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Little guidance around how money is spent on principals' wellbeing, is being seen as a key cause for excessive state-school spending. A report from the Office of the Auditor-General - as reported in the Post - has discovered 54 schools were questioned for “sensitive” spending with no apparent educational benefit. In 2022, the Ministry of Education paid $6.3 million dollars to 524 schools, with principals able to access up to $6,000 dollars each for wellbeing. PPTA President Chris Abercrombie told Mike Hosking that there was little guidance on the money, which he says gave principals freedom to do as they see fit. He says there weren't many rules about how the money should be used at the start. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The change to subsidising teachers registration fees has been well received by teachers across the country. A long anticipated change, it should eliminate a barrier to new teachers and a hurdle for existing teachers to cover. Education minister Erica Stanford also recently announced new classroom upgrades across the country to areas facing more overcrowding. Many schools across the country face overcrowding as an imminent issue, forcing students into hallways, libraries, or other extra rooms.  To discuss the change to teachers registration fees, overcrowding in schools, and what can be done to address these issues, Tuesday Wire Host Castor spoke to president of the Post Primary Teachers Association, Chris Abercrombie.

According to an article in the NZ Herald this morning, fewer people want to be teachers. Teacher education is still a popular field of study, but both Canterbury and Otago Universities have seen a decline in teaching student enrolments over the past four years. Provisional data shows Canterbury has 964 students enrolled in a course in 2025, down from 1281 four years ago. Otago has followed a similar trend, with student numbers dropping from 620 to 495 in the same period. National Polytech, Te Pukenga, has seen the lowest number of first year teaching students since it formed in 2020. It's not the best news when we are facing a teacher shortage is it? PPTA President Chris Abercrombie said the downward trend is extremely worrying. I'm not surprised by this trajectory. All we seem to hear about are issues around pay, conditions, and the challenge of changes to the curriculum. And then there are the parents who don't have the time to support their children in their education but complain about teachers when their children don't reach their expectations. I can understand pay and conditions being a red flag for someone heading into teaching, but teachers have worked hard advocating for themselves when it comes to pay, and the government has accepted conditions need to improve. But it's in all our best interests that we attract good people, passionate about education, to the profession, and while we may not be able to do much about the pay and conditions outside a general election, we can do something to push back on the shift in attitude towards teachers which has crept in over recent years, preventing some from considering the idea of being a teacher. Chris Abercrombie said, “One of the things we often hear is the lack of respect from the community, from politicians, and people are like, well, why do I want to go into a profession that has that.” As in any industry, there are great teachers, good teachers, and some who may be a bit useless. But we need to be championing our teachers. Teachers play a massive, formulative role in our children's lives. Some even change a young person's life, or what our kids believe is possible. Just over 3 years ago, a young lady rather close to me started high school, had a bit of a hiccup, and was at school for about half of years 9 and 10. In year 11 she started a new school, and this year she aims to wrap up school and complete year 13 a year early, before heading to university to do a science degree. There isn't a person who knows what she's been through who isn't stunned by this turn around. A lot of it is down to this remarkable young lady – she has worked hard to get back on track and loves to study - but it's also thanks to a series of extraordinary teachers that she is where she is today. So, if we want the best outcome for our children and their future, we can start by showing some respect, and champion all the good teachers out there. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The education sector's hopeful further investment into school classrooms is on the way. New data shows 368 state schools had more students enrolled than their official classroom capacity last year – almost 1500 are at capacity. Education Minister Erica Stanford announced $100 million for school property, with new schools and classrooms in Auckland. PPTA President Chris Abercrombie told Ryan Bridge it's got to be supercharged, so more schools can get re-locatable classrooms when they need them. He says schools are trying to find interesting solutions to the problem – he's heard of one using a Masonic Lodge over the road to help. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's thought more work is needed, before a national school bullying database could work. New Zealand holds the highest level of bullying in the OECD, according to a 2024 report. Schools are required to develop prevention and response approaches - but there's no regular data reported to the Ministry of Education. PPTA President Chris Abercrombie told Andrew Dickens he isn't opposed to a database He says the issue is every school has its own definition of bullying, which would need to be discussed and rectified.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An error by the Education Ministry has meant teacher shortages for this year and last were not forecasted. The Ministry is now projecting that schools will be 1250 teachers short between 2025 and 2027. Principals and teachers' unions have had to combine classes and cancel subjects due to the shortage. PPTA President Chris Abercombie talks to Ryan Bridge. LISTEN ABOVE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As kids get ready to head back to school, educators are worried about a lack of teachers - with a shortage of about 346 full time teachers sparking concerns. The PPTA's Chris Abercrombie says New Zealand is competing with the rest of the world for staff. He says New Zealand needs to be an attractive place for domestic teachers to stay, and for overseas teachers to move to. "The Government could be looking at increasing pay and conditions at their upcoming collective agreement - we know that pay helps keep people in the profession." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's likely to be an anxious morning for 160-thousand secondary school students, who soon receive their NCEA exam results. NZQA will upload the outcomes online, with students able to check if they've passed and if they've received Course and Certificate Endorsements or University Entrance. PPTA President Chris Abercrombie told Tim Beveridge for those disappointed with their results, it's not the end of the world. He says one bad result won't shape someone's entire future, and there are always options available. NZQA doesn't reveal the exact time results will be released, but it's usually early in the day. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The PPTA says letting each school set its own sex education standards has been a failed model. Education Review Office research has found inconsistencies in how the subject is taught between schools. PPTA President Chris Abercrombie says it will be hard to impress everyone as there are a variety of views. He told Andrew Dickens a standardised national curriculum would be a good starting point. Abercrombie says leaving it up to schools isn't really working for anyone at the moment, with three-quarters of school leavers saying they didn't learn enough. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Today on the show... Fresh for her performance at the Herald Mood of the boardroom where she shared the stage with Finance Minister Nicola Willis, Labour's Finance Spokesperson Barbara Edmonds joins me - is this Labour's next leader and next Prime Minister? Also tonight, Associate Education Minister David Seymour on the progress towards the roll out of the first charter schools. And given the PPTA continue to refuse to be interviewed over their plans for Queer Guidance Counsellors in all schools - we ask David Seymour if he supports such plans. Website: https://www.rova.nz/home/podcasts/duncan-garner---editor-in-chief.htmlInstagram: @DuncanGarnerpodcastTikTok: @DuncanGarnerpodcast

