1 Aug 2023

Teachers to find out about pay rise

From Morning Report, 8:27 am on 1 August 2023

Teachers will find out tomorrow if the Government will approve an arbitration panel recommendation for a 14.5 percent pay rise.

The Ministry of Education has recommended the offer to Cabinet and if it gets the go-ahead teachers will vote on the deal next week.

The protracted pay dispute went to arbitration after strikes around the country failed to break the deadlock.

Our Education Correspondent John Gerritsen has been following all the twists and turns.