“I was very disappointed that last night all my Minister could do when confronted with the reality of teaching, was to mouth the same old clichés and platitudes. Watching the Sunday Programme last night brought [...]

Released: Pat Newman President of Te Tai Tokerau Principals Association challenges the prime Minister to show where the supposed money to help with children effected by drugs and other mental health issues actually is, because it [...]

Friday, 1 June 2018, 1:16 pm Press Release: Te Tai Tokerau Principals Association Government Offer to Principals Nothing But an Insult! The offer received yesterday is the biggest Claytons Offer I have ever seen… a [...]

Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 3:22 pm Press Release: New Zealand Principals' Federation 'The profession celebrates today's Government bill which proposes to return ownership of their professional body to them,' said Whetu Cormick, President of the New [...]

“When I hear the question “What will we replace National Standards with?”, it makes me professionally very, very sad”, said Pat Newman President Te Tai Tokerau Principals Association. “Sad for my profession. Sad for the [...]

The President of Te Tai Tokerau Principals Association feels extremely sorry for those employed in the Ministry of Education,  who with zealous enthusiasm, have spent the last few years enforcing National Standards on schools. Pat [...]

110 Te Tai Tokerau Principals this week identified 1089 pupils in their schools who need clinical psychological help to recover from often horrific childhood experiences – and there’s little available! Pat Newman, President of Te [...]

Is this the best use of scarce funding or is it low on priority considering the real needs of te tai tokerau schools? “As a principal for 40+ years, I am not as convinced and [...]