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Maritime unions gather to strengthen South Pacific unionism

Mar­itime Unions have met in Auck­land to work towards a Region­al Mar­itime Fed­er­a­tion to build union strength through­out the South Pacif­ic.

National mobilisation against TPPA on Saturday 29 March: 15 towns & cities

A nation­al day of action to stop the Trans-Pacif­ic Part­ner­ship Agree­ment will take place on Sat­ur­day 29 March 2014.

Ratification of global fisheries agreement a positive step

The Mar­itime Union says the rat­i­fi­ca­tion of a new glob­al fish­eries agree­ment by the New Zealand Gov­ern­ment is pos­i­tive news, but New Zealand still has a long way to go to fix sys­temic prob­lems in the fish­ing sec­tor.

War on the Wharves 3

For the first time, a squad of MUNZ mem­bers from the north to the south will be fac­ing off against their MUA com­rades in the South Paci­fic’s pre­miere mar­itime box­ing fix­ture.

Serious incident on fishing vessel confirms fears

A seri­ous injury to a Gov­ern­ment fish­eries observ­er shows the clean up of the fish­ing indus­try is not mov­ing fast enough.

Sorrow at death of Lyttelton watersider

Mar­itime Union calls for meet­ing with port employ­ers and Gov­ern­ment agen­cies to dis­cuss health and safe­ty con­cerns.

Maritime Union backs calls for shipping lanes

The union that rep­re­sents New Zealand ship­ping crews is back­ing calls for manda­to­ry ship­ping lanes on the New Zealand coast.

Maritimes magazine Summer 2013/2014 online now

Maritime Union pays respects to Nelson Mandela and his legacy

New Zealand sea­far­ers and water­front work­ers were long­time sup­port­ers of the bat­tle against apartheid.

Asia-Pacific union leaders gather in Port Moresby to kick off regional maritime federation

Mar­itime union lead­ers from across the Asia-Pacif­ic region will chart out the future of a pro­posed region­al mar­itime fed­er­a­tion in a high lev­el meet­ing con­ven­ing on Novem­ber 13 in Port Mores­by, Papua New Guinea.