Year: 2025

Workers strike for a fair deal as ‘shellfish’ Sanford profits soar 

Mus­sel farm­ing crews at Sanford’s Have­lock oper­a­tions at the Top of the South will be strik­ing on Wednes­day 5 Novem­ber 2025 in a fight for fair con­di­tions.

Do Minister Stanford’s comments on Kiwi jobs apply to seafarers on the MV Buffalo?

Mar­itime Union of New Zealand Nation­al Sec­re­tary Carl Find­lay says the Gov­ern­ment is dither­ing while New Zealand sea­far­er jobs are on the chop­ping block. 

Maritime Union Backs Public Sector Strike this 23 October 2025

The fight for a prop­er­ly fund­ed pub­lic sec­tor is a fight for all work­ing New Zealan­ders.

Government should back vital workforce over Swiss multinationals

The Mar­itime Union has called for the Gov­ern­ment to reject an appli­ca­tion by Swiss-based ship­ping com­pa­ny Nova to be exempt­ed from the legal require­ment for New Zealand coastal ves­sels to be New Zealand flagged.

Kiwi Jobs on the Line – Maritime Unions Urge Government to Block Foreign Ship Replacement

New Zealand’s mar­itime unions are call­ing on the gov­ern­ment to urgent­ly inter­vene to keep skilled jobs.

Maritime Union backs Global Sumud Flotilla and recognition of Palestine

Mar­itime Union of New Zealand Nation­al Sec­re­tary Carl Find­lay says the MUNZ view is that “peace is union busi­ness.”

Napier Port automation may come at high cost

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says the intro­duc­tion of self-dri­ving trucks at Port of Napi­er is a risky move, cit­ing the dis­as­trous con­se­quences of the Ports of Auck­land (POAL) automa­tion project as a cau­tion­ary tale for the indus­try.

Maritime Union and Port of Auckland Launch Landmark Initiative to Combat Stevedore Fatigue

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) and Port of Auck­land Lim­it­ed have embarked on a jour­ney to devel­op a world-class Fatigue Risk Man­age­ment Sys­tem, aimed at pro­tect­ing the health and safe­ty of port work­ers.

World Maritime Day a Reminder of the Essential Workers Who Keep New Zealand Moving

On World Mar­itime Day (Thurs­day 25 Sep­tem­ber), the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) is call­ing for greater recog­ni­tion for the invis­i­ble work­force of sea­far­ers and water­front work­ers who form the back­bone of the nation’s econ­o­my.

Ra Whakamana national day of solidarity 28 October 2025

MUNZ is call­ing on mar­itime work­ers and their whanau to join mass mobil­i­sa­tions for Ra Whaka­mana, a nation­al day of sol­i­dar­i­ty on 28 Octo­ber 2025, to reaf­firm the tino ran­gati­ratan­ga of Tan­ga­ta When­ua and pro­tect the rights and well­be­ing of all work­ers.