Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu Specialist and Support Staff Collective Agreement

The parties to this agreement are the Secretary for Education acting under delegation from the State Services Commissioner made pursuant to s 23 State Sector Act 1988(external link) (“the Ministry”) and acting in accordance with s 74(5) of that Act(external link); and New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa (Inc.) (“the Union”).

This agreement is made pursuant to the Employment Relations Act 2000(external link) and is binding on the following:

1. The Board of Trustees of Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (“Te Kura” or “the employer”).
2. every employee, as defined in 2.2, who is, or who becomes a member of the Union.

Note: Appendix A of this agreement outlines the principles, agreed between the employer and the union, for determining collective agreement coverage.

The term of this agreement is 17 December 2019-16 December 2021.

1.4.1 The parties agree that the terms and conditions in this agreement may be varied at any time by written agreement between the Ministry and the Union.

1.4.2 The variation may be limited to employees directly affected by the proposed variation. For the purpose of this clause the phrase "employees directly affected" shall mean only those employees whose terms of employment will be altered as a result of the proposed variation.