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Helen Johnston, our Branch President at Whitireia and Leo Pirini, our Te Uepu Rep at Weltec, talk about the deep cuts underway at their institutions - with solidarity from our branch leadership hui in Pōneke yesterday.

A simple message delivered at Parliament today.

AWARDS! Peter Cranney (Aotearoa’s best employment lawyer, and it’s not close), Neil Ward and Harvey Jones (Massey University) all received life memberships of TEU last night. To say all three thoroughly deserve them would be a giant understatement.

“STAND UP FIGHT BACK”

Matua Hone, wise as he is handsome!

Penny Simmonds chose to make cuts. Now jobs are at stake. thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360698…

#TEU2025

Having a super fun Saturday blocking all the homophobes and transphobes who hate us when we’re effective. Keep the rivers of bile flowing!! I’ve decided to donate the overtime $$$ I’m earning for all this weekend work to Rainbow Youth.

Stand up for Pay Equity Meeting this coming Friday 30 May. $12.8 billion ripped away from working women - share around & join us to be part of the fight back.

Our pay equity t-shirts have been getting a lot of love! So much so that we've been inundated with requests to purchase them. So if you'd like one of your very own, you can get one one here: cognitoforms.com/NZTEU/TEUPayEq…

TEU member Tiffany, our National Co-President Huhana, & our Te Pou Tuara (& former Whitireia staff member) Hemi met with Minister Simmonds to present our Save Whitireia petition today! You can add your name to our national Save our Polytechs petition here: together.org.nz/save_our_polyt…

The government shafted approximately 350k low paid workers with no consultation and no regard for democracy when they retrospectively made pay equity claims virtually impossible to raise successfully. Make your submission to the People's Select Committee: payequity.org.nz

The government’s budget leaves our universities uncertain about their ability to deliver for students as they continue to face systemic funding shortages with no solutions in sight. rnz.co.nz/news/top/56290…

“This bill sets out to achieve exactly what the failed Treaty principles bill aimed to do. The Regulatory Standards Bill is an attempt to eliminate the protections against corporate exploitation provided by the Treaty.” — Ryan Ward e-tangata.co.nz/uncategorised/…

Parliament has sent a message to our mokopuna that their Māori identity is a threat to New Zealand’s democracy. We reject the mischaracterisation of our haka as contempt and intimidation. Our MPs acted with integrity, on behalf of our people, in defense of Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Minister Simmonds doesn’t know how many jobs will be lost in Polytechs and Universities because of her funding decisions. Why not?

It’s time to submit, in your words, on why keeping public, accessible, and quality vocational education is important in all regions of Aotearoa. teu.ac.nz/news/time-to-h…

Submissions close tomorrow! It's not too late to make your voice heard on the future of vocational education and training. teu.ac.nz/news/time-to-h…

Our annual Matariki special edition of Tertiary Update is always popular. This year, we’ve compiled a selection of members and staff sharing their journeys to what they currently know about Matariki, and what it means to them in 2025, in their own words. teu.ac.nz/news/te-iwa-o-…

Penny Simmonds thinks Aotearoa polytechnics are overstaffed. We think cuts currently proposed to educational opportunities for supported learners are a prime example of how damaging her delusion is. teu.ac.nz/news/supported…