer to all New Zealand primary schools.

NZEI Early Childhood Education Scholarships

Hayley Whitaker said it was her privilege to announce the Early Childhood Education NZEI
Te Riu Roa Scholarship recipients.
Julene Lawton has been awarded an NZEI Early Childhood Education scholarship.

She is currently a teacher with under-2s at the First Years Preschool in Dannevirke.

Julene plans to use her scholarship to help complete her Diploma of Teaching and extend
and develop her teaching practice with children.

Margaret Smith is a recipient of an NZEI Te Riu Roa Early Childhood Education

scholarship.

She is Manager of the Dunedin Hospital Early Childhood Centre. The focus of Margarets
research will be on late career teachers as they approach retirement and how their
transition out of full time work is managed to ensure the best outcomes for teachers and
learners.

Annual Meeting responded with applause to the announcements.

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HOT ISSUES

Annual Meeting held a Hot Issues session to enable representatives to have an opportunity
to speak to issues that were important to them.

1. Student Teachers - Carly Barnes (Waitaha District Council)

Since the merger from teachers college to university, teacher education standards
have dropped unreservedly. I am sure as educators you would all agree that our
training at this time is not of a high degree. University meddling has altered our
training journey there is less focus on practice and an increase in theory. Our
lecturers try, but their teaching pedagogy is at odds with what we learn in practice.

Some institutions substitute lectures for video tapes, that tell us hypocritically, that
interaction is great. At time these new fangled tapes fail to arrive. Without these
tapes and lecturers at hand, our grades take a dive.

University mergers have failed to notice that pre service training seems to lack focus.
As beginning teachers we are taught eight curriculums. Equal coverage is promoted,
but the reality is grim. Our training days are dominated with maths and literacy.
More even coverage of all areas, is what we want to see. Courses like Music, Science,
ICT get left in the dark, though included in the fee. Our message is simple but it
means a heap I hope youre keeping up, not falling asleep. We training teachers, our
demands are not complicated. Be confident, professional, compassionate, these
things are related.

So where to from here, I know youre all asking. Well sit tight in your seat, the
conclusion is coming.

At this time that we find ourselves in, we have rare opportunity to kick up a din.
Universities are poised and are making some changes. From three to four years, our
degree now ranges.

Our aim is straight forward, but far from small. We need engagement with
Universities, not just some but all. Through consultation we need to put our case
forward. To enthusiastic, well-skilled teachers, a degree well awarded.

So this is our plea, take plight of our crisis. Because just like our T-shirts say,
Beginning Teachers: Priceless.

2. Pasifika Education - Sesilia Palu (Komiti Pasefika, Wellington)

Pasefika greetings. Thank you Madam President. Sesilia Palu, Komiti Pasefika
Wellington. This is on behalf of Wellington and Auckland branches of Komiti
Pasefika.

The Pasefika Education Plan was launched this year in August. This is the third
Plan released by the Ministry. This plan has been developed to assist Pasefika
students to get a high-quality education from early childhood through to tertiary
education. Amongst the actions and targets included in the plan, the following have
implications for teachers, support staff and the education system as a whole.

It is anticipated that 9,510 Pasefika students will be enrolled in licensed early

childhood education in 2010. An increase in the number of services for early
childhood education in locations where access is a barrier to participation for
Pasefika families by December 2008. An increase in the proportion of Pasefika early
childhood education teachers that are registered.

Increase teaching and learning support for Pasefika early childhood playgroups.

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 In the compulsory education sector, the government have committed to:
a) an increase in the uptake of TeachNZ scholarships.
b) support to improve teacher supply in areas with high numbers of Pasefika
learners.

These are just a few targets and actions from the plan. We may need to prepare a
few more direct debit forms.

Komiti Pasefika Auckland and Wellington urge NZEI Te Riu Roa to identify its level of
commitment to the Pasefika Education Plan.

3. Leadership Succession Planning - Rikki Sheterline (Waikato District Council)

Picture this. You are a part of your schools leadership team and are looking
forward to supporting your Principal and colleagues at the annual strategic planning
meeting. You have done your homework, your reading, your thinking and now look
forward to offering your thoughts, through your principal.

