Educator Association Updates | January and February 2026
- Lian Soh
- Jan 7
- 3 min read
This article contains updates from various educator associations. News is curated via your friendly regional representative, announcements or newsletters by other affiliated members and the organisational website.
This is a live article so please continue to check-in as the month progresses.
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AEC, Aotearoa Educator's Collective
A recording and transcript for the webinar Sifting Through the Draft Science Curriculum is now available.
Membership to AEC is free.
Contact
ESSENZ, Earth and Space Science Educators New Zealand
A highlights reel of the 2025 ESSENZ & Astrobiology conference is now available here.
ESSENZ also has a YouTube channel here.
Ngā manaakitanga
Jim Critchley, ESSENZ Regional Representative
jimc@mmc.school.nz
Erin Nolan, ESSENZ Representative erin.nolan@whs.co.nz Official website www.earthspacescience.org.nz www.youtube.com/@esswebinars
Membership to ESSENZ is free and gives kaiako access to all ESSENZ resources on their Google shared area, as well as access to all the exams that the association has produced. You can join here.
NZAEE, New Zealand Association of Environmental Education
We're planning our national conference for the Sept-Oct holidays in 2026 and it will be held in person rather than online - for the first time in eight years! If you're interested in attending we would love your feedback as we start planning. Please complete the quick survey here and share with others who might be keen to join us.
Full details will be shared in early 2026, including dates, location and call for presentations.
Nga manaakitanga
The DePetris, NZAEE Regional Representative
SCENZ, Secondary Chemistry Educators New Zealand
BioLive ChemEd details are now live.
The SCENZ exam team has found it increasingly difficult to find writers for the NZIC Scholarship exam. Your responses to this questionnaire will help evaluate the current offering and its usefulness.
Minutes from the 2025 SCENZ AGM are available below.
Ngā manaakitanga
Lian Soh, SCENZ Regional Representative
BEANZ, Biology Educators of Aotearoa New Zealand
BioLive ChemEd event information is now live.
Vocabulary lists for Level 2 and Level 3 are now available under 'resources' on the BEANZ website. You will need a login/membership to access these.
Ngā mihi nui,
Vicki Wallace, BEANZ Regional Representative
HATA, Horticultural and Agricultural Teachers Associations
On December 14, HATA held a special meeting as part of the steps required towards becoming an incorporated society. Member schools will have received email correspondence on December 14 Notice of Founding Meeting – Adopting HATA’s New Constitution and Establishing as an Incorporated Society. More details to come.
Contact
Kerry Allen. Secretary k.allen@stpauls.school.nz
NZASE, New Zealand Association of Science Educators
No updates yet. Please check back later.
Ngā manaakitanga
Lian Soh, NZASE Regional Representative
NZIP, New Zealand Institute of Physics (Education)
No updates. Please check back later.
Ngā manaakitanga
Mat Synge, NZIP Regional Representative
KEA, Empower Kaiako for Equity Aotearoa
No updates yet - please check back later.
Contact details
Keri Tan Garlick, President of Empower KEA
Te Kikini o te Rehutai, Tauranga Moana Māori Teacher's Association
No updates yet.
Ngā manaakitanga
Whaea Tania Jackson, Treasurer. Tauranga Moana Māori Teacher's Association
NZAPSE, New Zealand Association of Primary Science Educators
No updates yet.
Contact details
John Marsh, NZAPSE Regional Representative
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