Junior doctors have not ruled out the possibility of further strike action and say negotiations with district health boards have stalled.
Resident Doctors Association national executive member Dr Curtis Walker said there had been "no substantial negotiations" with district health boards since the end of April and their last offer of 4.25% over two years was not enough.
"We can count on one hand the number of doctors around the country that would want to accept that offer," Dr Walker said.
The union's national executive met on Sunday to discuss feedback from members and to consider their options, he said.
"Nobody likes striking but we will do what it takes and there is certainly resolve out there to get the job done."
The present multiemployer collective agreement expires at the end of this month and there was some uncertainty, particularly for new employees, about what would happen if a settlement was not reached before then.
District Health Boards New Zealand spokesman David Meates said advocates from the union and district health boards met last week.
The junior doctors rejected an offer from district health boards to bring full negotiating teams together this week, he said.
Junior doctors on the present multiemployer collective agreement would continue under the same terms and conditions once the agreement expired.
However, new employees or doctors moving between district health boards would be offered individual contracts, he said.
The details had not been finalised, but they would not less than the current terms and conditions.
