You will receive an isolation allowance if your employment at a school means you have to live permanently in an area the Ministry has defined as isolated. This means you live in a place with a population of less than 300, and you are more than a certain distance from a population centre of more than 1,500 people.
Schedule A of your collective agreement states that you are entitled to the same isolation allowance as area school teachers. Full details are in clause 3.23 of the Area School Teachers’ Collective Agreement.
There are 6 categories for the allowance and the amount paid is different for each. The categories are based on distance from a population centre with more than 1,500 people:
- Category 1 : 60 to 100 kilometres
- Category 2 : 101 to 150 kilometres
- Category 3 : 151 to 200 kilometres
- Category 4 : 200 kilometres and over
- Category 5 : Offshore islands
- Category 6 : Schools listed in appendix 1 of the Primary Teachers’ Collective Agreement
Isolation category 1: 60 to 100 kilometres
| School number | School name |
|---|---|
| 1 10 11 147 290 299 300 306 308 309 311 350 363 370 496 559 1035 1046 1066 1085 1114 1706 1707 1748 1778 1922 1971 2191 2200 2267 2375 2407 2413 2429 2585 2587 2600 2611 2616 2657 2658 2706 2722 2962 3064 3199 3219 3359 3406 3452 3490 3566 3764 3767 3802 3824 3837 3838 3933 3938 3953 3984 4030 4218 | Te Kao School Te Kura Taumata o Panguru Opononi Area School Te Whanau-A-Apanui Area School Collingwood Area School Murchison Area School Karamea Area School South Westland Area School Amuri Area School Cheviot Area School Hurunui College Akaroa Area School Waitaki Valley School Maniototo Area School Reefton Area School Whanganui Awa School Kohukohu School Matihetihe School Oruaiti School Pouto School Tinopai School Colville School Coroglen School TKKM o Huiarau Kinohaku School Raukokore School Te Kura o Tahaaroa Marco School Mokau School Whareorino School Kakatahi School Ngamatapouri School Orautoha School Raetihi Primary School Kereru School Kotemaori School TKKM o Mangatuna Matawai School Motu School Putere School Putorino School Hatea-A-Rangi Waipaoa Station School Pongaroa School Waitaria Bay School Lake Rotoiti School Sacred Heart School (Reefton) Greta Valley School Lake Tekapo School Okains Bay School Rotherham School Waiau School Macraes Moonlight School Makarora Primary School Poolburn School St John's School (Ranfurly) Strath Taieri School Tahakopa School Blackmount School Hauroko Valley Primary School Garston School Mararoa School Tokanui School TKKMo Tokomaru |
Isolation category 2: 101 to 150 kilometres
| School number | School name |
|---|---|
| 206 527 1109 1673 2084 2578 2594 2609 2649 2659 2699 2703 2724 3119 3204 3343 3368 3592 3789 | Ngata Memorial College Twizel Area School Te Hapua School TKKM o Te Waiu o Ngati Porou Te Kura Mana Maori o Whangaparaoa Hiruharama School Makarika School Mata School Potaka School TKKM o Tapere-Nui-A-Whatonga Te Puia Springs School Tikitiki School TKKM o Waipiro TKKM o Kawakawa mai Tawhiti Maruia School Franz Josef Glacier School Hanmer Springs School Whataroa School Omarama School |
Isolation category 3: 151 to 200 kilometres
| School number | School name |
|---|---|
| 550 3342 3363 3386 3442 | Te Waha O Rerekohu Area School Fox Glacier School Haast School Jacobs River School Aoraki Mount Cook School |
Isolation category 4: 200 kilometres and over
No eligible schools.
Isolation category 5: Offshore islands
Chatham Island schools are excluded as they have specific provisions in place.
| School number | School name |
|---|---|
| 1177 1385 1398 1593 1811 3961 6922 | Te Huruhi School Mulberry Grove School Okiwi School Kaitoke School (Claris) Te Kura O Moutere O Matakana Halfmoon Bay School Waiheke Primary School |
Isolation category 6: PTCA, appendix one
| School number | School name |
|---|---|
| 1001 1016 1081 1675 1688 1736 1771 1896 1998 2052 2185 2215 2420 2625 2664 3747 3955 | Aranga Horeke Peria School Ruakituri School Arohena School Hauturu School Kawhia School Piri Piri School Te Akau School Waikaretu Makahu Ongarue Papanui Junction School Ohuka Rere Hawea Flat Glenorchy School |