So, the meeting date comes around, you come into the meeting venue and the Board
of Trustees go into the meeting room but you are diverted into another room where
you and the rest of the leadership team have been advised you will remain for the
duration of the meeting for Health and Safety reasons. You dutifully obey and at
the end of the first session you catch up with your principal, who listens to your
plight but has no obvious or immediate solution.

You suggest a change of venue, meeting format or representation ration. Your

principal informs you that for any of this to happen they will need to change the
rules at next years meeting and then only if the majority of the members agree.
Meaning no change next year but possibly the year after.

There are obvious and valid reasons for the relocation of the leadership team but you
wonder about your role and how succession planning can occur in the current
environment. For the next ten months you continue to complete your role, hoping
that things will change, but with the nagging thought that you may only get to have
your say when you are appointed to your own principalship.

You vow that when this happens you will remember how your apprenticeship was
for you and make a note that you will not allow it to be the same for your leadership
team and successors!!

Just a thought. Call me selfish but I dont want any lessening in services for Rikki
Sheterline as a member. Kia ora koutou.

4. Teacher Supply Allowance Vivienne Goldsmith (North Shore)

This is a vital component of recruiting and keeping staff at difficult to staff schools
challenges. It has become difficult to employ experienced teachers and often schools
are left to employ PRTs without enough experienced teachers to mentor them.

We also heard from Chris Carter yesterday that we have some areas where PRTs
cannot find work (60% of students from Canterbury).

We would like NZEI to include in the next bargaining round, a substantial increase
in the PTSA allowance, to teachers but not principals.

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5, Provisionally Registered Teachers (PRT) - Kane OConnell (Wellington)

I stand before you as one of the convenors of NZEIs YMN and as a Beginning
primary teacher in my second year as a PRT.

A hot issue for beginning teachers is the injustice relative to being employed on fixed
term agreements and inconsistencies surrounding advice guidance programmes.

If our education sector is serious about opening the doors for young and new
teachers, from a diverse range of backgrounds, then there is much work to be done.
And, our union needs to make the fuss in order for change to take place.

With reference to PRT advice and guidance programmes, I am aware that the
Ministry is now beginning to focus on the issues, however there are incredible
inconsistencies across the country.

While I have personally received a thorough advice and guidance programme and
worked closely with a very experience tutor teacher, who is also a walking AP, I am
aware that many beginning teachers have not had this right and that is sad!

Moving along to fixed-term agreements. A MoE report published late last year,
Becoming a Teacher in the 21st Century stated that 60% of primary graduates
were employed on fixed-term agreements and they were 2005 figures. Ive heard
more recent figures of 75% for last year.

In that same publication, the Teachers Council (TC) and Education Review Office
(ERO) reported that provisionally registered teachers not employed under permanent
arrangements were at risk of not receiving effective advice and guidance.

Moreover, schools and early childhood services may place themselves at risk under
the Employment Relations Act (ERA) if they misuse fixed-term employment.

In the report, it stated that some principals are reluctant to give permanent
employment to newly qualified teachers because they do not have confidence that
graduates have the knowledge, skills and disposition to begin teaching effectively.

However, under the ERA it is very clear that employers must have genuine reasons
based on reasonable grounds when employing on fixed-term. But sadly the anti-
worker probationary try before you buy arrangement is rife.

Question to Chris Carter:

As MOE report last year stated that 60% of primary graduates were employed on
fixed-term agreements, and in that same report the Teachers Council and Education
Review Office reported that PRTs on fixed-term risked receiving in effective advice
and guidance programmes.

The ERA states clearly that employers (the boss) must have genuine reasons based
on reasonable grounds when employing on fixed-term but sadly the anti-worker
probationary try-before-you-buy arrangement is all too pervasive in our schools
and centres.

Therefore Chris Carter, if Labour returns to lead a 4th term government or as

Minister of Education now, what commitment will you make to Beginning Teachers
to secure their rights as workers starting out in schools and centres?

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6. School Behaviour and Teacher Rights - Hone Niwa (AT Parininihi ki Taipake)

I want to inform members that a section of the Education Act 312g which is
worded Offence of Insulting, Abusing, or Intimidating Staff in the Miscellaneous
Section, in regards to support for staff when they are abused by pupils has not been
enacted. It appears in the Act but has not got any teeth.

