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Parliamentary Inquiry into Ports and Maritime Sector

In July 2025, the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand made a sub­mis­sion to the Par­lia­men­tary Inquiry into Ports and the Mar­itime Sec­tor, out­lin­ing crit­i­cal issues and propos­ing a strate­gic vision for New Zealand’s mar­itime freight indus­try.

Ferry privatisation would be a disaster

Sug­ges­tions of pri­vati­sa­tion of the new Cook Strait Inter­is­lander fer­ries would be a dan­ger­ous step back­wards.

International Day of the Seafarer 25 June 2025

On this Inter­na­tion­al Day of the Sea­far­er 25 June 2025, MUNZ stands shoul­der to shoul­der with all our New Zealand sea­far­er mem­bers. You are the back­bone of our econ­o­my, the unsung heroes keep­ing our nation con­nect­ed and sup­plied day and night

Concerns about ongoing Cook Strait ferry issues

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says the Cook Strait fer­ry ser­vice is strug­gling, with the entire Inter­is­lander fleet cur­rent­ly either suf­fer­ing break­downs, wave dam­age or being tak­en out of ser­vice for audit.

Interview from On the Waterfront IDC podcast

In this pow­er­ful new episode, Jor­di Ara­gunde sits down with two lead­ers from the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) to dis­cuss the real­i­ties of dock work in Aotearoa (New Zealand), the his­to­ry and strength of their union, and the glob­al chal­lenges fac­ing mar­itime work­ers today.

Maritime Union will fight threatened job losses on Aratere ferry

The Mar­itime Union will resist any job loss­es and will only accept vol­un­tary redun­dan­cies.

Resist Government’s attack on pay equity and women workers

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has con­demned the Gov­ern­men­t’s attacks on hard-won pay equi­ty leg­is­la­tion, describ­ing these as a direct assault on the rights and eco­nom­ic well-being of women and all work­ing New Zealan­ders.

Serious concerns over Aratere ferry removal

The loss of the rail-enabled Aratere, a cru­cial link between the North and South Islands, sig­nif­i­cant­ly weak­ens the resilience of New Zealand’s nation­al sup­ply chain.

Port Unions welcome ERA finding on Lyttelton Port Company restructure proposal

The two main unions for Lyt­tel­ton Port Com­pa­ny (LPC) work­ers have wel­comed a deter­mi­na­tion this week from the Employ­ment Rela­tions Author­i­ty (ERA) that found LPC breached oblig­a­tions to the Unions and work­ers under the Col­lec­tive Agree­ments (CEAs) through a pro­posed restruc­ture of its con­tain­er ter­mi­nal oper­a­tions. 

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.