Waiariki Institute of Technology may join the growing list of polytechnics to reach a settlement with TEU members in recent months, with a two year collective agreement that will increase union members’ pay by 1.5 percent this year and again next year. TEU members at Waiariki will vote on the [...]

As part of its on-going campaign for Pay and Employment Equity TEU is supporting the CTU’s petition to encourage workers to invite Department of Labour inspectors into their workplaces to check the time and wage records of their employers for any discrimination. CTU President, Helen Kelly said “The Ministers of [...]

Women at several TEU branches will be celebrating the 118th anniversary of women’s suffrage next Monday. TEU women at both Victoria University and Lincoln University are hosting Suffrage Day breakfasts, while Waiariki polytechnic women have organised a series of events during the day with a strong focus on encouraging women [...]

Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 25 Ministry of Education statistics show the average surplus as a percentage of revenue at public tertiary education providers climbing dramatically from 1.9 percent in 2006 to 5.2 percent last year. In 2006 public tertiary education providers made a combined surplus of $66 million on revenue of [...]

Waiāriki Institute of Technology has reinstated a diploma course after it was mistakenly axed according to the Rotorua Daily Post. A group of students studying the institution’s Diploma in Interior Design contacted the Daily Post late last week after being told the diploma they had spent thousands of dollars to work [...]

Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 3 Polytechnics and one wānanga were big losers in this year’s Government’s Student Achievement Component (SAC) funding for the tertiary education sector. Figures released last year from the Tertiary Education Commission show that eight polytechnics will receive less SAC money this year than last. The [...]

According to the Rotorua Daily Post, hundreds of potential tertiary students will be left in limbo and jobs may be lost at Waiariki Institute of Technology, following a review of courses and entry criteria. The paper reports that the review is the result of government funding cuts. The government cap on [...]

Tertiary Update, Vol 13 N0 7 Tertiary education minister Steven Joyce wants to cut the government’s student loan bill by removing access to the scheme for students who fail or drop out. The minister told the” Weekend Herald that over 40 percent of New Zealand’s tertiary education budget goes on student [...]

Good afternoon and welcome to you all. A special welcome to Tangi Tipene, former National President of ASTE, and to Field Officers, Paul Haley and Jenny Chapman. Noeline Lewis & Onny Holdaway have been the TEU Waiariki branch co-chairs for the last two years. Our branch has been lucky to [...]

27 May 2009 First PaEE review reports! I have now received completed PaEE review reports and action plans from Otago Polytechnic and Tai Poutini Polytechnic. Well done to both! I also expect to receive reports from UCOL and NMIT this week, and Telford and Waiāriki next week. Once these reports [...]