Category: Media releases

Selling Port of Auckland would be “letting the vultures in”

Ongo­ing uncer­tain­ty about the future of Port of Auck­land is a threat to the eco­nom­ic sta­bil­i­ty of Auck­land City and New Zealand.

NZCTU presents Briefing for the Incoming Government

The New Zealand Coun­cil of Trade Unions has pro­vid­ed its brief­ing for the incom­ing gov­ern­ment.

Maritime Union statement on Gaza and Port protests

The Mar­itime Union is back­ing inter­na­tion­al calls for a cease­fire in the Israel–Gaza con­flict.

Massive price hikes in DP World Australian ports must scuttle Auckland port privatization plans

DP World, the glob­al port oper­a­tor linked to a pri­vati­sa­tion agen­da at the Port of Auck­land, is embroiled in con­tro­ver­sy in Aus­tralia after mas­sive price hikes for port users.

Does DP World dodge taxes? Port giant under spotlight

The multi­na­tion­al involved in the pro­posed pri­vati­sa­tion of Port of Auck­land is the sub­ject of a new Aus­tralian report “Does DP World dodge tax­es in Aus­tralia?”

TAIC report into 2022 port deaths

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has wel­comed the release today of a com­bined report by the Trans­port Acci­dent Inves­ti­ga­tion Com­mis­sion (TAIC) on two sep­a­rate fatal acci­dents in New Zealand ports in 2022. Mar­itime Union of New Zealand Nation­al Sec­re­tary Craig Har­ri­son says the Union endors­es the find­ings of the report and its rec­om­men­da­tions. “This […]

ACT-dominated Luxon Government would be a disaster for working people

A late shift in the polls indi­cates that New Zealand work­ers are becom­ing aware of the dan­gers of a change of Gov­ern­ment and extreme right-wing poli­cies. 

Aucklanders show strong opposition to port sale in new poll

The Mar­itime Union has released a new poll that shows an over­whelm­ing major­i­ty of Auck­lan­ders sup­port keep­ing the Port of Auck­land in pub­lic own­er­ship.

Substantial progress for transport under the Labour-led Government

Three key suc­cess­es of the cur­rent Gov­ern­ment have been in build­ing coastal ship­ping capa­bil­i­ty, improv­ing health and safe­ty through the Ports Health and Safe­ty Lead­er­ship Group, and lay­ing the foun­da­tions for improved con­di­tions in the indus­try through Fair Pay Agree­ments.

‘Show us the numbers’ on port privatisation

May­or of Auck­land should “show us the num­bers” about Auckland’s finances before push­ing port pri­vati­sa­tion as the easy answer to its prob­lems.