Secondary and area school teachers around the country will strike again next week in a bid for better pay and working conditions.

The PPTA said members voted overwhelmingly in favour of more industrial action, including a one-day national strike next Wednesday, in support of their collective agreement negotiations.

In the third week of Term 2, the week beginning May 8, rolling strikes will be held, where teachers will strike on different days in different regions starting at one end of the motu and finishing at the other.

Also from the first day of the next school term, PPTA Te Wehengarua members will not attend meetings outside school hours.

”PPTA Te Wehengarua members have shown they are serious about getting a new collective agreement with salaries and conditions that will stem the worsening secondary teacher shortage throughout the motu,” says Chris Abercrombie, acting president of PPTA Te Wehengarua.

More to come.