Year: 2024

Maritime Union opposes Red Sea military involvement 

The Mar­itime Union is oppos­ing the deci­sion by the coali­tion Gov­ern­ment to send a detach­ment of New Zealand mil­i­tary to the Red Sea, after a request from the Unit­ed States of Amer­i­ca.

Vale John O’Neill

Respect­ed retired sea­far­er John O’Neill passed away on 22 Jan­u­ary 2024 after a short ill­ness.

Prosecution exposes lack of Government ferry plan  

The Mar­itime Union is call­ing on the Gov­ern­ment to review its deci­sion to dump planned new Cook Strait fer­ries after the pros­e­cu­tion of a fer­ry oper­a­tor.

Nowhere to hide – new report from ITF campaign for seafarers rights

The Nowhere to Hide Cam­paign launched by the ITF Aus­tralian Inspec­torate to expose the exploita­tion of over­seas sea­far­ers on for­eign-reg­is­tered ships has been busy!
MUNZ has been sup­port­ing this cam­paign and will be bring­ing the cam­paign to New Zealand waters soon.

South Port faces strike action

South Port in Bluff is fac­ing strike action after port work­ers reject­ed a pay offer from man­age­ment.

Red Sea situation highlights need for New Zealand shipping

The con­flict in the Red Sea high­lights the need to build up New Zealand crewed and flagged ship­ping to over­come sup­ply chain dis­rup­tions.