More than 300 primary teachers gathered in Napier to vote on whether to accept the Ministry of Education's pay offers or reject them and take industrial action.
Members of the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) Te Riu Roa have been attending paid union meetings of primary, intermediate and kura teachers and principals across the country since June 18, with the final lot set for today.
If they vote to reject the ministry's offers, teachers and principals will vote on whether to hold nationwide half-day work stoppages from 1.30pm to 4.30pm on August 15. This would effectively result in half-day school closures. During the stoppages, members would attend union meetings to consider any further developments or offers.
The results of the voting is expected to be made early next week.
The Ministry of Education offered about 86 per cent of the teachers a pay rise of between 2.2 and 2.6 per cent a year for three years.