With the situation in my own school of stand downs and acts of aggression that
would require further intervention by the ministry, it seems strange that there is no
support for schools, and in particular staff, that give the same Rights to Teachers as
to Pupils.

Our local MP has been asked:

1. Why the Act is not in force?
2. What is the likelihood of the clause being enforced some time soon?
and
3. If the clause is going to be enforced does it refer to offences against staff by
students, or parents, or the wider community members or all of them?
As yet we have not heard back. It is a good time to ask the questions.

CLOSING CEREMONY

The National President called Annual Meeting to order.

She commented as follows::
Group photo no arrangements had been made to have a group photo.
Waiata books could be left behind after the closure for use next year.
The National Secretary made comment regarding Rule 4.4.1 which covered the election
of National Executive. He stated that a number of candidates did not meet the 50% vote
rule, however it was understood by him that this Rule had been changed by Annual
Meeting several years previously, to read twelve highest polling candidates. This would
be researched and members would be advised of the outcome.

The National President then announced that Annual Meeting for the 126th year would be
held in Wellington from Sunday 27 September to Wednesday 30 September 2009 in the
Wellington Town Hall.

She also gave notice that the 2010 Annual Meeting would likely be held from September 26
to September 29, 2010.

The National President then proposed a comprehensive vote of thanks to the National
Presidents Advisory Committee, facilitators of meetings and discussion groups,
timekeepers, video controllers, microphone controllers, all staff and the media.

She congratulated the Executive members who had been returned to office and thanked
other members, who had served on the National Executive over the year, for their
considerable service to NZEI members. She then wished them well for the future.

The National President then asked the following National Executive members who were not
returning to briefly address Annual Meeting.

Megan Rich
Monique Jansonius
Ron Graham
Frances Cudby

Megan Rich - noted it was impossible to individually name all the members who had
supported her in her time on National Executive. She said she had accepted a principalship

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of a remote school which would make her continued role on National Executive too difficult,
and this was the reason she had not stood again this year.

Monique Jansonius - noted that Support Staff were no longer the invisible army. She
acknowledged the friendship of fellow National Executive members, the work of NZEI staff
and the support of her family.

Ron Graham - thanked the people who had guided and supported him at National
Executive and National Office and also his Branch and District Council Taitokerau - and
the wider membership who had supported him at annual meeting.

He stated that back in his homeland, there was a watch cry no surrender, and he would
certainly not be surrendering. He would return to his adopted homeland, the North, and
continue to work to improve the conditions of the ordinary member.

Frances Cudby - Thanked all who had voted for her and stated that she would be back the
next year with more conviction and stronger. She said she also had a dream. In the interim
she would work within her branch, and thanked all members she had worked with over the
previous eighteen months.

All speakers concluded with waiata.

The National President then invited Louise Green to speak on behalf of the 2009 National
Executive.

Louise Green spoke as follows:

Kia ora ano te whanau

Thank you Te Manukura, Frances, for the opportunity to speak on behalf of the returning
Executive members.

Firstly, we would like to acknowledge all members and staff for the fabulous support given
to us over the past year and during the days of Annual Meeting.

We have particularly appreciated member feedback during the year to critical work areas
such as Teachers Council consultation which have been fraught at times.

Returning Executive members acknowledged with aroha the members of our National
Executive whanau who are not returning in 2009 Monique, Megan, Ron and Frances
Cudby.

The time, energy and commitment you have given has been significant and your
contributions highly valued.

Thank you for your friendship and support. We know this is not the end of your
involvement. Best wishes they tell us there is a life beyond NZEI. Enjoy!

We are delighted that Frances Nelson will continue as National President. Her leadership
has been and will continue to be strong, fair and inspirational.

Congratulations Ian, Vice President and Irene Cooper as Immediate Past President. We look
forward to your continued support of our National President and your guidance and
wisdom.

We congratulate new members to National Executive Sophie Short, Gay Parlane, Clint
Green and Nicola Mayo and look forward to welcoming you to our team.

