Primary Principals' (NZEI) Collective Agreement

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Appendix 1: Isolation Allowance Rates

Primary Principals' (NZEI) Collective Agreement
Effective: 3 July 2023 to 2 July 2025

  • Isolation Allowance Rates
    • The isolation allowance rates for employees whose full-time residence is in a locality which has a population of less than 300 are:

      CategoryEligibility CriteriaOff-shore island ClassificationsBasic Rate Per Annum ($)
      Category 1 60-100km from a population centre of greater than 1,500 persons   $616
      Category 2 101-150km from a population centre of greater than 1,500 persons   $1,034
      Category 3 151-200km from a population centre of greater than 1,500 persons   $1,547
      Category 4 200km from a population centre of greater than 1,500 persons A
      B
      $3,032
      $2,173
      Category 5 Employees whose full-time residence is located on an off-shore island A
      B
      C
      D
      $2,058
      $1,547
      $1,034
      $616
      Category 6 Employees whose full-time residence is a locality on the category 6 list held by the Ministry and NZEI Te Riu Roa shall receive the appropriate allowance on that list

      Category 6 Locations

      LocalityBasic Rate Per Annum ($)LocalityBasic Rate Per Annum ($)
      Aranga $378 Ongarue $358
      Arohena $471 Papanui Junction $378
      Glenorchy $513 Peria $503
      Hauturu $481 Piri Piri $441
      Hawea Flat $616 Puketitiri $533
      Horeke $376 Rere $481
      Kawhia $616 Ruakituri $543
      Makahu $452 Taharoa $616
      Ohuka $461 Te Akau $441
      Omarama $616 Waikaretu $573

      Off-shore island Classifications

      A Great Barrier Island
      B Half Moon Bay, Stewart Island
      C

      Matakana
      Waiheke