There's fiery opposition to the Government's charter schools move by the teacher's union. Associate Education Minister David Seymour's championing a move to convert 35 state schools to charter schools, allowing $153 million for the initiative. It's caused the PPTA to change its constitution to allow members who teach at charter schools to be members, despite its stance against the schools. PPTA President Chris Abercrombie told Heather du Plessis-Allan it's not a backtrack, and they're still opposed. He says the Government's forcing the conversion of schools against the teacher's will. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Thursday 3rd of October, Air NZ has made more cuts to regional flights, and we still don't have a plan for an Interislander replacement. Do we have a transport problem in New Zealand? Former Transport Minister Maurice Williamson joins the show to discuss. The PPTA are now allowing charter school teachers to join the union in what David Seymour has called a "come to Jesus moment". The New Zealand Herald's Mood of the Boardroom survey for 2024 is out - what do business leaders have to say about the government? NZME's Managing Editor of Business Duncan Bridgeman speaks to Ryan. Get the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast every weekday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There was a headline in The Post: ‘Scathing survey results from teachers on NCEA level 1 roll out'. That was the headline. The story goes on: “A survey of teachers saw the vast majority indicate that the NCEA standards are poorly designed, changes have increased workloads, there's insufficient support from NZQA NCEA, and the provided exemplars often don't align with assessment specifications.” So legitimate concerns. Teachers have been dealing with massive changes of curriculum and it's no wonder that many of them have thrown in the towel. In fact, it's a wonder more of them haven't thrown in the towel. So, this government, the clear implication is, has stuffed up right? Scathing survey results from teachers on NCEA Level 1 rollout. That's very, very clear in the headline that the teachers are furious with this government, that is what the story implies. Education Minister Erica Stanford was on this morning talking to Heather du Plessis-Allan and she said no, the fault lies with the previous administration. “I get on very, very well with Chris Abercrombie and the PPTA. And to be fair to them, technically the grumblings that they're having at the moment is not with the curriculum, because there is no curriculum, it's with the NCEA changes to Level 1, and that is aimed at the previous government, and I agree wholeheartedly with them. “When I came into office last year I saw some results that showed that well over half of schools felt not prepared or only somewhat prepared for next year's Level 1. This is in November I saw this. And then I started fielding calls from principals and teachers saying we don't know what to teach next year because there are no subject learning outcomes, we don't have any exemplars. “So we had six weeks to scramble with the Subject Associations to write subject learning outcomes over Christmas — Associations did an amazing job— and push NZQA to get those exemplars ready, that weren't going to be ready till May. This was a disastrous rollout by the previous government of NCEA Level 1.” Who do we believe? I mean, there were massive changes to the curriculum under the previous administration, absolutely massive, and I do not blame teachers for being fed up. The coalition government said we are going to correct a lot of those changes, the curriculum that was being rolled out is going to be drawn back in and we're going to rewrite it and get back to the basics. There was very little guidance or support over the last six years, despite the huge numbers employed by the Ministry of Education. Remember the number of teachers employed by state schools rose by just over 5% from 2017 to 2022. In that same period, the number of full-time staff employed at the Ministry of Education rose by 55%. So the number of teachers actually at the coalface rose by 5%, the number of full-time staff at the Ministry of Education rose by 55%. There were 1700 more staff at the Ministry of Education than was employed in 2016, so they were undertaking huge projects. There was the building of classrooms, there was the new schools. Then there were the changes to the curriculum, and it was a seismic ideological change, incorporating Te ao Māori into mathematics and into science and there was all kinds of debate going on, ideological debate about the relevance. The Royal Academy of Mathematics was, I think, furious. Not just sad, but furious. Te ao Maori has its place they said, in maths? No, no, no. Maths is maths, it's its own language. So you have all of these people and the Ministry of Education, each with their own reckon and galloping along on their ideological stallion taking education in one direction. You had consultants up the ying yang, you had ten consulting firms that relied completely and utterly on the Ministry of Education for their funding, while they came up with their own reckons as well, they galloped off on their ideological stallions. In came the coalition government who went whoa, come on, Tonto. No, we're pulling you in, come back - herded all the ideological stallions back into the paddock and then said right, we're getting on Dobbin the old cart horse and we're going to trudge along the field, and we're going to plough basic maths, and basic science, and basic English into our kids, this is what they need to learn to get them up the international standards. And the teachers, they've been on the galloping horses. They've been going there and here and everywhere, and now they're back wondering what the hell was that? No wonder they need teacher only days. I hope the teacher only days involve lying on couches and having soothing compresses placed on their foreheads because they have been through a lot. It's only when you go back and look through the proposed curriculum that was being laid out, especially under Chris Hipkins, as Minister of Education and then when he was Prime Minister, they were extraordinary. And there simply wasn't any underpinning to them to allow the teachers to teach. So, they were given these ideological concepts and very much left to their own devices to come up with their own kind of underpinning to teach it. And now it's all changed again. If the teachers are confused, I'm not at all surprised. I don't know how you make this better and ultimately. You know, and I know that it's the kids who are suffering because it's you and I who are paying for the extra classes after school. Paying through the nose, finding money you don't have to shore up gaps in the knowledge because it's not the teachers. The ideologues are the ones responsible for the mess that education is in. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Education Minister says she has a great relationship with the teachers' union, despite some disagreement. A PPTA survey shows a majority of teachers are unhappy with the NCEA level one roll out. It comes as the organisation has its conference this week, with Minister Erica Stanford speaking yesterday, defending the controversial move to remove te reo funding for teachers. She told Heather du Plessis-Allan most of teachers' concerns are with NCEA changes, which are the previous Government's fault, and she agrees. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Teachers say they are shocked with how new curriculum material is being rolled out. Changes to NCEA Level One are being put in place before changes to Level Two and Three come into force in four years. However, a scathing survey by the Post Primary Teachers Association shows the vast majority are dissatisfied with the new material. Union President Chris Abercrombie told Kerre Woodham that resources were late and not good enough, with many exemplars being poorly done. He said many teachers were worried about how this is going to impact students and their outcomes. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PPTA says work on the maths curriculum has also been signed off, but leaders have no idea what changes are being made. PPTA president Chris Abercrombie spoke to Corin Dann.

