Teachers take to Warkworth streets

Michelle  Fogarty, from Mahurangi Kindergarten, gave an Early Childhood Education perspective on the issues teachers want addressed. Warkworth Primary School principal Cynthia Holden. About 250 teachers, principals and supporters from across the Mahurangi district gathered at the Warkworth Town Hall this morning to show their support for a national campaign for better pay rates and working conditions. The day-long strike action has been organised by the Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA) and New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI). It follows failed negotiations between the government ...