Learning Support Workers Strike Day Actions
Join in on a day of strike day activities to show support for Learning Support Workers! Events all around the country - with some details yet to come. Details of strike locations and activities can be found below - and are being updated. If yours aren't here yet, they are coming.
Venue
Time
Actions
Dunedin MoE Office
Edinburgh room at NZEI building on 333 Princes Street
9:00am - midday
9am - Meet Edinburgh room NZEI building and make picket signs and placards prep for march to Ministry of Education.
10am – 10.30 March along Pavement from NZEI office to MOE in Moray place
10.30 - 12:00 - Picket outside MOE. Principals and schools come to sign pledge of support
12 noon - 1:30pm - march to and picket in lower Octagon
Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatane, Taupō
Teshas Coffee Cart on Ranolf St by Kuirau Park, Rotorua
11:30am - 4:00pm
All members from the BOP offices travel to Rotorua. Meet at the Teshas Coffee Cart by Kuirau Park Carpark on Ranolf St. Walk along Ranolf Street towards Arawa St roundabout.
Speakers: NZEI National President Lynda Stuart and Michael Foxx
Picket at Pukeroa Hill alongside supporters.
Wellington, Porirua & Hutt Valley
Cenotaph, Pipitea
11:30am - 1:00pm
Members will meet at the Cenotaph at 11:30am for a short briefing.
Both members and suporters will then march to Matauranga House at 33 Bowen Street.
Here members will begin picketing and doing chants outside the MoE office
Christchurch
Corner of Hereford Street and Durham Street
11:45 - 1:30pm
11:45am – meet on grass at corner of Hereford and Durham Street for songs and chants
12:40pm – speeches from key speakers including NZEI National Secretary, Paul Goulter
1:00pm – continue songs and chants
1:05pm – Community picket-nic begins
1:30pm – Walk down to Christchurch Labour MP’s electorate office at 282 Durham/Armagh Street
Wear purple and bring a friend/teacher/Principal/Senco/Parent!
Waikato
Home Straight, Te Rapa
7:30am - 9:30am
Meet at MoE Hamilton - Home Straight, Te Rapa
Street Demonstration at the Bunnings lights
Cnr Home Straight and Te Rapa Road
Wear purple and bring a friend/teacher/Principal/Senco/Parent!
New Plymouth
Mangorei Road Intersection
Len Lye Centre
Corner of Dawson and Powderham Street
8:00am – 4:30pm
Meet and demonstrate in the following places
8:00am-9:00am – Mangorei Road Intersection
12:00pm-1:00pm – Len Lye Centre
3:30pm-4:30pm – Corner of Dawson and Powderham Streets
In between events, distribute flyers on car window screens
Hawkes Bay
Marine Parade
Hastings Clock Tower
Corner of Riverbend and Kennedy Road
7:30am – 3:15pm
7:30am – Assemble on Marine Parade in Napier by Masonic Hotel
Demonstration on roundabout and 3 adjacent corners
12:00pm – Assemble at Hastings Clock Tower by sheep.
Encourage schools and community supporters to join by 12:45pm
3:15pm – Assemble at Corners of Riverbend and Kennedy Road lights
Gisborne
Meet At Verve Cafe
7:45am – 10:30am
7.45am - Meet At Verve Cafe
8.15am- 9.30am - Rally at Hei Pipi for a demonstration
9:30am-10:30am - Meet at Watson Rm Cosmopolitan Club
Whangarei
Meet outside Money Factory
8:00am – midday
8:00am - Outside Money Factory on road picketing, followed by MP visits
11am - Town Square
Central Otago
9:00am -3:00pm
See Paula Reynolds
Auckland
MoE Auckland office, Normanby Rd, Mt Eden.
10:00am - 1:00pm
10am Gather in the courtyard at MoE Auckland office, Normanby Rd, Mt Eden.
Move to Mt Eden Rd - streetside action.
11:30am 'Picketnic' in Tahaki Reserve, Normanby Rd (over the road from MoE office).
Sausage sizzle etc.
Marlborough
Seymour Square
11:00am - 1:00pm
Meet at Seymour Square to talk with community members.
Nelson /Motueka
Seymour Square - Blenheim
8.00am - 4.00pm - with breaks
8.30 car pooling Nelson to Blenheim for 11:00am Seymour Square event
Invercargill
Outside Harvey Norman
11am - 1pm
Community BBQ at Harvey Norman.
Timaru
Traveling to participate in Christchurch events
7:30am - 12:00pm
A delegation from the Timaru office will participate in the Christchurch events.
Other Ministry staff meeting with Jo Luxton (List MP) on strike day
Levin
Travel to Palmerston North
12:00pm
Travel to Palmerston North for a rally in the square (TBC)
Whanganui
MoE building in Chester Street
8:00am - 12:00pm
8:00am - 9:00am - Assemble for a rally in the carpark at MoE building in Chester Street, Whanganui.
12:00pm - Travel to Palmerston Nth for a rally in the square. (TBC)
Kaitaia
main street
11:30am-1:00pm
Picket main street