A paid union meeting will take place for Whanganui primary school teachers today (Wednesday) at Wanganui East School starting at 2.15pm.
It is one in a series of nationwide meetings to be held over two weeks in response to what is being described as an education crisis.
Issues include difficulty in recruiting and retaining teachers, the lack of time to teach and inadequate resourcing for children with additional learning needs.
New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) Te Riu Roa members plan to use upcoming collective agreement negotiations to discuss and progress solutions to the problems.
One discussion will surround a significant pay jolt to address the growing teacher shortage, which NZEI Te Riu Roa president Lynda Stuart said would not be cheap.