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New Zealand shipping answer to supply chain crisis

As con­cerns about New Zealand’s sup­ply chain grow, the Mar­itime Union says the answers are there to alle­vi­ate ship­ping and port con­ges­tion.

Explanation demanded on Ports’ monster payout to ex-CEO

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand is back­ing efforts to uncov­er why a mil­lion-dol­lar pay­ment (on top of salary) was made to for­mer Ports of Auck­land CEO Tony Gib­son fol­low­ing his res­ig­na­tion ear­li­er this year.

Auckland port workers call for worker representation on Board

There are “1.7 mil­lion rea­sons” why this should hap­pen imme­di­ate­ly, fol­low­ing rev­e­la­tions on a pay­out made to for­mer CEO Tony Gib­son, who resigned in May.

Ports of Auckland CEO payout “unreal”

A mas­sive pay­out to the for­mer CEO of Ports of Auck­land is an insult to port work­ers, Auck­land ratepay­ers, and the fam­i­lies of those who have died at Ports of Auck­land.

Vale John Coombs

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has paid trib­ute to for­mer Mar­itime Union of Aus­tralia Nation­al Sec­re­tary John Coombs, who died on 1 Sep­tem­ber 2021.

Maritime Union flags concerns over coastal tanker threat

New Zealand’s ener­gy secu­ri­ty is under threat as New Zealand flagged coastal tankers face an uncer­tain future.

Maritime Union statement on port worker vaccination

Mar­itime Union of New Zealand Nation­al Sec­re­tary Craig Har­ri­son says mis­in­for­ma­tion is threat­en­ing health and safe­ty in ports.

COVID: Looking after your mental wellbeing

It’s all right not to be all right. COVID-19 has had a sig­nif­i­cant impact on how we inter­act with oth­ers, our work, study and many oth­er aspects of our dai­ly lives. Every­one reacts dif­fer­ent­ly to dif­fi­cult events, and some may find this time more chal­leng­ing than oth­ers.

Posthumous medal applications – Merchant Navy

To make a posthu­mous Medal Appli­ca­tion to the NZ Defence Force for World War 2 medals for your Grand­fa­ther, a sea­man and mem­ber of the NZ Seaman’s Union, crew­ing on a ship of the ‘mer­chant navy of New Zealand’ on New Zealand coastal voy­ages, dur­ing World War 2.

MUNZ Statement on Vaccination

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand Incor­po­rat­ed Nation­al Coun­cil Meet­ing held on the 11–12 August 2021 rec­om­mends and sup­ports our mem­bers being vac­ci­nat­ed for the Covid 19 virus.

But also recog­nis­es the free­dom of choice for our mem­bers and encour­ages them to make an informed deci­sion.