There are many challenges and opportunities ahead

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- uncertain political times
- advancing work around the priorities
- advocating for quality education in general
- engaging members in meaningful participation around the organisational review
- industrial matters
- the list goes on!

However, our strength is in our collectivity, our strong commitment and determination to
the purpose and goals of NZEI and our active support for each other.

We would like to thank everyone in this room representatives for the precious time and
energy you have given over the past four days to contribute collegially, inclusively and
respectfully to the debate and setting the future direction of NZEI Te Riu Roa.

To those working in schools we wish you well for the remainder of your non contact time.
To those in Early Childhood who must return to work, Kia Kaha!

Finally, thank you for the confidence you have shown in us. Know and trust that you have
selected good people who will do their upmost to progress the important and essential mahi
you have given them. Kia ora!

INSTALLATION OF PRESIDENT

Immediate Past President (Irene Cooper) said she had much pleasure in installing Frances
Nelson as the re-elected National President for the 2009 year.

Irene Cooper held up the Pouwhenua. She said the Pouwhenua was the taonga which was
presented to the President elected at Annual Meeting to take office for the next calendar
year. It symbolised the continuity of the Office of President.

Frances Nelson, President for 2009 responded.

She acknowledged the assistance of Liz Brown of the Communications Team for her opening
speech. She also acknowledged that at the previous year she had stated she would not be
back but it was the opening of possibilities. The development of the Organisational Review
had persuaded her to stand for a second year. She wondered where NZEI Te Riu Roa would
be in five or ten years time. She wanted to be part of it as meetings of unity had started.

She noted that the need to go forward and the notion of whole of union developed from the
Support Staff Conference. Many attendees had not had a major NZEI experience, but
members went away stronger and more confident and had continued that advancement.

In looking back over Annual Meeting 2008, Frances noted that the highlight of the meeting
was Katerina Mataira an outstanding woman. She said the need was for strong debate and
this had been achieved - that members had to make progress together.

She congratulated the new Executive members but stated she would miss those who were
defeated.

She acknowledged Darrell Ward and the Admin Team at National Office for their preparation
for Annual Meeting. She noted that National Office would now have to ensure all members
received the Goals and Priorities which were not covered during Annual Meeting.

In conclusion she stated that there was no doubt about the desirability of a two year term
for National President - to ensure continuity.

Frances Nelson then installed Ian Leckie as Vice-President for 2009.

Ian Leckie, Vice-President for 2009 responded.

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Ian noted that his election was the continuation of a working partnership with Frances and
Irene. They had the ability to work on each others strengths. He acknowledged the
excellent way Frances had run the annual meeting.

Ian thanked the Bay of Plenty Branch and District Council for their support along with the
staff of Tahatai School who stepped up and ensured the school ran well when he was absent
which allowed him to continue his NZEI work. He also acknowledged the support of his wife
every time he left at 5:00am to travel to Wellington and on his return at 8:30pm.

He noted the strategy of NZEI in the year ahead would depend on the results of the General
Election, and that the results of the Organisational Review would also be exciting and
challenging.

The National President in her closing remarks stated it was time to return home to carry out
tasks requested. Although members had different ways of working they were members of
one Institute, one Union.

She then handed over the meeting to Pakeke for poroporoaki.

Annual Meeting concluded with korero and waiata led by Kaumatua Toma Waihirere. Hone
Niwa invited the mauri of the meeting to be given out to members to be returned the next
year.

Ruawhitu Pokaia concluded Annual Meeting with karakia and waiata.

Frances Nelson declared Annual Meeting closed at 4:00pm.

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 New Zealand Educational Institute (Inc) Te Riu Roa
Chronology