The secondary school teachers' union says the Government's move to train more teachers in schools is a step in the right direction. PPTA president Chris Abercrombie spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

On this episode of the Club + Resort Talks podcast, Editor-in-Chief Rob Thomas speaks with Jarrett Chirico, Director of Racquets at Royal Oaks Country Club in Dallas, Texas and Founder/President of The Directors Club. In addition to the importance of certifications (he has many (DCA, CRSE, PTR, PPR, PCR, PPTR, SCR, USPTA, PPTA)), Chirico discusses the vision behind The Directors Club and the booming racquets industry as it enjoys its Golden Age. He also looks into his crystal ball and shares what the industry may look like in 5-10 years. Phil Keren, Senior Editor of Club + Resort Business, joined the podcast to discuss the latest news from across the industry, such as a pair of stories related to the 106th PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. There are 21 PGA of America Professionals from clubs in states across the country playing in the tournament. The Corebridge Financial Team includes Ben Polland, Director of Golf at Shooting Star in Jackson Hole, Wyo., — the winner of the 2024 PGA Professional Championship — and Michael Block, PGA Golf Professional at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club in Mission Viejo, Calif. Block was one of the biggest stories in golf last year when he finished tied for 15th place at the 2023 PGA Championship. Rob and Phil also talked about a special career-exploration event called PGA WORKS Beyond the Green that took place near the 17th hole at Valhalla Golf Club. At this program, students had the chance to hear industry leaders discuss the wide range of employment opportunities available within the game of golf. In addition, Phil and Rob highlighted the completion of a $10 million renovation project at The Fairmont Grand Del Mar in San Diego, Calif. These improvements encompassed a revamp of the clubhouse, pool areas, and the addition of a new outdoor activity center to replace a temporary one established during the COVID-19 pandemic.

PPTA president Chris Abercrombie speaks to Lisa Owen about his opposition to the return of charter schools

Education-based unions are picking apart the Government's scheme for charter schools. The coalition's putting more than $150 million in the Budget for 15 new charter schools - and converting 35 state schools. PPTA President Chris Abercrombie says we shouldn't privatise a public good, and believes there are 'better uses' for the money. "Strengthening the state system and not siphoning money out of it - I think that would be the biggest benefit to the vast majority of students in this country." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chapter Two: Recognizing the Energy Around YouThis week we dive into the book, Personal Power Through Awareness. In this early chapter, we learn energy makes up everything around us and we can learn to sense that energy. In order to be able to sense energy and work with it, we cultivate a relaxed stance in the world. Orin offers the technique of making your mind go blank, or turn it into a white screen, in order to reset your energy if you are in a distressing situation or encounter feelings you would like to change. We practice using our imagination to visualize a rose, to recognize we already have the skill we need to begin working with energy.After our breath practice, we do a meditation by Robert Peng, a Qigong master, to notice our inner and outer senses. https://www.robertpeng.com/Get the Book! Personal Power Through Awareness on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Personal-Power-through-Awareness-revised/dp/1608686078/ref=sr_1_7?crid=1DOEYC8EPJ709&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.PZBASWKzpcMoSA0YJN3T3GWdmEZ1UCNT0MFs5sfrXWNC3lsadtLoHY0LhCCIQF05tDoeJfv3Cc09pPheNXFyuJjIHINaKyMy6IGnvQDgHxk_TOSORiwRNXLMt45-I_bgHOPx-dXSr7FpAJW1Db1cScw-fnxKPhfBinWcQpvXV1wFjM8TYMkcyA0pTkuHolqmvfRq3fjLYVri7NVZqQQlsESGde_01h6uXeBJ9B1oNUM.XEiOUfIMnTNQ_mYnrE4_EL4oVx4N0UAdqJ5fpzSystQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=sanaya+roman+books&qid=1713886829&sprefix=sanaya,aps,90&sr=8-7And here are two links to orindaben.com where Sanaya's work is housed:https://www.orindaben.com/catalog/prodno/PPTA/https://www.orindaben.com/catalog/section/personal_power_through_awareness/'Blending with Your Soul' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com)Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice. 

