TTPA PRESS RELEASE – 12.11.2024 Pat Newman, spokesperson for Te Tai Tokerau Principals Association has just received the agreement with the figures finally clarified, for the School Lunch Scheme in 2026. Even he was shocked [...]
PRESS RELEASE – August 20th, 2024 “Are Teachers in Te Tai Tokerau becoming like the Moa – Extinct? Is the question being asked by Te Tai Tokerau Principals’ President Brendon Morrissey?” The mounting concern of [...]
By Brodie Stone Multimedia Journalist·Northern Advocate· 5 Feb, 2024 Retaining principals in Northland schools has always been a problem, leaders say. Northland’s school leaders fear a lack of experience will impact on student learning [...]
By Brodie Stone Multimedia Journalist·Northern Advocate· 26 June, 2023 Portland School principal Shane Nicholas isn't surprised new principals are burned out. Photo / Michael Cunningham A ‘Principal Sentiment Snapshot’ survey from NZEI Te Riu [...]
As a principal of 41 years, I am fed up with the media driven harping, poor woe is me stories, around the exclusion of children from schools, and blaming them for this happening. Let’s get [...]
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A prominent Northland principal is raising concerns with the New Zealand Principals’ Federation (NZPF), suggesting its proposal to establish a breakaway principals’ union is misleading, divisive and would likely worsen outcomes for principals. Pat Newman, [...]
In a very recent survey of Principals in Te Tai Tokerau, about their experiences working with Oranga Tamariki, nearly 90% said they do not have confidence that when they refer children to Oranga Tamariki in [...]
“Te Tai Tokerau Principals are over the moon knowing they only having to wait a month for Ministry help for behavioural needs,” says Pat Newman President Te Tai Tokerau Principals Association. Responding to Ministry spokesperson [...]
Principals are disappointed in the response from Te Roopu Kimiora (Child Mental Health Services) to their serious concerned about the effectiveness of the service offered,” said Pat Newman, President of the Te Tai Tokerau Principals [...]