3% Inflation: How Electricity Privatisation and Killing Three Waters Blew Out NZ’s Cost of Living
New Zealand’s inflation didn’t rise by accident. It rose by design. The latest CPI figures expose exactly where the pressure…
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Maritime Union Honours Merchant Navy Sacrifice, Calls For Coastal Shipping Rebuild To Secure New Zealand’s Future – Maritime Union of New Zealand
We honour the past — but ignore the warning. New Zealand’s coastal shipping has been hollowed out, and the next crisis could leave us stranded.
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Maritime Union of New Zealand honours merchant navy sacrifice, calls for coastal shipping rebuild to secure NZ’s future
We honour the past — but ignore the warning. New Zealand’s coastal shipping has been gutted, and the next crisis could leave us exposed.
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Maritime Union of New Zealand: Serious concerns over Aratere ferry removal
Another ferry gone. Another warning ignored. The Aratere’s removal exposes just how fragile New Zealand’s supply chain has become.
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Maritime Union of New Zealand: Serious concerns over Aratere ferry removal
This was the warning. When the Aratere went down, the cracks in New Zealand’s supply chain were already visible — we just chose to ignore them.
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Maritime Union of New Zealand: rail-enabled ferries a victory for common sense
A win for common sense — finally. Rail-enabled ferries are back, but after the damage already done, is it enough?
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Maritime Union of New Zealand: Government ferry announcement fails to launch
All talk, no plan. The Government’s ferry announcement leaves more questions than answers — and New Zealand’s supply chain hanging.
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Maritime Union of New Zealand media release: New Zealanders want publicly-owned rail ferries – poll
The public already chose. Rail-enabled, publicly owned ferries — not privatisation, not downgrade. So why wasn’t anyone listening?
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Maritime Union of New Zealand media release: Kaitaki sentencing underscores need for new ferries
A Mayday call in Cook Strait. Hundreds adrift. This wasn’t just a fault — it was a warning New Zealand ignored.
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Ferry fiasco hangs over PM’s South Korea trip – Maritime Union of New Zealand
Half a billion gone. No plan B. And now it’s a diplomatic problem. The ferry fiasco isn’t just domestic anymore.