Almost half of new school teachers feel unprepared for the classroom, according to a new report by the Education Review Office. PPTA president Chris Abercrombie spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

On today's episode, the Education Review Office says too many newly graduated teachers are not prepared for the job, we hear from the ERO'S Education Evaluation Centre Ruth Shinoda, as well as the PPTA president Chris Abercrombie, Auckland Transport has announced it will charge for overnight parking in the Auckland CBD, chief executive Dean Kimpton joins us, and equestrian rider Caroline Powell has won the Badminton Horse Trials, and we cross the Tasman to get the latest from Kerry-Anne Walsh.

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Season Seven!After 3 years and over 150 episodes of Miriam's Meditations, it feels like a good time to do something new. For the next several weeks, I'm going to be teaching from this book:Personal Power Through Awareness, an Orin Book by Sanaya Roman. (We will still be breathing too!)Reading Orin is like visiting with a kind friend whose guidance is useful and practical and above all JOYFUL!I encourage you to get a copy of the book to get a deeper insight into the meditations we'll be doing. You don't have to read the book, however, you will still get a lot out of the meditations. I hope you'll join us in the energy clubhouse that we're creating on the inner planes.Here's a link to get the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Personal-Power-through-Awareness-revised/dp/1608686078/ref=sr_1_7?crid=1DOEYC8EPJ709&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.PZBASWKzpcMoSA0YJN3T3GWdmEZ1UCNT0MFs5sfrXWNC3lsadtLoHY0LhCCIQF05tDoeJfv3Cc09pPheNXFyuJjIHINaKyMy6IGnvQDgHxk_TOSORiwRNXLMt45-I_bgHOPx-dXSr7FpAJW1Db1cScw-fnxKPhfBinWcQpvXV1wFjM8TYMkcyA0pTkuHolqmvfRq3fjLYVri7NVZqQQlsESGde_01h6uXeBJ9B1oNUM.XEiOUfIMnTNQ_mYnrE4_EL4oVx4N0UAdqJ5fpzSystQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=sanaya+roman+books&qid=1713886829&sprefix=sanaya,aps,90&sr=8-7And here are two links to orindaben.com where Sanaya's work is housed:https://www.orindaben.com/catalog/prodno/PPTA/https://www.orindaben.com/catalog/section/personal_power_through_awareness/'Temple of Healing Love' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com)Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice. 

The teacher shortage has hit a new crisis point.  A Post Primary Teachers Association Survey has found that 56% of principals had to employ untrained or unqualified teachers because they were unable to find qualified staff.  President Chris Abercrombie told Mike Hosking that a lot of it comes down to those being hired having a limited authority to teach.  He said this might be someone without a qualification or it may be hiring people to teach subjects they aren't specialised in.  LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's rising concerns new school stand down figures are a symptom of a report on classroom behaviour.  New Education Ministry data shows around 22,000 stand downs last year, up from 18,600 in 2022, higher than pre-pandemic figures.  It comes after a new report last week found disruptive classroom behaviour has worsened in the last two years.  PPTA President Chris Abercrombie told Mike Hosking that schools tend to use stand downs as a last resort.  He says unfortunately sometimes it's the only way for schools to get extra support, triggering certain things in the ministry to route support.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to another engaging episode of The Association 100 podcast. Today, we're thrilled to have Anita Brikman, the dynamic President and CEO of the Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA). With a rich history in healthcare communications and advocacy, Anita shares her journey into the heart of the plasma protein therapy world and her pivotal first year at PPTA. Key Highlights: Transitioning Leadership: Anita discusses her approach to understanding PPTA's unique culture and the importance of connecting with each team member. Her focus on bridging the gap between the U.S. and European teams underlines her commitment to a cohesive global strategy. Industry Deep Dive: Understanding the critical role of plasma collection centers and the production of lifesaving therapies for rare diseases was a priority for Anita. She emphasizes the significance of educating the public and stakeholders about plasma-derived therapies. Effective Communication and Strategy: Drawing from her extensive background in journalism and communications, Anita stresses the importance of communication, not just for messaging, but for inspiring action and fostering a culture of active listening and strategic thinking within the organization. Board Collaboration: Navigating PPTA's unique governance structure, Anita has worked closely with various boards to align on shared goals and strategies, emphasizing the importance of one-on-one interactions and strategic planning. Navigating Change: Whether it's the transition to a more Washington, D.C.-centric location or adapting to a hybrid work model, Anita shares how transparency and strategic planning are key to managing change effectively. Anita's story is a testament to the power of strategic communication and leadership in driving an organization forward. Her vision for PPTA not only aims at advancing plasma protein therapies but also at ensuring these critical medicines reach those in need. Join us as Anita Brickman offers a glimpse into the future of plasma protein therapeutics and her role in shaping this vital industry. Subscribe to The Association 100 podcast on Spotify to ensure you never miss an episode, and follow us for the latest best practices, trends and strategies making waves in the association world. LinkedIn: /company/the-association-100  Stay tuned for more episodes that bring you insights from the front lines of association leadership.

