I think the minister was talking about precedent and I think
that's fair. Does the minister
want to
My
My question is to the Minister of
decision to rule out an increase in the pay offer for secondary or
primary school teachers in
the current collective bargaining
Mr Speaker, the Ministry of Education is continuing
to negotiate with the NZEI and the PPTA and
as the former minister, I'm sure
is aware, it would be inappropriate to
comment on the
ministry's bargaining mandate. Supplementary
mandate. Supplementary question. Does he agree with the Ministry of
Education's decision to refuse to
provide the financial breakdown of
offers despite NZEI and
PPTA asking for this information on behalf of
information is published on the Ministry of Education's website.
Supplementary question. Does
he agree with the decision by this
Government to spend
surplus funds on diplomats such as New Zealand's embassy in Stockholm
rather than additional teacher
New Zealand's embassy in Stockholm
Order! Those decisions are not those for this minister. Does he still
consider that the current offer
to NZEI was a good offer and, if
so,
NZEI, the primary school teachers would result in
NZEI, the primary school teachers
the top step, withcy the step that most primary school teachers
are on. To put that into contrast, the last
three agreements put together
resulted in an increase to the top
step
resulted in an increase to the top
that is being offered in one agreement. Supplementary. Does
he accept that the additional funds
through collective bargaining to
resolve teacher shortages, given the
Ministry of Education
numbers alone indicate that over the
coming years there could be a shortage of more
than 4,000
there could be a shortage of more
that we inherited is very concerning and it is an indictment on the track
record of the previous Government
that they cut funding for
teacher supply initiatives and
that is the mess that we are cleaning up. With
regard to the current teaching
workforce, actually retention
regard to the current teaching regard
regard to the current teaching are exceptionally high. The issue is
that we haven't been
training enough teachers because there was
reduction in the number of teachers being trained under
the previous Government. Supplementary question.
Government. Supplementary question. Oh... Nikki Kaye. With inflation out
today
Oh... Nikki Kaye. With inflation out
the secondary school teachers who have been offered
the secondary school teachers who
billion surpluses and being told by the PM
billion surpluses and being told by
only issue that teachers are negotiating about. They are also
negotiating about working conditions. In fact, the
negotiating about working
for some of the secondary teachers. There is a range of percentage
increases and the
There is a range of percentage
doesn't take into account the fact that many of
those teachers will move on the salary band
as well. The Rt Hon Winston Peters. I want
to assure the member that he
is noticeable and I do see him. Yes,
but it goes this way and that
way and it goes on seniority and I don't
want to push the point. No, it goes
on two I call. No, sir, it goes
on precedent. I assure the member that
Standing Orders and Speaker's rulings are very clear, the
decision who to take
for supplementaries is mine and mine ray lone. This time
I call him. Could I ask the
minister, for a teacher to enter
the teaching force in 2019,
when would that teacher have had to
enter the teaching training college to get
skilled and qualified and how many
short were we back
skilled and qualified and how many
decade in the number of people entering and completing
initial teacher education. It is at least
one year of
specific teacher training to become a
registered teacher, for some it is up to three
years of training depending on the
qualification that they are
doing. Supplementary question. Can he
confirm he's been advised of
planned rolling strikes in November
for primary school teachers and
the potential of other strikes for
secondary early next year and
at what point will he take any
responsibility
what point will he take any
answer to the first part of the answer to the first part of the
balloting their members and they cannot notify us until the
ballot has been conducted. Generally
that's the way of things in
a democratic system, you wait for the outcome
before you notify
people of the result. With regard
to the secondary teacher, the secondary
teachers have been very clear in their
commitment to negotiating with the Government
in that industrial action
would be last resort.
in that industrial action would be
accepting responsibility for the problem, I do accept responsibility
for cleaning up the mess
that I inherited from that minister and
her previous Government. Question
previous
previous Government. Question No.8.
Affairs. previous
Affairs. My question is to the Minister
of Commerce and
recent announcements has he made on reforms to the Credit Contracts and
Last week the PM and I announced the Government's
Government's reforms to the triple CFA that will protect