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Wellington Fire Survivor Describes Unsafe, Rundown Building
Tuesday, 23 May 2023, 10:23 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters Nearly a week after the horrific fire at the Loafers Lodge boarding house in New Zealand, the number of deaths has still not been confirmed. Yesterday, police said the toll was fewer than 10, with five bodies recovered so far from the ... More >>
New Zealand Budget Deepens Austerity
Saturday, 20 May 2023, 5:20 pm | Socialist Equality Group
New Zealand’s Labour Party-Greens government announced its annual budget on Thursday, with Finance Minister Grant Robertson describing it as a “wellbeing budget” that strikes “a balance between supporting our people now with the pressure of cost ... More >>
Widespread Anger Over Anti-Immigrant “Dawn Raids”
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 12:31 pm | Socialist Equality Group
New Zealand’s Labour-led government has been forced into damage control after revelations that a so-called “overstayer” from the Pacific Islands was detained in a dawn raid on his South Auckland home late last month. The brutal anti-immigrant ... More >>
Facebook Blocks Socialist Equality Group From Advertising
Sunday, 7 May 2023, 6:43 pm | Socialist Equality Group
In a thoroughly anti-democratic decision, Facebook has blocked the ability of the Socialist Equality Group (SEG) in New Zealand to run any ads. The SEG is fighting to build a section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) ... More >>
Lessons Of The Treaty Of Waitangi In New Zealand For The Australian Working Class
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 1:51 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/04/28/ioue-a28.html The Australian Labor government will hold a referendum later this year on amending the constitution to create a new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, a body ... More >>
Hipkins Rules Out Raising Tax On Super Rich
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 8:54 am | Socialist Equality Group
Last week, New Zealand’s Inland Revenue Department (IRD) released its findings from an investigation into the wealth of the country’s 311 richest individuals. The High Wealth Individuals Research Project, which looked at income and assets from ... More >>
Australia Eases Citizenship Requirements For New Zealanders As Countries Strengthen Military Ties
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 10:44 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 26 April 2023 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/04/26/bzzc-a26.html Last weekend Australian Labor Party Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a policy change that will remove long-standing barriers for New Zealanders living in Australia ... More >>
Australian Defence Minister Visits New Zealand To Strengthen Anti-China Alliance
Wednesday, 12 April 2023, 8:25 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters Richard Marles, Australia’s defence minister and deputy prime minister, visited neighbouring New Zealand last week and met with his counterpart, New Zealand Defence Minister Andrew Little. In a press statement the Australian government ... More >>
New Zealand High School Teachers Hold Second One-day Strike
Friday, 31 March 2023, 9:51 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 30 March 2023 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/30/jspf-m30.html About 20,000 secondary teachers at public schools in New Zealand held a nationwide strike on March 29. It followed a much larger one-day strike on March 16 involving ... More >>
Top US Official Visits New Zealand To Strengthen Ties Against China
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 11:28 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters Last weekend Kurt Campbell, national security coordinator in the Biden administration, visited New Zealand in a delegation that included US State and Defence Department officials and Coast Guard representatives. It was the first stop in a ... More >>
50,000 New Zealand Teachers Prepare For Nationwide Strike Against Pay Cuts
Wednesday, 15 March 2023, 1:01 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 14 March 2023, Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/14/srsz-m14.html In New Zealand’s first major industrial action of 2023, 50,000 teachers at public schools will hold a nationwide one-day strike on March 16, after rejecting ... More >>
Anti-China Campaign Ramps Up In New Zealand
Monday, 13 March 2023, 11:07 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 11 March 2023 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/11/rtmg-m11.html Last week the corporate media in the United States and Australia launched a coordinated barrage aimed at preparing their populations for war against China in the very near ... More >>
New Zealand Deaths Increased 10 Percent Last Year
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 12:56 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters With barely any media coverage, and total silence from the Labour Party-led government and opposition parties, New Zealand’s COVID-19 disaster is continuing. In the fortnight ending March 5, there were 58 COVID-related deaths reported, ... More >>
New Zealand’s Flooding Disaster And The Case For Socialism
Friday, 3 March 2023, 11:03 am | Socialist Equality Group
Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/02/bqqb-m02.html Large parts of the North Island of New Zealand, including Auckland, Northland, the East Coast and Hawke’s Bay, remain in a state of devastation after unprecedented floods triggered ... More >>
Twelve Years After Christchurch Earthquake, Building Collapse Victims Denied Justice
Monday, 27 February 2023, 2:05 am | Socialist Equality Group
While large parts of New Zealand are reeling from the flooding caused by Cyclone Gabrielle, which killed 11 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, February 22 marked the twelfth anniversary of another catastrophic event: the earthquake ... More >>
New Zealand Government Slashes Funding For COVID Response
Thursday, 16 February 2023, 3:47 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 16 February 2023 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/02/16/tzil-f16.html Even as thousands of people have been made homeless and at least five have died in New Zealand’s worst storm in decades, the country continues to experience a simultaneous ... More >>
New Zealand Faces Ongoing Pressure To Upgrade Anti-China Stance
Tuesday, 14 February 2023, 9:52 am | Socialist Equality Group
New Zealand’s newly installed Labour Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins, visited his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese on February 7. It was his first overseas trip as leader after he assumed office on January 25 following the resignation of ... More >>
Demands For “co-governance” Intensify
Saturday, 11 February 2023, 6:59 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Waitangi Day this year provoked escalating demands for constitutional change to entrench Māori “co-governance” across the political system. The day celebrates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between tribal chiefs and representatives of ... More >>
Court Action Over Pike River Mine Disaster
Tuesday, 7 February 2023, 10:55 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters Families of two of the 29 workers killed in the Pike River coal mine disaster in New Zealand have taken court action to obtain documents and information relating to the decision to drop charges against Pike River Coal chief executive ... More >>
Māori “cultural Experts” Fawn Over Naming Of Jeff Bezos’ Superyacht
Wednesday, 25 January 2023, 8:34 am | Socialist Equality Group
According to the New Zealand Herald on January 12, a decision by American billionaire Jeff Bezos to bestow a Māori name on his new superyacht has been met with enthusiastic fawning from New Zealand “cultural experts.” More >>