Associate Health Minister Casey Costello has told Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking she did not ask to remove the excise tax on tobacco. However, she conceded there was a line in a document from last year about removing it for three years.  Costello declined an invitation to go on TVNZ's Breakfast this morning but has fronted up over her denial she specifically sought advice on freezing the tobacco excise tax.  “It's just a broad document,” she said.  “There's no involvement from big tobacco, this is just nonsense.”  Costello confirmed she had links to the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union, but has no association or involvement with the tobacco industry.  “I have sympathy [for smokers], I'm getting messaging from people who know they should stop smoking, but they're addicted.”  She said prohibition doesn't cure addiction, and they want to look at a range of things to help people quit.  Documents show Costello asked for advice on freezing the excise, despite denying in an interview with RNZ that she had specifically sought the advice.  But when speaking during Question Time on Thursday, Costello doubled down, maintaining she had not specifically asked for the advice, and she had not written the documents she sent to officials.  “The documentation is a range of historical policy positions and notes that were held in New Zealand First policy positions. Some of it relates to things that were passed in the legislation when New Zealand First was in Government. This is a range of points and positions and it's about five pages long.”  She said her actions had been distorted by the media.  “The fact is, I was asked a question about whether I had sought specific advice. I had not sought specific advice, which was the question I answered. I referred to a range of advice I had sought from officials,” she said.  Costello said she was unsure who wrote the documents.  Labour's health spokeswoman, Dr Ayesha Verrall, said the minister was still responsible for the documents she presented, and the Prime Minister should relieve Costello of her duties.  “When a minister gives documents to officials, if that is done or collated by her office it is still her responsibility. Her office acts on her behalf, she needs to take responsibility for it.”  Senior National Party minister Chris Bishop said that while ministers were responsible for things they gave officials, there was a question over whether they were responsible for the generation of that material.  “I would argue they cannot be, in the same way that if, for example, a Labour Party minister gave a document to the Ministry of Education, that was the NZEI or the PPTA or the CTU, for example, they cannot be questioned about the CTU in Parliament.  “They can be questioned about the handling of that document and what's in the document, but the generation of that document I think would fall outside the scope of ministerial responsibility.”  Speaking to media after Question Time, he said the matter of the authorship of New Zealand First's policies was for Costello to answer, but he had certainly presented party policy to officials.  He said talking to a range of groups was how the country gets good policy.  “People have easy access to ministers and MPs in New Zealand. All political parties work with a range of groups when it comes to developing policy.”  Standing in for the Prime Minister in the House, Act leader David Seymour said he had had assurances from all coalition partners they had had no funding from the tobacco industry.  “I am confident that there has been no undue influence on the policies of this Government by the tobacco industry.”  Seymour told reporters it was possible Costello had misinterpreted RNZ's questioning, and RNZ had misinterpreted her answers, which had caused confusion.  “I think that she was being open to the best of her ability. The other thing I just say is this: We say we want people in our democracy to stand up, run for office, and become ministers, and actually go and listen, take the best advice, and make the best policy. She's done all that stuff and people are jumping all over her.”  - NZ Herald with RNZ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Auckland school principals are warning of pressure on classrooms after increased immigration saw a surge in enrolments. Nearly 16-thousand new pupils have enrolled in schools this year, with Auckland schools gaining more than 8-thousand, their biggest jump in 20 years.Most of the new students have New Zealand residence or parents on short-term work or study visas, and about three-thousand are fee-paying foreign students.More than half of the new students are teenagers. PPTA acting President Chris Abercrombie says many schools are bursting at the seams, and struggling to scale up teaching, particularly for English as a Second Language.

Europas sanktioner pressar rysk ekonomi. Men nya maktspelare kliver fram och drar nytta av kryphål. Hör om EU:s utmaning att täppa till gluggarna. Dessutom om EU:s handfallenhet inför Azerbajdzjan. I snart 600 dagar har EU:s sanktioner pressat den ryska krigsekonomin. Totalt har unionen enats om 11 sanktionspaket för att pressa Putin. Hör om vad som ännu inte omfattas av sanktionerna och vad EU skulle kunna tänkas göra i ett nästa steg. Samtidigt kommer regelbundna rapporter om att befintliga sanktioner kringgås och att kryphål utnyttjas. Det är inte olagligt i alla EU-länder att strunta i sanktionerna och en svår nöt för unionen nu är att öka efterlevnaden. Och kommer EU-länderna någonsin att kunna enas om ett 12:e sanktionspaket? Robert Ficos valvinst i Slovakien, med en linje om att stoppa stödet till Ukraina, reser frågan hur förutsättningarna ser ut framåt. EU:s svårigheter att agera i Nagorno-Karabach Som ett led i att slå sig fri från det ryska energiberoendet började EU under 2022 att se sig om efter nya partners på energiområdet. Ett val föll då på Azerbajdzjan, som EU-kommissionen beskrev som en pålitlig partner. Efter det korta kriget mot armenierna i Nagorno-Karabach häromveckan och de påföljande massflykten av näst intill alla etniska armenier i området är det nu påfallande tyst från EU:s sida. Hör om EU:s grusade förhoppningar och varför det är så svårt för Bryssel att agera nu, när enklaven är uträknad och i upplösning. Medverkande: Susanne Palme, EU-kommentator. Maria Persson Löfgren, Rysslandskorrespondent. Torbjörn Becker, chef för Östekonomiska institutet vid Handelshögskolan i Stockholm.Programledare: Caroline SalzingerProducent: Therese Rosenvinge

Secondary teachers are hoping their newly ratified pay deal will be enough to retain teachers and encourage others to join the profession. PPTA members yesterday voted overwhelmingly in favour of a 14.5 percent pay rise over the next two years, bringing the top teachers' pay rate to $103,000 a year. The pay rise follows 18 months of industrial action including strike action, with the PPTA's acting president, Chris Abercrombie describing the deal as "good enough". Abercrombie spoke to Corin Dann.

