Primary school teachers begin stop-work meetings over stalled pay talks

Monday 18 August 2025 · 3 outlets · 2 reports · updated Mon 18 Aug 2025, 12:04pm

In this story Ministry of Education, NZEI Te Riu Roa, Liam Rutherford

Primary school teachers belonging to the Educational Institute have started a two-week series of one-hour stop-work meetings on Monday. The meetings aim to discuss pay negotiations that have stalled following an offer of three 1 per cent pay rises over three years. Many of the country's 1900 primary schools were expected to close for several hours.

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1. RNZMon 18 Aug 2025, 11:38am

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2. Otago Daily TimesMon 18 Aug 2025, 12:04pm

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