Work­ers’ Memo­r­i­al Day is an inter­na­tion­al trade union move­ment that hon­ours work­ing peo­ple killed and injured because of their work. We hon­our all work­ers, and their whanau, who have been impact­ed by work­place acci­dents, ill­ness­es, and injuries in the last year.

Work­ers’ Memo­r­i­al Day is also a call for pro­tect­ing and improv­ing the sys­tems intend­ed to keep work­ers safe and healthy at work.

In New Zealand, the num­ber of work­place injuries, fatal­i­ties, and deaths from work-relat­ed health remain unac­cept­ably high. Every week 18 work­ers are killed as a con­se­quence of their work, every 15 min­utes a work­er suf­fers an injury that requires more than week off work.

Every one of these inci­dents are pre­ventable.

Workers’ Memorial Day Events 2025

Unions will be host­ing #IWMD events across the motu, find one near you:

Loca­tion	Date	Details
Welling­ton	Mon­day 28 April 10.30am	VENUE: Work­ers’ Memo­r­i­al Stone – Te Papa Water­front, Fol­lowed by morn­ing tea Face­book event page
Man­awatu	Mon­day 28 April 12pm	VENUE: Work­ers’ Memo­r­i­al, Memo­r­i­al Park, Fitzroy Street entrance
Christchurch	Mon­day 28 April 11.45am	VENUE: Can­ter­bury Work­ers’ Memo­r­i­al, Sci­ence Alive Reserve Off Gas­son Street behind Moor­house NPD ser­vice sta­tion.
Ota­go	Mon­day 28 April 11.45am	VENUE: Ota­go Work­ers’ Memo­r­i­al, Mar­ket Reserve Princes Street