May Day 1 May 2025 Fight Back Together – Maranga Ake

May Day is the day to commemorate both the struggles and gains made by workers and the labour movement.

May Day is a time to com­mem­or­ate both the struggles and gains made by work­ers and the labour move­ment.

Based on the suc­cess of our nation­wide hui on the 23rd of Octo­ber, we are again host­ing hui across the coun­try on May Day to fight back against the Government’s ongo­ing attacks on work­ers’ rights.

When work­ing people unite and fight back against anti-work­er policies, we cre­ate change and trans­form soci­ety for the bet­ter.

When we fight back togeth­er, we win.

Last year, we hos­ted 12 events across the motu. This year, we will make a big­ger impact.

Venues:

Wh?ngarei Tare­wa Park 12–1pm
Auck­land Manukau Plaza 12–1pm
Hamilton Hamilton Lake Rose Garden 12.30–1.30pm
New Ply­mouth Hua­toki Plaza 12–1pm
Mt Maunganui Hop­ukiore (Mt Drury) Reserve 12–1pm
Rotorua Ran­olf & Arawa St round­about 12–1pm
Palmer­ston North Arena 3 12.30–1.30pm
Wel­ling­ton CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
Nel­son 1903 Square (Top of Tra­fal­gar St) 12.30–1.30pm
Christ­ch­urch Adding­ton Race­way 12–1pm
Duned­in UPDATED VENUE: Uni­ver­sity Uni­on Hall 12.30–1.30pm
Inver­car­gill Work­ing­mens Club 12.30–1.30pm

Why does this matter?

This is the most anti-work­er gov­ern­ment that we’ve seen in dec­ades, attack­ing our rights day after day and try­ing to divide us. But we won’t let them get away with it. We must fight back.

  • The coali­tion gov­ern­ment has shown they are in the pock­ets of the rich, put­ting cor­por­ate interests over the interests of work­ing people.
  • Through stand­ing togeth­er and mobil­ising, we can demon­strate our power and ensure that this one-term gov­ern­ment loses its legit­im­acy.
  • When our backs are against a wall, we fight back. And when we fight, we win.

Attacks on work­ing people come on top of the relent­less and ongo­ing attacks on Te Tir­iti o Wait­angi and M?ori rights. The coali­tion is try­ing to divide us and are sow­ing the seeds of divi­sion.

Don’t let the bug­gers get you down! Join us across the motu on May Day to take a stand against the coali­tion.

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