Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu Early Childhood Teachers' Collective Agreement

This Agreement shall be known as the Te Aho O Te Kura Pounamu Early Childhood Teachers’ Collective Agreement and referred to hereafter as the “Agreement”.

The parties to this agreement shall be:

1. the Secretary for Education acting under delegation from the State Services Commissioner made pursuant to section 23 of the State Sector Act 1988(external link) and acting in accordance with section 74(5) of the State Sector Act 1988(external link).
2. the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa (“NZEI Te Riu Roa” or “the union”).

The Agreement is a Collective Agreement made pursuant to Part 5 of the Employment Relations Act 2000(external link) and shall be binding on:

1. each employee who comes within the coverage clause and who is or becomes a member of NZEI Te Riu Roa.
2. Te Aho O Te Kura Pounamu Board of Trustees (“Te Kura” or “the employer”).

This agreement covers work undertaken by teachers, as defined in 1.7 below, employed in the Early Childhood Service of Te Kura.

This agreement shall come into force on 22 November 2018 and shall expire on 21 November 2021, except as provided for under s.53 of the Employment Relations Act 2000(external link).

The parties agree that the terms and conditions contained in this agreement may be varied at any time by written agreement between NZEI Te Riu Roa and the Secretary for Education, acting under delegation from the State Services Commissioner made pursuant to section 23 of the State Sector Act 1988(external link), in accordance with section 74 of the State Sector Act 1988(external link). Any such variation agreed shall be binding on employees and the employer of those employees covered by this agreement in accordance with s74(6) of the State Sector Act 1988 (as amended by the Employment Relations Act 2000(external link)).

The following definitions apply for the purposes of this agreement unless specified otherwise:

1. “Teacher” means any person who is employed in a teaching position in the Early Childhood Service of Te Kura. Teachers must be fully certified, provisionally certified or certified subject to confirmation by the Education Council. For clarity this includes teachers who hold designated management responsibilities.
2. References to “any time when Te Kura is officially closed for instruction” in this agreement shall be deemed to mean the term breaks annually gazetted for composite schools.

Pursuant to section 75 of the State Sector Act 1988(external link) the Secretary for Education acting pursuant to the delegated authority of the State Service Commissioner has declared that all the conditions contained in this collective agreement are actual conditions of employment provided that the Secretary for Education may from time to time give approval to the salary rates or allowances being treated as minimum rates where there is agreement to this between the employer and any of its employees.