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Transport plan a chance to rebuild coastal shipping

The Mar­itime Union wel­comes the Government’s trans­port pol­i­cy, which was released today, as an oppor­tu­ni­ty to restore New Zealand’s coastal ship­ping indus­try and repeal sec­tion 198 of the Mar­itime Trans­port Act

Maritime workers back Ports of Auckland health and safety review

Mar­itime Union Nation­al Sec­re­tary Joe Fleet­wood says the Union has repeat­ed­ly called for a review of safe­ty prac­tices at all ports in New Zealand.

Here’s why we need only NZ-flagged ships travelling around our coasts

I work at Ports of Auck­land. I’m onsite every day as part of the steve­dor­ing team, in the 20 years I’ve been a water­sider, I’ve had just about every job there is. Lash­er, strad­dle dri­ver you name it.

Strengthen our shores. Rebuild our coastal shipping. Sign the petition now.

Aotearoa-New Zealand is an island nation depen­dent on trade to sur­vive. But because our coastal ship­ping was dereg­u­lat­ed by the Gov­ern­ment in the 1990’s, we now rely on multi­na­tion­al ship­ping com­pa­nies to car­ry our goods between our cities and beyond. That’s cost us local jobs and valu­able skills, it’s harm­ing our cli­mate by push­ing more […]

Rebuilding our coastal shipping requires government intervention

If the Covid-19 response has taught us any­thing, it’s that our econ­o­my lives and dies by our sup­ply chains and that when push comes to shove New Zealand can’t always rely on the rest of the world.

Nelson seafarers pay respects at Pike disaster anniversary

A del­e­ga­tion of Mar­itime Union mem­bers from Nel­son have com­mis­sioned a memo­r­i­al shield to take to the sev­enth anniver­sary of the Pike Riv­er Min­ing dis­as­ter on Novem­ber 19.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Attends MUNZ National Council

MUNZ was pleased to offer a warm wel­come to Jacin­da Ardern, Labour leader and Prime Min­is­ter of New Zealand, at our Novem­ber Nation­al Coun­cil Meet­ing.

MUNZ Protests Outside Papua New Guinea High Commission, Demands Justice for Dockers

Union lead­ers and activists from around New Zealand were joined by Welling­ton branch in protest out­side the Papua New Guinea High Com­mis­sion on Thurs­day Novem­ber 1st.  

Fight Night! Clash of the Comrades, Coming Soon

  Con­tact your branch about tick­ets, or con­tact event organ­is­er (and MUNZ Nation­al Pres­i­dent) Carl Find­lay direct­ly.

Our Islands Need Ships, Our Workers Need Jobs

New Zealand needs a bal­anced, effi­cient and afford­able trans­port sys­tem. It must be safe, acces­si­ble, envi­ron­men­tal­ly sus­tain­able and flex­i­ble enough to meet the chal­lenges of the 21st cen­tu­ry.