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New Book Questions Official Finding That Fascist Brenton Tarrant Acted Alone In Christchurch Massacre
Saturday, 20 June 2026, 3:14 pm | Socialist Equality Group
He Told Us provides a scathing critique of the Royal Commission’s narrow terms of reference, its suppression of evidence and the gaping holes and contradictions in its report. Yet it does not explain why the Commission proceeded as it did. More >>
Australian And New Zealand Governments Boost Anti-China Military Integration
Thursday, 18 June 2026, 3:01 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The meeting coincided with a hyped-up anti-China campaign by both governments after Beijing barred four New Zealand MPs from entering China for a year, in retaliation for the politicians’ visit to Taipei. More >>
Prominent New Zealand Entertainer Lynda Topp Denounces Government’s Military Budget
Thursday, 11 June 2026, 5:26 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The coalition government, which includes the far-right ACT and NZ First, and the opposition Labour Party have agreed to double the military budget from 1 to 2 percent of GDP. More >>
New Zealand Government Introduces Anti-Transgender Legislation
Monday, 1 June 2026, 8:04 am | Socialist Equality Group
The bill goes against advice by the government’s own Law Commission, which delivered an extensive report last September recommending legal protections for transgender people. More >>
New Zealand Budget Attacks Workers And Students, Boosts The Military
Sunday, 31 May 2026, 9:14 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The assault embodied in the budget can only be opposed through the mobilisation of workers, students, beneficiaries, and youth, independently of all the capitalist parties and union bureaucracies. More >>
Meeting In New Zealand Discusses Socialist Strategy To Mobilise Workers Against Iran War
Tuesday, 26 May 2026, 8:11 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The Socialist Equality Group (SEG) and International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) in New Zealand held an important public meeting on May 19 at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) to discuss the socialist strategy required to stop ... More >>
New Zealand Woman Held For Weeks In ICE Detention
Sunday, 24 May 2026, 5:35 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The fate of Everlee Wihongi underscores that nobody is exempt from the sweeping attacks on basic democratic rights by the Trump administration, no matter their national origin or immigration status. More >>
New Zealand Government Ramps Up Anti-Immigrant Measures
Tuesday, 12 May 2026, 8:07 am | Socialist Equality Group
For the government to pose as the defender of freedom and equality, while insinuating that foreigners are subverting these “values,” is outrageous. More >>
Stop The War Against Iran! - Public Meeting
Friday, 8 May 2026, 12:25 pm | Socialist Equality Group
At the May 19 meeting, speakers from the SEG and the IYSSE will discuss the origins and driving forces of the US-Israeli war, and the urgent need for the working class to unite internationally, to stop the war and the descent into fascist barbarism More >>
Crisis In New Zealand Government Over Iran War
Friday, 8 May 2026, 8:17 am | Socialist Equality Group
Amid overwhelming anti-war sentiment in the working class, the coalition has verbally distanced itself from Washington. The war is driving up the cost of petrol, food and other essentials, causing hardship for millions of people. More >>
Union Presents Pay-Cutting Offer To New Zealand Nurses
Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 8:34 am | Socialist Equality Group
Under the proposed agreement, workers would receive a 2.5 percent pay increase this year and 2 percent next year. More >>
Union Pushes Through Pay Cut For New Zealand Primary Teachers
Tuesday, 7 April 2026, 8:30 am | Socialist Equality Group
Teachers and other workers are prepared to fight, but are trapped within organisations—led by well-paid upper middle class bureaucrats—which serve as adjuncts of the state and are opposed to any real fight against capitalism. More >>
Wave Of Job Cuts In New Zealand
Monday, 6 April 2026, 9:45 am | Socialist Equality Group
The US-Israeli war against Iran—which the National Party-led government supports—is further deepening the crisis. More >>
New Zealand Government, Media Discourage Vaccination Amid COVID Wave
Saturday, 4 April 2026, 6:54 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The ongoing public health crisis should be addressed by mounting an information campaign on vaccines, offering free COVID tests, and promoting masking, social distancing and air filtration in businesses and public buildings. More >>
War On Iran Deepens Social Crisis In New Zealand
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 2:53 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The average petrol price has risen about 40 percent in four weeks to $3.42 a litre (as of Monday), with Westpac bank predicting it will pass $3.70 by the end of the week. Diesel prices have nearly doubled to about $3.43 a litre, according to Gaspy More >>
Australia, New Zealand Solidify Pro-US Military Alliance Against China
Friday, 27 March 2026, 12:06 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The outcome of the ANZMIN meeting underscores the urgency of building a conscious political movement of the working classes in Australia, New Zealand, across the Pacific and internationally against war and its source in the capitalist system. More >>
Seven Years After The Fascist Massacre In Christchurch
Thursday, 19 March 2026, 2:33 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon did not attend the memorial event. He posted a brief message on social media stating that in 2019 the country “showed the world strength, compassion and unity in the face of tragedy. More >>
NZ Pseudo-Left Meeting On Iran War Promotes Labour, Greens And Unions
Monday, 16 March 2026, 7:53 pm | Socialist Equality Group
It will also require a rebellion against the trade union bureaucracy, through the creation of new organisations: rank-and-file committees controlled by workers themselves. More >>
New Zealand Labour Party, Greens Falsely Posture As Opponents Of Iran War
Wednesday, 11 March 2026, 9:00 am | Socialist Equality Group
The opposition parties, conscious of powerful anti-war sentiment, are moving to keep any movement under control by feigning opposition to the war. More >>
Iranian In New Zealand Speaks Out Against Pro-War Propaganda And Intimidation
Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 9:02 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Bahram said he believed most people “are intelligent enough to see that war is not the answer. We have an expression: ‘If the egg breaks from inside, a bird comes out. If the egg breaks from outside, it will be eaten.’ This is always the case.” More >>
