More than 200 signatures a day are being collected by a campaign that's on the road visiting communities across the country calling for better funding for education.
The campaign, a joint initiative of educators from the PPTA and NZEI Te Riu Roa, reached Hawke's Bay having already traversed much of the country, starting in the South Island on February 8.
The Better Funding, Better Learning Tour - happening in a colourful caravan - has been joined by principals, teachers, teacher aides and school administration staff who are asking people to sign postcards that would be sent to Members of Parliament to get the message out.
It's the next phase in a long-running campaign that last year defeated plans to introduce bulk funding into schools and has already this year resulted in a 50,000-signature petition being presented to Labour and Green MPs to pass onto the Minister of Education.
The tour hit Hastings and Napier this week, calling in at a number of schools including Raureka Primary School, whose principal Greg Riceman is also on the NZEI national leadership group for principals.