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On The Strike By 10,000 Public Servants
Sunday, 13 September 2026, 3:06 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The combined action was a significant expression of rising anger over the government’s austerity measures. More >>
10,000 Public Servants To Strike Against Pay Cuts In New Zealand
Wednesday, 9 September 2026, 8:30 am | Socialist Equality Group
Pickets or rallies have been announced in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and 13 other cities and towns. More >>
Homeless Person Dies Outside Justice Minister's Office
Sunday, 6 September 2026, 3:14 pm | Socialist Equality Group
New Zealand is an extremely unequal country: the wealthiest 10 percent of households control 49 percent of the total wealth, while the poorest half own less than 5 percent. More >>
Pacific Leaders Pull Out Of Contentious Pacific Islands Summit
Friday, 4 September 2026, 8:03 am | Socialist Equality Group
Five prime ministers withdrew at the eleventh hour, citing various reasons including domestic politics, poor health and travel issues. More >>
Former New Zealand Defence Minister Says World War III Is Underway
Thursday, 3 September 2026, 8:40 am | Socialist Equality Group
New Zealand is deeply integrated into US wars and war plans. In 2022 the then Labour-Greens government sent about 100 troops to Britain to assist in training Ukrainian conscripts for the war against Russia. More >>
On New Zealand's Deepening Involvement In The Ukraine War
Tuesday, 1 September 2026, 8:39 am | Socialist Equality Group
With an election approaching on November 7, both the National-led government and the opposition Labour Party agree that military spending must be doubled and recruitment significantly increased. More >>
Review Into Fatal New Zealand Landslide Finds Multiple Warnings Were Ignored
Monday, 31 August 2026, 4:44 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The Davison report confirms what was clear soon after the landslide: the deaths were not simply due to an unavoidable natural disaster. More >>
New Zealand Intelligence Report Accuses China Of Spying “At Scale”
Wednesday, 26 August 2026, 1:41 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The report states that the NZSIS is monitoring “state actors with a voracious appetite for any information they can leverage to gain an advantage over New Zealand or our partners.” More >>
New Zealand Greens Candidate Fought In SAS During Afghanistan War
Saturday, 22 August 2026, 6:40 pm | Socialist Equality Group
To describe New Zealand’s role in Afghanistan as “looking after” people and “leaving the place better than we found it” is a grotesque lie. More >>
Job Cuts Planned On Wellington Rail Network
Tuesday, 18 August 2026, 2:07 pm | Socialist Equality Group
A union notice to Wellington train workers said a reduction in PO roles and onboard staffing was “unacceptable” and “is unsafe and creates risks to staff, passengers, and members of the public.” More >>
New Zealand Government In Turmoil After Failed Leadership Challenge
Saturday, 15 August 2026, 3:23 pm | Socialist Equality Group
If the right-wing coalition does not return to office, it would be the first one-term government since the 1970s. More >>
NZ First Party Youth Leader Linked To Neo-Nazi Groups
Sunday, 9 August 2026, 6:44 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Like far-right parties internationally, NZ First is seeking to divert growing anger over the worsening social disaster in a reactionary and nationalist direction in order to divide and break up any opposition movement of the working class. More >>
On The Increase In The Cost Of Living
Friday, 7 August 2026, 1:46 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The increase was mostly driven by higher fuel prices—petrol prices rose by 27.5 percent in the past year and diesel by 71 percent—due to the unprovoked and criminal US-Israeli war against Iran. More >>
NZ Foreign Minister Tells Chinese-Born MP: “Go Back To Your Own Country”
Wednesday, 5 August 2026, 2:07 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Peters leads the right-wing nationalist NZ First Party, which is part of the National Party-led coalition government and is making anti-immigrant xenophobia central to its campaign for the November 7 election. More >>
Green Party AGM Postures Against Social Inequality, Silent On War
Friday, 31 July 2026, 3:28 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Health, education and other public services are being starved of funds in order to keep taxes low for the rich and divert money into the military. More >>
New Zealand First Campaigns On Anti-Immigrant Chauvinism And Militarism
Saturday, 25 July 2026, 4:56 pm | Socialist Equality Group
NZ First has been advocating such a policy for many years, as New Zealand, a minor imperialist power, has become increasingly integrated into the US-led militarisation of the Pacific region. More >>
Wages Plummet In New Zealand
Sunday, 19 July 2026, 3:14 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The OECD report is an official confirmation of what tens of millions of workers experience daily: that capitalism is waging a relentless war on their living standards. More >>
New Zealand Government Restricts Access To Emergency Housing For Homeless People
Wednesday, 15 July 2026, 9:16 am | Socialist Equality Group
Reducing access to emergency housing is one component of a sweeping austerity program designed to make the working class pay for the increasingly severe economic downturn, exacerbated by the ongoing, illegal US war against Iran. More >>
NZ Herald Glorifies Man Who Died Fighting In Ukraine’s Fascist Azov Brigade
Wednesday, 8 July 2026, 11:56 am | Socialist Equality Group
The Putin regime’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was reactionary, rooted in Great Russian nationalism and serving the interests of the Russian oligarchy—but it was provoked by three decades of NATO expansion and relentless US encirclement of Russia. More >>
Labour’s Hollow Promises In Lead Up To November Election
Monday, 6 July 2026, 7:52 am | Socialist Equality Group
Labour is running what the media calls a “small-target” campaign: criticising the government’s funding cuts while revealing little about Labour’s own positions. More >>
