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Armistice Day, 100 years on Howick RSA vice president Judith Chatwin was among those installing 100 crosses on Stockade Hill to commemorate Armistice Day on Sunday. Times photographer WAYNE MARTIN captured this shot. It marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. At 11am on November 11 this year, Aotearoa New Zealand will mark the centenary of the armistice that ended
the First World War in 1918. On that day 100 years ago, after four years of brutal conflict, war finally gave way to peace. The First World War had taken a huge toll on New Zealand. Around 100,000 New Zealanders – or 10 per cent of the population at the time – served overseas during the war, and more than 18,000 lost their lives. Families and communities back home felt these losses acutely.
According to ww100.govt.nz/ armistice: “When news of the Armistice reached our shores it was met with thanksgiving, hopefulness and joyous noise. The Armistice centenary gives us the opportunity to acknowledge the loss and trauma of the First World War, as well as reflect on peace and hope at the centenary of its closure. As well as joining together in remembrance, we can recapture the
relief and jubilation of that important day a century ago.” Sunday’s event is organised by the Howick Local Board and the Howick Returned Services Association (RSA) • 10.45am – Parade falls in • 10.55am – Parade marches from Mellons Bay Road off to Stockade Hill • 11am – Service starts on Stockade Hill More Armistice celebrations, pages 2 & 5
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s primary school teachers threaten another strike on November 12, the Ministry of Education made a recent announcement of their new plan to hire more than 850 additional teachers from overseas. The plan is to target more than 6000 overseas-based teachers in a new campaign with extra funding, to meet an expected shortfall next year. Education Minister Chris Hipkins
says that the Coalition Government is committed to an extra $10.5 million, on top of the $29.5m already announced late last year to ramp up teacher recruitment initiatives and increase funding for schools - bringing funding to $40m this year. There will be easier access of up to $3000 per teacher finder’s fee to help schools offset recruitment costs, he says. “We’ve also increased our overseas recruitment target for 2019 from 400 up to 900 and enlisted
further recruitment agency support for schools. We’re focussed on bringing New Zealand-trained teachers home, while also looking for other teachers from countries with qualifications similar to ours.” Hipkins says that Immigration NZ is working with the Education Ministry and has directly emailed 6000 overseas teachers who’ve registered an interest in working here. “A social media campaign targeting these groups is also underway and a campaign targeting New Zea-
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land-trained teachers working overseas will follow soon.” David Ellery, principal of Somerville Intermediate, cautions that the quality of the new recruits from overseas will be critical. “Simply filling numbers won’t enhance the quality of education that our community expects from their schools. There were issues with quality in the last big overseas recruitment drive back in the 1990s,” says Ellery, who has been with the ➤ Turn to Page 5 school 23 years.
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