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 welcomes conviction of ex Port of Auckland CEO Tony Gibson
A worker died. A CEO was held accountable. The Tony Gibson conviction is rare — and it changes the rules at the top.
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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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Maritime Union of New Zealand back struggle of Australian Unions against anti-Union, anti-worker laws
It’s happening in Australia — but it won’t stop there. Unions warn the crackdown on workers’ rights could spread across the Tasman.
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Maritime Union commemorates Merchant Navy Day 2024
They kept the country running — through war, crisis, and isolation. Now New Zealand is running out of the very seafarers it depends on.
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Maritime Union statement on grounding of Aratere
The Maritime Union says images of the stricken Cook Strait ferry Aratere aground in the Marlborough Sounds are a shocking…
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Maritime Union Offers Thanks To Jacinda Ardern
The Maritime Union has offered its thanks to Jacinda Ardern for her service to New Zealand, on her announcement she…
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2017: Parting shots from the Right: tantrums, bloated entitlements, and low, low expectations for our Youth – toru
As Parliament recently debated the new government’s Families Package Bill, some National MPs were increasingly upset that Urgency had briefly taken the debate into their precious lunch period;