Thousands of secondary and area school teachers are to strike next week after members of the Post Primary Teachers Association voted in favour of more industrial action.

Union members voted for a one day strike on Wednesday, March 29, and further action next term including a series of one-day strikes in different regions.

The PPTA says it wants a better collective agreement offer from the Ministry of Education.

"The results of the ballot show clearly that members believe the time for words from the government has passed," says PPTA acting president Chris Abercrombie.

Last week, about 50,000 teachers walked off the job in support of their call for better pay and resources.

The two sides were holding further talks on Friday.

Members of the PPTA and the Educational Institute held rallies across the country in the first ever strike involving kindergarten, primary and secondary school teachers.

"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 Abercrombie.

From the first day of the next school term, April 24, union members would not attend meetings outside school hours, the union says.

In the second week of next term they would put in place a plan to roster different year levels of students home on various days for four weeks.

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

-RNZ.