PRESIDENTS 1936-1937 F.L. Combs, MA 1984-1985 D.K. Kerr, FNZEI

1937-1938 R. McGlashen 1985-1986 F. Dodd, MA, Dip.Ed.,
1883-1884 Henry Worthington
1938-1939 T. Kane, MA Adv.Dip.Tchg., FNZEI
1884-1885 Henry Worthington
1939-1940 D.C. Pryor 1986-1987 J. Paske, FNZEI
1885-1886 W.S. Fitzgerald
1940-1941 D. Forsyth 1987-1988 R.J. Baird, FNZEI
1886-1887 George Hogben, MA
1941-1942 D. Forsyth 1988-1989 P.J. Allen, FNZEI
1887-1888 J.H. Harkness, BA
1942-1943 D. Forsyth 1989-1990 P. Singh, FNZEI
1888-1889 George Macmorran
1943-1944 J. Barnett 1990-1991 C. Parker, ANZEI
1889-1890 David White, MA
1944-1945 J. Barnett 1991-1993 N. Lambert, FNZEI
1890-1891 E.M.C. Harrison
1945-1946 A. Hanna 1993-1995 H. Duncan, ANZEI
1891-1892 J.G. Lawrence Scott, BA
1946-1947 W.J. Cartwright, BA 1995-1996 I. Whiu, ANZEI
1892-1893 C. Watson, BA
1947-1948 G.H. Mitchell, B.Com. 1996-1997 W. Noble, FNZEI
1893-1894 E. Cowles
1948-1949 J.S.H. Robertson, BA 1998 L. Patara, B Ed, Dip.Tchng
1894-1895 W.G. Mehaffey
1949-1950 D.M. Jillet, B.Com., Dip.Ed. ANZEI
1895-1896 Hector Dempsey
1950-1951 J. Box, BA, Dip.Soc.Sc. 1999-2000 D. Ward, FNZEI
1896-1897 R.D. Stewart
1951-1952 A. Thompson, MA, Dip.Ed. 2001-2002 A. Coulston
1897-1898 W. Davidson
1952-1953 Miss V.A. Hayward, BA 2003 B. Adin, BA, Dip.Ed.,
1898-1899 T.S. Foster, MA
1953-1954 E.G. Smith FNZEI Dip.Tchng., FNZEI
1899-1900 J.A. Johnston, MA
1954-1955 B.C. Penney, MA, Dip.Ed. 2004-2005 C. Tarr, M.Ed, AdvDip Tchg,
1900-1901 W.T. Grundy
1955-1956 L.J.R. Meek ANZEI, JP
1901-1902 W.H. Clark, BA
1956-1957 C.B. Lewis 2006-2007 I. Cooper, M.Ed, B. Ed, Dip.
1902-1903 G.W. Murray
1957-1958 W.H. Hampton Tchg, FNZEI
1903-1904 T. Hughes, BA
1958-1959 D.R. Blyth 2008 F. Nelson, M.Ed Admin
1904-1905 J. Jeffrey
1959-1960 H.H. Hawkins, BA (Hons), B.Ed, Dip Tchg,
1905-1906 T.H. Gill, MA,LLB
1960-1961 F. Dyer, BA. Dip.Ed. FNZEI
1906-1907 J.A. Valentine, BA
1961-1962 J. Nesbitt
1907-1908 James Aitken, BA
1962-1963 W.R. Familton, MA, B.Com.
1908-1909 Wm H. Newton
1963-1964 G.H. Greeneway, BA
1909-1910 G.W.C. Macdonald
1964-1965 G. Chapman-Cohen, MA
1910-1911 E.U. Just
1965-1966 G.G. Leith
1911-1912 O.D. Flamank
1966-1967 C.E. Wiseley
1912-1913 J. Caughley, MA
1967-1968 J.G. Garvey
1913-1914 T.U. Wells, MA
1968-1969 L.E. Patchett
1914-1915 A. Erskine
1969-1970 J. Dwyer
1915-1916 H.G. Cousins, MA
1970-1971 H.M. Hunter, BA, Dip.Tchg.
1916-1917 W. Eudey
1971-1972 A.I. Charles, Dip.Tchg.
1917-1918 L.F. de Berry, MA
FNZEI
1918-1919 A.N. Burns, MA
1972-1973 M. Carson, BA, DipTchg.,
1919-1920 C.R. Munro
FNZEI
1920-1921 W. Phillipps
1973-1974 R.A. Norman, FNZEI
1921-1922 J.E. Purchase, MA
1974-1975 R.I.Goldsmith, Dip.Tchg.
1922-1923 D.W. Low
1975-1976 B.W. Kelly, BA, B.Ed.Stud.,
1923-1924 C.T. Aschman
Dip.Tchg., FNZEI
1924-1925 F.A. Garry
1976-1977 J.E. Smith, FNZEI
1925-1926 N.H.S. Law
1977-1978 J.C. Davenport, ANZEI
1926-1927 B.N.T. Blake, MA
1978-1979 Miss H. Anderson, ANZEI
1927-1928 F.L. Combs, MA
1979-1980 E.E. Pankhurst, Dip.Tchg,
1928-1929 A.J.C. Hall
FNZEI
1929-1930 J.G. Polson, MA
1980-1981 E. Nightingale, Dip.Tchg,
1930-1931 H.F. Penlington
ANZEI
1931-1932 A. Murdoch
1981-1982 D.F. Stewart, BA,
1932-1933 W.F. Abel
Dip.Tchg., FNZEI
1933-1934 Miss M.E. Magill, Dip.Soc.
1982-1983 J.G.P. Brown, FNZEI
1934-1935 O.A. Banner
1983-1984 A.F. Familton, ANZEI
1935-1936 G.F. Griffiths

