The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi will launch a new campaign focused on saving workers’ lives at the Workers’ Memorial Day commemorations in Wellington and Palmerston North on Monday 28 April 2025.
On Workers’ Memorial Day the union movement honours all workers who have been impacted by workplace accidents, illnesses, and injuries in the last year.
In Aotearoa, the number of workplace injuries, fatalities, and deaths remain unacceptably high. Every week 18 workers are killed as a consequence of work.
Details of nationwide events:
| Wellington | Monday 28 April
10.30am |
Workers’ Memorial Stone – Te Papa, Waterfront
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| Palmerston North | Monday 28 April
12pm
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Workers’ Memorial, Memorial Park, Fitzroy Street entrance
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| Otago
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Monday 28 April
11.45am
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Canterbury Workers’ Memorial, Science Alive Reserve (Off Gasson Street behind Moorhouse NPD service station)
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| Christchurch | Monday 28 April
11.45am
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Otago Workers’ Memorial, Market Reserve, Princes Street |
NZCTU Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges will speak to the details of the new campaign at the Wellington event, while NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff will do so in Palmerston North.