Primary school teachers are in line for substantial pay increases off the back of the secondary teachers' pay deal. Yesterday, PPTA members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the deal, which includes a 14.5 percent pay rise over the next two years, bringing the top teachers' rate to $103,000 a year. Pay parity agreed by both unions means the increase will be passed on to primary teachers, and if accepted, will flow on to some early childhood and kindergarten teachers as well. President of the primary teachers union NZEI Te Riu Roa Mark Potter spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Health systems have been plagued by shortages of pharmacy technicians and many fear it will continue to get worse. Rico Powell, Senior Consultant at Visante and Managing Partner at Professional Pharmacy Technician Academy, joins our host, Jim Jorgenson, to discuss the pharmacy technician crisis. In this episode, Rico highlights technicians' role in medication safety and what pharmacy leaders can do to help mitigate the high turnover. Professional Pharmacy Technician Academy: www.pptaacademy.com Contact Rico Powell: rpowell@pptaacademy.com White Paper: The Pharmacy Technician Workforce Crisis         Transcript:  Jim Jorgenson, Visante CEO  00:04 Hello, and welcome to today's edition of the Visante pharmacy innovators podcast. I'm your host Visante CEO Jim Jorgensen. You know, one of the critical areas of importance for the US healthcare system is the labor pool. And this was significantly challenged and shortages exacerbated by the pandemic and in pharmacy I think this has been felt most acutely in the pharmacy technician market. And having a high-performing pharmacy technical staff is really critical to the effective and efficient operation of pharmacy. And it's also a key element of medication safety. And today, I'm really excited to have with us as our guest, Rico Powell, certified pharmacy technician and Senior Consultant here at Visante to discuss the technician shortage crisis. So welcome Rico. To start, can you please give our audience some additional background on yourself?   Rico Powell  00:56 Yeah, I'm from Memphis, Tennessee. I've been a certified pharmacy tech through PTC for 20 years now. I'm a husband and father of two amazing young men who both started college and also a bouncing three-year-old boy. I'm currently working as a senior consultant on automation projects here with Visante  supporting health systems on various implementation projects.   Jim Jorgenson, Visante CEO  01:22 Great, before we jump into the tech shortage issue, I'm interested to hear what led you to your current focus on automation and informatics.   Rico Powell  01:32 Actually, automation and informatics was introduced to me from great leaders during the time practice model changes to get pharmacists closest to the bedside was high priority. Leaders developed a tech manager role. Current DOP (Director of Pharmacy), Dr. Allison Apple was taking the lead on these practice model changes and developed the tech manager role. In this tech manager role, I developed really key leadership skills that really took me a long way. In the same health system, you had forward-thinking pharmacy leaders develop this pharmacy automation analyst role. Dr. Brennan Erickson, and I'm thankful for him, he had a vision of me being in this role and leading IT initiatives for the system and at LeBonheur Children's Hospital.   Jim Jorgenson, Visante CEO  02:39 Great! Well, we're very thankful you're in that role as well. As a pharmacy tech, and someone that works in a variety of hospitals now for Visante , you get the chance to talk with your peers, what  are you seeing firsthand in the field in terms of tech shortages.   Rico Powell  02:55 Yeah, you know, one thing I'm seeing in regarding tech shortages is all that hard work that pharmacies did across the United States to change practice model changes to put the pharmacists more to to the bedside are now being reversed back. I'm seeing these pharmacists are now taking on these technician roles due to the tech shortage. The high turnover is now massive. There's a lot of stress that's been placed on the pharmacists to do dual roles when, before the tech crisis, you had technicians filling these roles. Also, I'm seeing a lot of pharmacy tech agency work being done which brings a new variable when it comes to a patient safety risks when you have untrained technicians filling in just to stop the bleeding with this tech shortage that's going on.   Jim Jorgenson, Visante CEO  04:01 What do you think the most impactful area is right now in terms of the tech shortage and pharmacy operations?   Rico Powell  04:09 You know, I think the most impactful thing is overall the med safety piece of it. My biggest fear is that the shortage is not only impacting pharmacy operations, but it's also introducing patient safety risks. This is the untold story of how critical the tech role is to the patient safety's overall ecosystem. You often hear about in a retail setting of the pharmacy, the store manager or the pharmacist in a retail setting, and in acute care setting you hear about the physician, the nurse, the pharmacy, or the respiratory therapist, but the technician is so valuable in this role in the overall makeup of medication safety.   Jim Jorgenson, Visante CEO  05:00 I couldn't agree more, you know, maybe a story from my personal background when I was a chief pharmacy officer. We had two patients on the same chemotherapy agent, one receiving a very diluted dosage, and they were a bone marrow transplant patient, the other receiving almost full strength, and they were a prostate cancer patient, and the pharmacist for the day mixed the two doses up. So the bone marrow transplant patient was going to receive the full strength which would undoubtedly would have killed the patient. The IV Pharmacist gave the bag to the technician and said, run this upstairs, the technician looked at the color and said this doesn't look right. And the pharmacist checked and said, No, that's right. Take it up. So the technician went to another pharmacist and said this doesn't look right. And the other pharmacist said, well, it was checked by the IV room pharmacist, so it must be right take it up. So the technician went to the nurse and said this doesn't look right. And the nurse said, No, it's labeled, right. It's the right drug. But he refused to give the dose to the nurse, he came back down. And he brought the drug to my office. And he said this doesn't look right. And I took one look, I went oh my gosh, you're right, this isn't right. And so we were able to avert a medication error that most certainly would have killed that patient. And three times the easy course of action would have been to let it go. And each time the technician refused to do that. And ultimately saved that patient's life. I am so thankful for that technician still today. So what what do you see as primary drivers for that technician shortage situation?   Rico Powell  06:46 Well, I mean, I think it's quite simple. You know, you have low wage working employees contributing long hours away from their family, they're now choosing other fields to help support and, you know, the online model, a wave that hit after COVID, really opened Pandora's Box.   Jim Jorgenson, Visante CEO  07:08 Are you seeing things in the market that seem to be working well, to help improve the recruitment and retention of pharmacy techs?   Rico Powell  07:18 Yeah, it's funny, you should ask. I'm currently supporting a pediatric hospital here in Memphis, Tennessee, that could actually write the white paper on things that are working well, you know that this system has competitive pay scale, very low turnover, you know, engaged happy pharmacy technicians, there's innovative job descriptions, and just overall great culture and work life balance. And I think those are all the key ingredients to things working well.   