New Zealand Tertiary Education Union

Tertiary Education Union
Full name New Zealand Tertiary Education Union
Native name Te Hautū Kahurangi o Aotearoa
Founded 2009
Affiliation NZCTU
Key people Sharn Riggs, national secretary
Sandra Grey, national president
Office location Wellington, New Zealand
Country New Zealand
Website teu.ac.nz

The New Zealand Tertiary Education Union (in Māori: Te Hautū Kahurangi o Aotearoa) is the main union in the tertiary education sector, and represents the interests of more than 10,000 workers employed sector across New Zealand. Its membership includes teachers and workers employed in all occupations in universities, polytechnics, institutes of technology, wānanga, other tertiary education providers and allied organisations.

History

TEU flags at a rally in 2011

Founded in 2009, the TEU was established a result of the amalgamation of the Association of University Staff (AUS) and the Association of Staff in Tertiary Education (ASTE).

TEU is a registered trade union in accordance with the Employment Relations Act 2000. The TEU is a democratic union with strong membership participation and is governed by an elected council. Policy is determined by an annual conference and implemented by a number of committees.

The TEU employs a number of staff at its national office, based in Wellington, and at five other offices around New Zealand to provide assistance and advice to members.

International

Through membership of Education International, TEU is linked to international education groups worldwide, and a wide range of education unions and through membership of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, TEU works with other unions to improve the position of all New Zealand workers.

See also

New Zealand Tertiary Education Union
Sharn Riggs, National Secretary of the TEU 
TEU Branch presidents in April 2014 
Dr Huirangi Waikerepuru, elder of the TEU 
Dr Tom Ryan and Grant Robertson, MP 

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