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Maritime Union Backs Public Sector Strike this 23 October 2025

MUNZ Wellington members support nurses, 2025
The fight for a properly funded public sector is a fight for all working New Zealanders.

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) is back­ing the thou­sands of pub­lic sec­tor work­ers strik­ing for fair pay and safe ser­vices this Thurs­day, 23 Octo­ber.

MUNZ Nation­al Sec­re­tary Carl Find­lay says the fight for a prop­er­ly fund­ed pub­lic sec­tor is a fight for all work­ing New Zealan­ders.

“Our mem­bers work on the 99% of New Zealand’s goods that move through our ports, but we know New Zealand also relies on the nurs­es, health­care work­ers, teach­ers, and school sup­port staff who are being forced to walk off the job to be heard,” says Mr. Find­lay.

Mr. Find­lay says the Government’s attempts to paint strik­ing work­ers as “polit­i­cal­ly moti­vat­ed” are a cyn­i­cal dis­trac­tion from its own fail­ures.

“This action is about skilled work­ers who can’t afford their rent. It’s about nurs­es burn­ing out in unsafe, under­staffed hos­pi­tals. These work­ers are not tak­ing action light­ly, they are being dri­ven to it by a Gov­ern­ment that prefers to spread mis­in­for­ma­tion rather than bar­gain in good faith.”

The Mar­itime Union says it’s time for work­ers to fight back, and remind the Gov­ern­ment that the wealth of New Zealand is pro­duced by work­ers, who deserve good pay, good con­di­tions and good stan­dards in their jobs.

“We hear the same tired excus­es in our indus­try that invest­ment in peo­ple and safe­ty is a cost rather than the back­bone of a pro­duc­tive econ­o­my,” says Mr. Find­lay.

“This is a mat­ter of polit­i­cal pri­or­i­ties. This Gov­ern­ment can find mon­ey for senior man­agers, con­sul­tants and tax cuts that ben­e­fit a priv­i­leged few, but claims the cup­board is bare for the peo­ple who look after our sick and edu­cate our chil­dren.”

Mr Find­lay says mar­itime work­ers stand in full sol­i­dar­i­ty with every pub­lic sec­tor work­er on the pick­et line tomor­row.

“Their fight is our fight. An injury to one is an injury to all.”

Strike events

WEATHER UPDATE: All strikes are still going ahead, but some ral­lies are can­celled or have moved venues because of strong weath­er warn­ings.

If you’re a strik­ing mem­ber and your local ral­ly is can­celled, you should still under­take your strike action.

City Time Loca­tion
Kaita­ia 10.30am-12pm 10.30am – Assem­ble at Te Ahu cnr SH 1 & Math­ews

11am – March to old Pak n Save carpark

11.30am – Ral­ly

12pm – Fin­ish
Whang?rei 11.30am-1pm 11.30am – Assem­ble Lau­rie Hall Park carpark

12pm – March to Town Basin

12.30pm – Ral­ly at grassed area by Ray­burn House Lane

1pm – Fin­ish

 
Auck­land 12–2pm 12pm – Assem­ble in Aotea Square

1pm – March down Queen St

1.45pm – Clos­ing at Komi­ti­tan­ga Square

 

This event has NZSL inter­preters

 
West Auck­land 7.30–9.30am Cor­ner of Lin­coln Road and Uni­ver­sal Road.
Thames 11am-1pm 11am – Wh?nau friend­ly event in Por­rit Park

11.30am – For­mal­i­ties

12pm – Form a human wall along the Queen St side of the park, fol­lowed by a h?koi to Scott Simpson’s office
Hamil­ton 11.30am‑1.30pm 11.30am – Meet at Band Rotun­da, Vic­to­ria Street

11.45am – March to Gar­den Place

12.30pm – Speech­es at Gar­den Place

1.30pm – Fin­ish

This event has NZSL inter­preters

 
Taup? 10.30am-1pm 10.30am – Gath­er on Taup? Pri­ma­ry School back field oppo­site Taup? med­ical cen­tre

11.25am – Karakia Timatan­ga

11.30am – H?koi

12.15pm – Ral­ly at the I Love Taup? sign

12.30pm – Speech­es

12.50pm – Karakia Whaka­mu­tun­ga
T?rangi 11am-1pm Gath­er at T?rangi Bridge
Tau­marunui 11.30am Pick­et at at Haki­a­ha Street, out­side the Main Street play­ground (Tau­marunui pub­lic toi­lets)
Toko­roa 11am-1pm 11:00am – Skate Park (cor­ner of O’Sullivan Dri­ve and Roslin Street)
Tau­ran­ga 11am‑1.30pm 11am – Meet at Memo­r­i­al Park

