Our budgets don’t always stretch and we often use our own money to pay for food etc

What does the issue of pay mean for you as a teacher, and the tamariki you teach?

Our budgets don’t always stretch and we often use our own money to pay for food etc for our tamariki – I would rather go without than see my community miss out.

What will it take to fix pay for kindergarten teachers?

Fair pay that reflects the growing costs of living – if budgets can’t change I need an income that has room to share.

When we fix pay for kindergarten teachers, what impact will that change have on you as a teacher, and the tamariki you teach?

It will take the stress of living costs down.