Category: Blog

Maritime unions say jet fuel debacle has exposed predicted weakness in system

Three of New Zealand’s mar­itime unions say fuel com­pa­nies Z, Mobil and BP have let New Zealand down after off-spec jet fuel threat­ens to dis­rupt pre-Christ­mas flights.

Fatigue guidelines for ports industry

The Mar­itime Union has wel­comed new guide­lines for man­ag­ing fatigue in the ports indus­try.

Ports of Auckland row damaging to economy

The Mar­itime Union says the Ports of Auck­land is too impor­tant to the coun­try to be drawn into a local pow­er strug­gle.

Spotlight needs to go on Ports of Auckland privatization rumours

The Mar­itime Union is con­cerned about rumours of pri­va­ti­za­tion at the Ports of Auck­land, involv­ing glob­al net­work ter­mi­nal oper­a­tor (GNT) DP World leas­ing oper­a­tions.

Ports of Auckland Dispute: Ten Years On

This pub­li­ca­tion com­mem­o­rates ten years since the 2012 Ports of Auck­land Dis­pute. It pro­vides the his­to­ry of the dis­pute in pic­tures and words, and was pub­lished for the spe­cial ten year anniver­sary events held by the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand in Auck­land in Octo­ber 2022.

Major changes coming to New Zealand waterfront employment

The New Zealand water­front indus­try is on the brink of a new era, thanks to years of orga­niz­ing work and the ded­i­ca­tion of one water­front work­er in par­tic­u­lar.

KiwiRail fined $240,500 for “needless accident” on Kaitaki

The dan­gers of load­ing heavy vehi­cles onto ves­sels are under the spot­light fol­low­ing the pros­e­cu­tion of KiwiRail and a tow­ing con­trac­tor.

Waihi 2022: 110 years commemoration

On 12 Novem­ber 1921 was ‘Black Tues­day’, when Wai­hi min­er Fred Evans was killed while on strike with 1,500 of his work­mates.
The Wai­hi Min­ers’ Strike was a piv­otal point in Aotearoa New Zealand’s indus­tri­al rela­tions his­to­ry and every year we remem­ber Fred and the sig­nif­i­cant impact of the strike.

War on the Wharves VII — 12 October 2022

Mar­itime Unions of Aus­tralia and New Zealand have come togeth­er with a char­i­ty box­ing event “War on The Wharves” rep­re­sent­ed by their mem­bers to raise dona­tions for Souths Cares. Live stream here.

Maritimes magazine September 2022

News and views from the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand