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Searching for New Zealand’s most inspiring teachers

<h3>The annual search is on to find New Zealand&&num;8217&semi;s most inspiring teachers&period; The campaign allows students&comma; their parents&comma; families and community to nominate and vote for teachers who they feel go above and beyond the call of duty&period;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Entries are judged on four criteria &&num;8211&semi; enthusiasm&comma; creativity&comma; dedication and drive&period; The overall winner receives a &dollar;5000 holiday voucher&comma; technology&comma; furniture and stationery&period; Their school will also win a &dollar;500 Warehouse Stationery gift card and a box of school stationery supplies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Three runners up in each category also win a tablet&comma; mobile phone&comma; furniture and more than &dollar;500 worth of stationery supplies&period; The teachers&&num;8217&semi; schools also win a &dollar;500 stationery voucher and a box of supplies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The individual who writes the overall winner&&num;8217&semi;s nomination wins an iPad Air 2&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pejman Okhovat&comma; CEO of Warehouse Stationery&comma; says a teacher&&num;8217&semi;s role is worth celebrating&period; &&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s clear that people want to publicly acknowledge the special contribution a teacher makes to their lives whether it&&num;8217&semi;s their creative approach&comma; the out-of-hours work they do for sporting or cultural events&comma; or the support they give to families and parents of their pupils&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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