Year: 2024

Manahau crew being denied access to representation

The Man­a­hau barge ground­ing at West­port could have led to a dis­as­ter, but crew are being pre­vent­ed from talk­ing to Union rep­re­sen­ta­tives. 

Kaitaki sentencing underscores need for new ferries

KiwiRail has been fined $432,500 for a charge under the Health and Safe­ty at Work Act brought by indus­try reg­u­la­tor Mar­itime New Zealand, fol­low­ing loss of engine pow­er on the Inter­is­lander fer­ry Kaita­ki on Sat­ur­day 28 Jan­u­ary 2023. 

Maritime Union of New Zealand back struggle of Australian Unions against anti-Union, anti-worker laws

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has offered its full sup­port to Aus­tralian Unions in their strug­gle against anti-Union laws. The CFMEU Con­struc­tion Divi­sion was recent­ly placed in admin­is­tra­tion fol­low­ing unproven alle­ga­tions of crim­i­nal activ­i­ty and new leg­is­la­tion rushed through the Aus­tralian Par­lia­ment. The Mar­itime Union of Aus­tralia is a divi­sion of the CFMEU, and […]

Ferry fiasco hangs over PM’s South Korea trip

Sort­ing out the mess his Finance Min­is­ter has made of the inter­is­land fer­ries deal should be the key out­come of the Prime Minister’s vis­it to South Korea, says the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand.

Maritime Union commemorates Merchant Navy Day 2024

Mar­itime Union of New Zealand Nation­al Sec­re­tary Carl Find­lay says Mer­chant Navy Day holds pro­found sig­nif­i­cance for the Mar­itime Union “as we remem­ber our sea­far­ing mem­bers past and present.”

Grounding of Manahau barge at Westport raises major questions

The cause of the ground­ing has yet to be con­firmed, but the dif­fi­cult local con­di­tions at West­port includ­ing recent poor weath­er would be obvi­ous issues to con­sid­er.

Local 13 Stopwork Meeting Friday 16 August 2024

The August month­ly Local 13 Stop­work meet­ing will be held at the Okahu Bay Sports Club on Fri­day 16 August 2024, at 1pm till 3pm.

Concerns with health and safety approach at Lyttelton Port Company

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says it has con­cerns about the approach of the Lyt­tel­ton Port Com­pa­ny (LPC) to manda­to­ry fit­ness tests.

Finance Minister needs to explain ferry decision cost to taxpayer

The can­cel­la­tion cost for the iRex ship build is like­ly to come in at more than NZ $300 mil­lion, and could run up to a max­i­mum cost approach­ing a half a bil­lion dol­lars (NZD) at cur­rent rates. 

Loss of Takutai Chief undermines New Zealand shipping and supply chain

The loss of a New Zealand oper­at­ed coastal freighter and up to 40 jobs (includ­ing 14 sea­far­ers) due to the eco­nom­ic down­turn threat­ens the via­bil­i­ty and resilience of our sup­ply chain.