Nurture and Inspire: Permanent Scale A Teacher

Turitea School; Whanganui; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Turitea School in Whanganui invites applications for a permanent full-time teacher to cover primary and intermediate (Years 1–8). The successful kaiako must hold NZ teaching registration and be comfortable teaching across our kura, with strengths in new entrants or seniors welcomed.

We value collaborative planning, effective communication, and a commitment to te ao Māori and culturally responsive pedagogy. Experience in structured literacy and active treaty partnership with Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Qualifications

• Must hold NZ teaching registration and be a certificated teacher.
• Experience with primary and intermediate ages (Years 1–8) preferred.
• Commitment to collaborative planning and culturally responsive practice.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teaching teams to plan and assess learners.
• Engage with Te Tiriti o Waitangi and te ao Māori in daily practice.

Skills

Structured literacy

Te reo Māori

Culturally responsive pedagogy

Collaborative planning

Effective communication

Education

Certificated teacher

Job description

Nurture and Inspire: Permanent Scale A Teacher

Full time, Permanent

Primary and intermediate (Years 1–8) / kura tuatahi, Certificated teacher
English, Health and physical education, Learning languages, Mathematics and statistics, Science, Social sciences, Technology, Te reo Māori, The arts

This is an exciting opportunity for someone new to join our team who is an Aotearoa-based kaiako . We are looking for someone wanting to teach anywhere in our kura, but would love it if you had strengths in new entrants or seniors. We want someone who:

• advocates, collaborates, communicates, evaluates, innovates, integrates and participates
• commits to being an 'active treaty partner' in recognition of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

If you have strengths in structured literacy, te ao Māori, culturally responsive and relational pedagogy, then we would love to have you at our kura.

Applications close at 3pm on Friday, 16 October 2026.