Category: Blog

New powers to ban poor quality vessels coming to NZ being considered

The Mar­itime Union says Mar­itime New Zealand should have the pow­er to pre­vent sub­stan­dard flag of con­ve­nience ves­sels com­ing into New Zealand waters.

Union elections 2025

Vot­ing is now open for the MUNZ Nation­al Elec­tions 2025.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

On behalf of the nation­al offi­cials and nation­al office of the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand, we wish you a Mer­ry Christ­mas and Hap­py New Year. 

Stay safe over sum­mer!

New Zealand wharfies join international day of action against Qube Ports

New Zealand mar­itime work­ers will be ral­ly­ing in sup­port of Aus­tralian work­ers at Qube Ports on Mon­day 16 Decem­ber 2024.

Reappointment of Tony Gibson to maritime industry board role a travesty

The reap­point­ment of dis­graced for­mer Ports of Auck­land CEO Tony Gib­son to a direc­tor posi­tion at Mars­den Mar­itime Hold­ings (MMH) is a trav­es­ty and an insult to the mem­o­ry of work­ers killed and injured on the job.

Government ferry announcement fails to launch

He says no costs were pro­vid­ed by the Finance Min­is­ter and the Gov­ern­ment was using com­mer­cial con­fi­den­tial­i­ty as a fig leaf to con­ceal how its deci­sions had led New Zealand into a very expen­sive dead end.

New Port Code could save lives on the waterfront

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says the new Approved Code of Prac­tice (ACOP) for load­ing and unload­ing car­go at ports and on ships could save lives and pre­vent seri­ous harm on the water­front.

Maritime Union welcomes conviction of ex Port of Auckland CEO Tony Gibson

Mar­itime Union of New Zealand Nation­al Sec­re­tary Carl Find­lay says the con­vic­tion brings to an end “an era of fail­ure at the high­est lev­els of Port of Auck­land which had trag­ic out­comes for work­ers, their fam­i­lies and their col­leagues.”

Rally – Our Ferries, Our Future! 14 November 2024

• 1230 Assem­ble Mid­land Park, Lambton Quay
• 1245 March to Par­lia­ment
• 1300 Par­lia­ment Grounds ral­ly and speech­es

International eyes on Cook Strait Ferry fiasco

The Inter­na­tion­al Trans­port Work­ers’ Fed­er­a­tion (ITF) Fer­ry Task­force is back­ing the call for the new Inter­is­lander fer­ries to be pub­licly-owned and rail-enabled.