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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 >>

New Zealand Government Backs Criminal War Against Iran

Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 8:41 am | Socialist Equality Group

New Zealand, a minor imperialist power, is a key US ally in the Pacific region and part of the US-led Five Eyes global surveillance network. The NZ ruling class is determined to have its “seat at the table”. More >>

Right-Wing New Zealand Blogger Suggests Becoming Part Of Australia To Build A War Machine

Saturday, 28 February 2026, 2:38 pm | Socialist Equality Group

In Australia, New Zealand, and across the world, the decisive task is to build a socialist leadership capable of uniting workers internationally on the basis of their common class interests, to overthrow capitalism and establish a socialist society. More >>

15 Years After Christchurch Earthquake, Families Still Fighting For Justice

Tuesday, 24 February 2026, 9:45 am | Socialist Equality Group

David Lynch, an advocate for the families of the CTV victims, issued a statement on February 20 which said the anniversary should serve as “a reminder of a preventable disaster and of a justice system that has yet to reflect that truth.” More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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