Category: Media releases

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.

Women’s Day of Action 20 September 2025

132 years after women secured the right to vote in Aotearoa, we’ll be gath­er­ing again in strength and sol­i­dar­i­ty. On Sat­ur­day 20th Sep­tem­ber, there’ll be a range of actions across the coun­try.

Glaring Omission of Ports in Major Infrastructure Report

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand is wel­com­ing the release of the New Zealand Infra­struc­ture Commission’s new report, but says it has a glar­ing omis­sion by ignor­ing the coun­try’s ports and mar­itime sec­tor.

Maritime Union Honours Merchant Navy Sacrifice

As New Zealand pre­pares to com­mem­o­rate Mer­chant Navy Day tomor­row, 3 Sep­tem­ber 2025, the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) is pay­ing trib­ute to the sac­ri­fice of mer­chant sea­far­ers in times of war, while issu­ing a warn­ing about our cur­rent mar­itime vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty.

Court Decision creates major concerns for Lyttelton port workforce

Lyt­tel­ton port work­ers are dis­ap­point­ed with an Employ­ment Court rul­ing that allows Lyt­tel­ton Port Com­pa­ny (LPC) to pro­ceed with a restruc­ture that will remove high­ly expe­ri­enced fore­men from the water­front.

Tripartite Accord positive step for Auckland

Mak­ing the most of Auckland’s port and water­front is a step clos­er with for­mal approval of a Tri­par­tite Accord between Auck­land Coun­cil, the Port of Auck­land Lim­it­ed and port work­ers rep­re­sent­ed by the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand.

Ferry privatisation would be a disaster

Sug­ges­tions of pri­vati­sa­tion of the new Cook Strait Inter­is­lander fer­ries would be a dan­ger­ous step back­wards.

Concerns about ongoing Cook Strait ferry issues

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says the Cook Strait fer­ry ser­vice is strug­gling, with the entire Inter­is­lander fleet cur­rent­ly either suf­fer­ing break­downs, wave dam­age or being tak­en out of ser­vice for audit.

Maritime Union will fight threatened job losses on Aratere ferry

The Mar­itime Union will resist any job loss­es and will only accept vol­un­tary redun­dan­cies.

Resist Government’s attack on pay equity and women workers

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has con­demned the Gov­ern­men­t’s attacks on hard-won pay equi­ty leg­is­la­tion, describ­ing these as a direct assault on the rights and eco­nom­ic well-being of women and all work­ing New Zealan­ders.