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ANNUAL MEETING HELD TREASURERS NATIONAL SECRETARIES

1884 Wellington 1883-1885 J.G.L. Scott, BA 1883-1885 D.R. White, MA

1885 Auckland 1886 A.B. Thompson 1886-1892 H. Worthington
1886 Dunedin 1887-1891 J.G.L. Scott, BA 1893-1899 W.T. Grundy
1887 Christchurch 1892 W.T. Grundy 1900-1905 T.H. Gill, MA, LLB
1888 Nelson 1893 H. Worthington 1906 A. Erskine
1889 Wellington 1894-1896 T.S. Foster, MA 1907-1911 W. Foster, MA
1890 Dunedin 1897-1898 J.G.L. Scott, BA 1912-1932 H.A. Parkinson, MA
1891 Auckland 1898-1901 T. Hughes, BA 1933-1964 G.R. Ashbridge,
1892 Christchurch 1902-1903 J.G.L. Scott, BA MBE, JP,
1893 Wellington 1904-1911 T. Hughes, BA FCLS(Eng.)
1894 Nelson 1912-1917 E.U. Just 1965-1979 E.J.Simmonds, MA,
1895 Wanganui 1918-1920 J.E. Purchase, MA JP
1896 Invercargill 1921 A. Erskine 1979-1985 J.E. Smith, FNZEI
1897 Auckland 1922 B.N.T. Blake, MA 1985-1987 H.J. Anderson,
1898 Dunedin 1923 A.J. Graham, BA ANZEI
1899 Christchurch 1923-1926 G.R. Kidson 1988-1996 R. Noonan, FNZEI
1900 Timaru 1927-1935 C. Robertson, BA 1996-2001 J. Beresford
1901 Wellington 1936 T. Kane, MA 2001- 2008 L. Bruce
1902 New Plymouth 1937 J. Finlayson, O. 2008 P. Goulter
1903 Napier Banner
1904 Nelson 1938-1943 J. Barnett LIFE MEMBERS
1905 Wanganui 1944-1946 J.S.H.Robertson, BA
J.K. Moore elected 1981
1906 Invercargill 1947-1948 M.S. Pitkowsky, BA
J.E. Smith elected 1985
1907 Christchurch 1949-1955 M. Riske, MA, Dip.Ed.
R.A. Norman elected 1986
1908 Auckland 1956-1959 F. Dyer, BA, Dip.Ed.
D.F. Stewart elected 1988
1909 Dunedin 1960-1963 G.W. Shaw, MA,
R.J. Rutherford elected 1993
1910 Wellington Dip.Ed.
B W Kelly elected 2003
1911 Hokitika 1964-1967 L.E. Patchett
R. J. Noonan elected 2006
1912 Timaru 1968 B.W. Kelly, BA(Hons)
1913 New Plymouth
1914 Auckland Position thereafter abolished

Thereafter in Wellington except:

1942 No meeting
1943 No meeting
1944 Christchurch
1945 No meeting
1947 Auckland
1948 Dunedin
1951 Christchurch
1970 Rotorua
1971 Palmerston North
1975 Auckland
1982 Christchurch
1983 Lower Hutt

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