Category: Media releases

New Zealanders want publicly-owned rail ferries!

New polling released on 15 Octo­ber by the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) shows the pub­lic wants pub­licly owned, rail enabled fer­ries.

Victory for Lyttelton Port Workers against unlawful health monitoring

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) has wel­comed this week’s deci­sion by the Employ­ment Rela­tions Author­i­ty (ERA) which has ruled against Lyt­tel­ton Port Company’s (LPC) attempt to uni­lat­er­al­ly impose a manda­to­ry health mon­i­tor­ing pol­i­cy on MUNZ mem­bers. 

Connemara failure highlights urgent need to address ferry fiasco

The pow­er loss of the Blue­bridge fer­ry Con­nemara in the Cook Strait high­lights the impor­tance of a resilient pub­licly-owned inter­is­land fer­ry ser­vice

Manahau crew being denied access to representation

The Man­a­hau barge ground­ing at West­port could have led to a dis­as­ter, but crew are being pre­vent­ed from talk­ing to Union rep­re­sen­ta­tives. 

Kaitaki sentencing underscores need for new ferries

KiwiRail has been fined $432,500 for a charge under the Health and Safe­ty at Work Act brought by indus­try reg­u­la­tor Mar­itime New Zealand, fol­low­ing loss of engine pow­er on the Inter­is­lander fer­ry Kaita­ki on Sat­ur­day 28 Jan­u­ary 2023. 

Maritime Union of New Zealand back struggle of Australian Unions against anti-Union, anti-worker laws

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has offered its full sup­port to Aus­tralian Unions in their strug­gle against anti-Union laws. The CFMEU Con­struc­tion Divi­sion was recent­ly placed in admin­is­tra­tion fol­low­ing unproven alle­ga­tions of crim­i­nal activ­i­ty and new leg­is­la­tion rushed through the Aus­tralian Par­lia­ment. The Mar­itime Union of Aus­tralia is a divi­sion of the CFMEU, and […]

Ferry fiasco hangs over PM’s South Korea trip

Sort­ing out the mess his Finance Min­is­ter has made of the inter­is­land fer­ries deal should be the key out­come of the Prime Minister’s vis­it to South Korea, says the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand.

Maritime Union commemorates Merchant Navy Day 2024

Mar­itime Union of New Zealand Nation­al Sec­re­tary Carl Find­lay says Mer­chant Navy Day holds pro­found sig­nif­i­cance for the Mar­itime Union “as we remem­ber our sea­far­ing mem­bers past and present.”

Grounding of Manahau barge at Westport raises major questions

The cause of the ground­ing has yet to be con­firmed, but the dif­fi­cult local con­di­tions at West­port includ­ing recent poor weath­er would be obvi­ous issues to con­sid­er.

Concerns with health and safety approach at Lyttelton Port Company

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says it has con­cerns about the approach of the Lyt­tel­ton Port Com­pa­ny (LPC) to manda­to­ry fit­ness tests.