Jim Jorgenson, Visante CEO  07:50 You hit on a number of  really important points there. And you know, as a tech yourself, what are the most important things to you and your career when you think about whether you want to stay in a position or not?   Rico Powell  08:04 Yeah, not only for me, I hear way too often from pharmacy technicians, I would say career advancement, and there's a lot of moving parts to that. I will also say work life balance, and fair and competitive pay scales being developed.   Jim Jorgenson, Visante CEO  08:23 Yeah, that one is really frustrating. You know, when we look across the country, almost invariably, when you put the pharmacy technicians on the technician work scale with RAD techs or ultrasound techs or lab techs, they always end up on the bottom, which is really frustrating, because in many states, they have to be licensed, and they have to be certified. They have to complete the formal course of training and education. And yet they're invariably on the bottom of that tech scale.   So what do you think are maybe the top three things that every pharmacy operation should be considering to better support their technical workforce? You know, if you had the magic wand, and were vice president for the day, what would you do?   Rico Powell  09:08 Yeah, and this is a really hard one, when you know, there's a lot of things that are going on with with pharmacy leaders and the responsibilities that they have to take on but if I did have the magic wand, one, I would say, develop some standard way in consensus for pharmacy leaders to know how to have these crucial conversations with the C-suite, explaining the importance of the role of patient safety. And when it comes along with pharmacy technician, just really letting them know how important this role is in the overall ecosystem of taking care of patients. And this way we could shore up the the discrepancy with the pay. I just think that story isn't told strongly enough and it's a difficult one to have. Along with that, develop and define job description descriptions and create innovative roles.   Jim Jorgenson, Visante CEO  10:07 Yeah, I think what's frustrating is watching across the country and seeing the same mistake made multiple times in multiple hospitals, it's almost like organizations refuse to learn from the misfortune of others, how many times are we going to make that heparin error before we eliminate that. And almost invariably, every time that error has been made, it starts with a technician. And so they're critically important to the overall patient safety movement, for sure.   In addition to your work at Visante, I know you're also taking direct action to help the tech crisis as one of the ownership partners and program directors of the professional pharmacy technician academy. So tell us a little bit about what you do at PPTA.   Rico Powell  10:53 Yeah, and I'll back up a little bit over my 20-year career as a pharmacy technician, I've been blessed and placed in situations to gain exposure and provide my input on things. PTCB in 2017 invited me to attend a pharmacy meeting to explore the consensus and the standard of pharmacy technicians. Our very own Steve (Rough) was also a keynote speaker at that meeting in 2017. And the Industry Day pharmacy technician stakeholder meeting, the conference brought together over 100 pharmacy and pharmacy technician professionals on site and 350 by webinar. I never forget hearing about hearing about a story from Christopher Jerry, one of the other keynote speakers and president of the Emily Jerry Foundation, describing the tragedy he suffered when his two-year old daughter lost her life at the pharmacy technician medication error. One thing Chris said in his keynote speech touched me, having young kids, you know, during this time. He stated that the pharmacy profession in this room must develop standards. And the state boards must understand the importance of the profession to public safety. And he literally asked everybody in that room, if we didn't come up with a consensus do something on your own, to really show that you care. And that just went all over me. And to this day, so that developing PPTA was a direct result of that speech, actually. I wanted to do something about it. And PPTA is  a model that offers flexible, high quality, fully online foundation courses to help organizations promote in-house during the impact of the tech shortage. We also have our first advanced course, which is a medication safety course, which requires you to be a certified technician already. Some medication safety with TPV. I'm very excited about this course, I'm very passionate about this, because we also even partnered with the Emily Foundation to contribute 6% of the proceeds for anyone who's enrolled and using a code. We never forget to honor Chris's daughter on behalf of all the pharmacy technicians that are doing great work and are really involved in medication safety more than anyone would ever know.   Jim Jorgenson, Visante CEO  13:33 So are these certificate programs, then Rico when the technicians complete them?   Rico Powell  13:38 yes. They are certificate programs, and we develop our model on the PTCB model. Our course allows the certified technicians to sit for PTCB's technician product verification certification.You have to be approved program through PTCB. And we're State Board approved through Tennessee which allows technicians to enroll in our course across the United States as well.   Jim Jorgenson, Visante CEO  14:11 Good and then do the technicians qualify for technician continuing education through your program?   Rico Powell  14:16 That's correct. They qualify for 25 hours of continuing education, which is a great thing. And also it allows them to gain advanced pharmacy technician credentials. You know, PTCB has this amazing model where you have the base, pharmacy technician and then they've developed all these advanced practice certificates that fall underneath and after working as a foundation technician and acquiring two of these Advanced Certificates there's this this new, advanced pharmacy technician role and I think they've done did an outstanding job developing this model.   Jim Jorgenson, Visante CEO  15:01 That sounds wonderful. So if any listeners are interested in PPTA, how do they contact you?   Rico Powell  15:07 Yeah, directly, you can see us on our website at pptaacademy.com. And if you want to get in touch with me directly email me at rpowell@pptaacademy.com.   Jim Jorgenson, Visante CEO  15:24 Thank you, this has really been a great discussion. Rico, thank you for all you do for our team and our clients. And also thank you for sharing your perspectives on the pharmacy technician workforce challenges. And this really is an area where Visante is working hard to support our colleagues in their technician recruitment and retention efforts. And to that end, we recently published a comprehensive white paper on the topic. And we've made that available on our website for anyone that wants to access it as an additional resource. So any parting words of wisdom Rico.   Rico Powell  15:57 I'll just say, for all the technicians that are out there working in the field, constantly and continue to be impactful. And regards to your role in medication safety, and for the pharmacy leaders, we know that there are very caring and entrusted techs and leaders out there. And once again, not to sound redundant, please continue to tell the story about the vital role of technicians and safety, and let's not have a tech crisis anymore.   Jim Jorgenson, Visante CEO  16:26 Absolutely. Thanks, everybody for listening and certainly good luck to everyone out there with this crucial issue.

