{"id":300281,"date":"2026-02-24T20:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/300281\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:36:11","slug":"primary-school-principals-accept-government-pay-offer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/300281\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary school principals accept Government pay offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"XwsInylahQtJnSbA\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe $15,000 change management allowance is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/rotorua-daily-post\/news\/the-offer-is-so-small-its-almost-invisible-primary-school-teachers-and-principals-reject-ministrys-latest-offer\/EW66NPPDFYQRCDOSAUAEWFXNQY\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/rotorua-daily-post\/news\/the-offer-is-so-small-its-almost-invisible-primary-school-teachers-and-principals-reject-ministrys-latest-offer\/EW66NPPDFYQRCDOSAUAEWFXNQY\/\">a necessary recognition<\/a> of the immense pressure involved in implementing wholesale curriculum change, but it is in no way an endorsement of its content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"XwsInylahQtJnSbA\" style=\"display:none\">Lethbridge said Tuesday\u2019s result recognises the power of the \u201ccollective voice\u201d at the bargaining table.<\/p>\n<p class=\"XwsInylahQtJnSbA\" style=\"display:none\">Education Minister Erica Stanford said the leadership in literacy and numeracy base payment will increase to $10,000 per year over the term of the agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"XwsInylahQtJnSbA\" style=\"display:none\">She said the settlement delivers meaningful improvements to primary principal pay and conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"XwsInylahQtJnSbA\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt reflects shared priorities, with a firm commitment to leading implementation of the new curriculum and lifting educational outcomes for our students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"XwsInylahQtJnSbA\" style=\"display:none\">Stanford said principals play a key role in schools and the teaching workforce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"XwsInylahQtJnSbA\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThey are dedicated and passionate about lifting educational achievement, and their leadership must be recognised during this important reform programme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"XwsInylahQtJnSbA\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/587811\/primary-school-principals-accept-government-pay-offer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/587811\/primary-school-principals-accept-government-pay-offer\">\u2013 RNZ<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe $15,000 change management allowance is a necessary recognition of the immense pressure involved in implementing wholesale curriculum&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[30687,266,7237,305,42,25900,43,13692,2744,6177,14726,4062,40,38,41,39,22052],"class_list":{"0":"post-300281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-accept","9":"tag-government","10":"tag-governments","11":"tag-have","12":"tag-headlines","13":"tag-negotiations","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-offer","16":"tag-pay","17":"tag-primary","18":"tag-principals","19":"tag-school","20":"tag-top-news","21":"tag-top-stories","22":"tag-topnews","23":"tag-topstories","24":"tag-voted"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}