11.30am – Speech­es then sign wav­ing

This event has NZSL inter­preters
Te K?iti 11am Out­side The Ware­house, 31 Rora Street
Whakat?ne 11am-3pm 11.30am – Gath­er at Coun­cil Build­ings, Com­merce St. Hikoi along The Strand to Wha­rau­ran­gi for ral­ly and speech­es
Rotorua 11am‑1.30pm 11am – Var­i­ous meet­ing points then trav­el to Vil­lage Green

11.30am – Arrive at Vil­lage Green

12pm – Speech­es, sign wav­ing, kai etc

This event has NZSL inter­preters
Gis­borne 11am-1pm Ral­ly at Heip­ipi Park then march through town fin­ish­ing at Kelvin Park.
Wairoa 8.30–9.30am Gath­er at the light­house, then trav­el to Gis­borne or Napi­er to join the larg­er action.
Hawke’s Bay 11am-1pm 11am – Gath­er at Napi­er Sound Shell

11.30am – Speak­ers

12.15pm – March down Emer­son Street to Clive Square

1pm – Fin­ish
New Ply­mouth 11am-1pm Ral­ly at the Puke Ari­ki Land­ing. Street March through the CBD – Ari­ki Street – Egmont St – Devon St East – Gov­er St-Gill St – Ari­ki St and back to the Puke Ari­ki Land­ing
Palmer­ston North 11.15am-1pm Meet at Rail­way Land Reserve, and march down Church Street to the ceno­taph for a ral­ly.
Whanganui 11.30am‑1.30pm 11.30am – Meet at the town bridge and march up Vic­to­ria Avenue to Majes­tic Square

12.30pm – Ral­ly at Majes­tic Square

1.30pm – Fin­ish
Welling­ton 12–2pm CANCELLED due to weath­er
Levin 11.15am-1pm 11.15am – Meet at the Adven­ture Park (93 Oxford Street, Levin) 11.30am – March through town and back to the Adven­ture Park 12.30–1pm – Fin­ish
Wairara­pa 11am-1pm CANCELLED due to weath­er
Nel­son 11.30am‑1.30pm 11.30am – Meet by Nel­son Library.

12pm – March down Trafal­gar Street to Cathe­dral steps

12.30pm – Hui at Cathe­dral steps with speech­es

1.30pm – Hui con­cludes
Takaka/Golden Bay 7.30am Pick­et out­side Gold­en Bay High, meet­ing at Vil­lage Green
Motue­ka 7.30–9.30am 7:30am – Occu­py both sides of road by Toad Hall (chants, plac­ards, mega­phones)

8:30am – Move to space out­side Motue­ka Muse­um for more of the same
Blenheim 11am‑2.30pm CANCELLED due to weath­er
Grey­mouth 11.30am NEW VENUE

West­land Recre­ation Cen­tre
Hok­i­ti­ka NEW VENUE

Hok­i­ti­ka West­land RSA
Christchurch 11.00am‑1.30pm CANCELLED due to weath­er
Te Tai o Pou­ti­ni 9am‑2.30pm NEW VENUE

9am – Hok­i­ti­ka: Changed to Hok­i­ti­ka West­land RSA

11.30am – Grey­mouth: Changed to West­land Recre­ation Cen­tre

1.30pm – West­port: Changed to West­port Bridge Club.
Mid Can­ter­bury 11.30am-2pm CANCELLED due to weath­er
South Can­ter­bury 11.30am-2pm CANCELLED due to weath­er
Oamaru 10–11am CANCELLED due to weath­er
Alexan­dra 11am-1pm CANCELLED due to weath­er
Wana­ka 11am-12pm CANCELLED due to weath­er
Queen­stown 12–2pm NEW VENUE

St Peter’s Church
Dunedin 11.45am‑1.30pm NEW VENUE

Edgar Cen­tre (TBC looks hope­ful) meet at 11:45am – Ral­ly start will be 12 noon
Bal­clutha 11am-1pm NEW VENUE

Inside Te Pou.
Cromwell 11.30am-1pm CANCELLED due to weath­er
Hokonui/Gore 11am-1pm Meet at Eccles St play­ground for a march to the Trout – Ral­ly at 12 noon
Inver­cargill 11am‑1.30pm NEW VENUE

ILT Sta­di­um South­land

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