Horowhenua's primary school teachers went on strike on Tuesday hoping to achieve a better pay and conditions offer from the Government.
NZEI members gathered at the Levin memorial Hall at 11am for a meeting to discuss the latest pay offer, which came in late last week.
After the meeting they held a march through Levin, said Levin East School principal Rikki Sheterline, who is also the chair of the Horowhenua branch of the teachers union NZEI and a member of that union executive. The teachers had the rest of the day off.
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"We went into facilitation with the Government, that is a process led by the Employment Relation Authority. The latest pay offer came in too late to avert the strike," Sheterline said.