High schools will be returning to their regular schedules from today with the teachers' union calling off industrial action. The PPTA agreed yesterday on the arbitration process for its pay dispute with the Ministry of Education, putting an immediate stop to their refusal to teach two year groups four days a week. One parent who's relieved by the news is Jono Skipwith. He started a petition to stop the strikes, collecting over three thousand signatures in less than two weeks. Jono Skipwith spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Secondary schools go back to normal scheduling today as their industrial dispute moves into a new phase. Teachers had been taking rolling action by refusing to teach particular year groups on different days. Now, however, their union has entered arbitration. Chris Abercrombie is PPTA's Te Wehengarua acting president, and he spoke to Corin Dann.

Some parents are giving the post primary teacher's union a NOT ACHIEVED grade for its ongoing industrial action. Erin Train is a farmer in Hawkes Bay and her son has missed out on over a month of schooling this year due to flooding and - as she describes it- the PPTA's heavy handed tactics. It led Mrs Train to get in touch with the union and she spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. The secondary school teachers union has agreed to arbitration of its pay dispute but will continue rostering thousands of students home each day until terms of reference are finalised. It says it wants to keep pressure on the Education Ministry to ensure an agreement is reached quickly.

Tens of thousands of secondary teachers have walked off the job this year in a fight for better pay and conditions. Just how bad is it?

Secondary schools are still operating on disrupted schedules with no word from the PPTA on when teacher strikes might end. The teacher's union is considering the Employment Relations Authority's request to suspend the strikes and begin independent arbitration with the Ministry of Education. But that advice was given on Friday, and there's still been no decision made so students are continuing to miss days of lessons a week. Vaughan Couillault is the president of the Secondary Principals Association. They spoke with Corin Dann

Thousands of secondary school students will be at home this morning as schools wait to hear if industrial action will continue this week or not. The facilitator who oversaw bargaining between the union and the Education Ministry on Friday recommended arbitration and a halt to industrial action. But the secondary teacher union PPTA has yet to decide what it will do. So, in the meantime, that means schools will continue to ask thousands of students to stay home. Sacred Heart college in Auckland Principal Patrick Walsh spoke to Corin Dann.

There's a growing tide of frustrated parents demanding an end to rolling teacher strikes that have seen thousands of high school students missing valuable class time. The Ministry of Education and the Post Primary Teachers Association are back at the bargaining table today. But after the last pay offer was rejected industrial action ramped back up this week with union members refusing to teach two year levels per day, except on Fridays, for the remainder of the term. Last night we brought you the story of a Hamilton parent who's launched a petition calling for an immediate halt to rolling strikes. Other parents have joined the chorus, concerned their children are collateral damage in the industrial dispute, having already missed days of education due to covid and flooding. For some, NCEA assessments are imminent and others taking practical subjects say they haven't been able to complete course work at home. So how long can this go on? PPTA acting president Chris Abercrombie spoke to Lisa Owen. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6329461919112

Anger is mounting among parents of high school students missing out due to on-going teacher strikes. The Government and the Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA) have been in negotiations for almost a year. While primary school teachers have reached a settlement, secondary teachers rejected the latest Ministry of Education collective agreement offer. Two year levels each day are being rostered home, across four days of the week. A parent petition to the Ministry of Education and the PPTA went on line on Monday pleading to stop the rostered days off. Kathryn is joined by Ngaire White, whose 16 year old daughter was sprung a mock maths exam with less than a day's notice because of impending strike action, and Hamilton-based parent of two Jono Skipwith who launched the petition. Also, senior education lecturer at the University of Waikato, Dr Katrina McChesney who, while sympathising with parents and students, thinks the action is necessary to forestall further teacher shortages.

It's more missed classes on the timetable for secondary students, as teachers walk off the job again after overwhelmingly rejecting their latest pay offer. Members of the Post Primary Teachers Association voted against the offer of three pay rises over two years plus a $4500 payment. The offer is almost identical to one accepted this week by primary teachers. The rejection means from Monday industrial action will ramp up at high schools. PPTA members will refuse to teach two year levels per day, except on Fridays, for the remaining three weeks of the school term. We asked parents what they thought about it. PPTA Te Wehengarua acting president Chris Abercrombie spoke to Lisa Owen.  

Strike action will resume today after the secondary school teachers' union rejected a revised pay offer from the government. Teachers will refuse to take year twelve classes today, with further action planed for June 6 and 8. The latest pay offer included a lump sum of $4500 and pay rises totalling between 11 to 15.5% by the end of 2024. The Post Primary Teachers' Association acting president, Chris Abercrombe, spoke to Corin Dann this morning.