Hui-ā-Motu will be held at WITT, New Plymouth, from Friday 23 March to Sunday 25 March. TEU Travel Policy This policy applies to all members of the Tertiary Education Union and may be changed from time to time. This policy is current from March 2011. 1)         Introduction TEU travel policy [...]

1.0        Background | Te Pūtaketanga ASTE Te Hau Takitini o Aotearoa and AUS have both had a long commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and to Māori members through their respective structures, Te Rōpū Whakaū[1] and Te Kahurangi Whāiti[2]. This policy was developed by Te Hau Tikanga o Te Tiriti [...]

Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 45 If the Māori Party chooses to focus on tertiary education in its negotiations it could have a significant impact for the sector over the next three years says the TEU Tumu Arataki, Cheri Waititi. While the party did not publish a specific tertiary education [...]

Ka nui te whakamihi ki Te Huirangi Waikerepuru! Read the news here: Radio New Zealand Taranaki reo expert Keri Opai says the significant honour given to the Ngati Ruanui kaumatua Te Huirangi Waikerepuru, reflects his tireless years of work advancing major Māori language initiatives. The veteran language advocate has been [...]

Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 39 Two pay rises over the next two years, one of three percent and one of 2.5 percent will go to TEU members at Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa – NZCA if they vote to accept a recently negotiated settlement. The proposed settlement also [...]

Tertiary education has a critical role to play in supporting the revitalisation of regional te reo and tikanga, particularly through community programmes on marae or Māori community education environments according to Ako Aotearoa, the National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence. A recent research project by Ako Aotearoa explored programmes within [...]

Auckland University vice-chancellor Stuart McCutcheon is defending one of his academics saying she, and other academics have a right to free speech. Prof McCutcheon told Fairfax Media he understood the concerns raised over Prof Margaret Mutu’s reported comments on “white” immigration, but he believed strongly in the right of academics [...]

TEU and the University of Canterbury have negotiated a key role for TEU Te Uēpu representatives into the new collective agreement. The University has agreed it will support paid participation of a Te Toi Ahurangi or Te Uēpu representative “in branch and related activity of the union within and beyond [...]

Photos taken from TEU Hui-ā-Motu, 13-15 May 2011, Kirikiriroa Marae

The president of Massey University’s extramural students’ association, Ralph Springett, is campaigning to change the priorities of the government’s Tertiary Education Strategy, which he says are undermining second chance learners’ access to education. Mr Springett says the strategy does not address the need, particularly for women, for accessible second chance education [...]