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On Jacinda Ardern's Resignation
Saturday, 21 January 2023, 7:19 pm | Socialist Equality Group
In a shock announcement on Thursday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told the media she would step down from the position by February 7 and leave parliament in April. After more than five years leading the Labour Party-led government, Ardern ... More >>
New Zealand’s COVID Wave Continues As XBB.1.5 Variant Found
Thursday, 19 January 2023, 10:22 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters New Zealand’s third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues, with dozens of deaths and hundreds of people being hospitalised each week due to the virus. In the week ending January 15, another 57 people were reported to have died within ... More >>
Reject Sellout Of Wellington Rail Workers!
Wednesday, 11 January 2023, 11:04 am | Socialist Equality Group
The Socialist Equality Group calls on workers on the passenger railway network in Wellington, New Zealand, to reject the sellout deal recommended to them by the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU). The proposed Multi-Employer Collective Agreement ... More >>
Escalating Assault On Workers’ Living Standards In New Zealand
Wednesday, 21 December 2022, 5:10 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 20 December 2022 Original url, https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/12/20/aykk-d20.html The soaring cost of living is placing increasing pressure on working people in New Zealand and driving many into poverty, and the situation will continue to worsen ... More >>
Ukrainian President Zelensky Speaks To New Zealand Parliament
Friday, 16 December 2022, 10:38 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters. On Wednesday morning, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the New Zealand parliament via video-link. As with his previous speeches to the UK, German and Australian parliaments, Zelenksy’s 10-minute address was a propaganda ... More >>
VUW Hosts Exhibition Glorifying Ukrainian Fascists
Friday, 9 December 2022, 4:53 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters. Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) is currently hosting an installation designed to promote the US-NATO proxy war being waged by Ukraine’s military against Russia, while whitewashing the Ukrainian regime and its fascist supporters. The exhibition, ... More >>
NZ Tertiary Union Takes Legal Case Over Job Cuts
Sunday, 4 December 2022, 6:34 pm | Socialist Equality Group
New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Union (TEU) announced on November 24 that it will take legal action against the Auckland University of Technology (AUT), the city’s second largest, over the axing of 170 staff positions. The legal challenge in the ... More >>
New Zealand National Security Briefing Promotes War And Censorship
Monday, 14 November 2022, 3:36 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters New Zealand’s Labour Party-led government this month released a “Draft National Security Long-term Insights Briefing,” prepared by the department of the prime minister and cabinet and the ministry of foreign affairs, in collaboration ... More >>
New Zealand Arts Funding Agency Attacks Shakespeare As Part Of “Canon Of Imperialism”
Friday, 4 November 2022, 3:02 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/11/03/ktkd-n03.html The recent decision by the public arts funding agency Creative New Zealand (CNZ) to stop its funding for the Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand (SGCNZ) was a reactionary ... More >>
New COVID Wave In New Zealand
Sunday, 30 October 2022, 6:39 pm | Socialist Equality Group
COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalisations are continuing to increase sharply in New Zealand. A third Omicron wave is spreading unimpeded as a result of the Labour Party-led government removing all public health measures. Yesterday the Ministry ... More >>
New Zealand Stalinist Ken Douglas And The Historic Degeneration Of The Trade Unions
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 10:33 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters and John Braddock, Socialist Equality Group Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/10/24/aiab-o24.html Ken Douglas, who played a leading role in the New Zealand trade union movement from 1979–1999, first as the Federation of Labour (FOL) secretary, then ... More >>
New Zealand Local Elections Highlight Growing Opposition To Labour Government
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 3:06 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 17 October 2022 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/10/17/abtl-o17.html New Zealand’s local council elections, held throughout the country from mid-September to October 8, resulted in defeat for mayoral candidates aligned with ... More >>
'New Zealand Media, Government Demonise Russian Migrant Workers'
Saturday, 15 October 2022, 5:41 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The New Zealand Herald reported on October 8 that unnamed representatives of the country’s “Ukrainian community” held a “high-level meeting” with the Labour Party-led government where they “raised concerns with government officials over ... More >>
New Zealand Nurses Take Action Over Staffing Crisis And Pay Cut
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 10:59 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters This week, nurses in public hospitals across New Zealand are refusing to work overtime shifts after the government agency Health NZ ended a temporary “winter bonus” payment of $100 per extra shift worked. The New Zealand Nurses Organisation ... More >>
New Zealand Police To Drill More Boreholes At Pike River Mine
Wednesday, 5 October 2022, 12:00 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters New Zealand police made the unexpected announcement on September 30 that they will drill another 10 boreholes into the abandoned underground Pike River coal mine, the scene of a series of explosions in November 2010 which killed 29 workers. ... More >>
At UN, New Zealand PM Backs War Against Russia, Promotes Internet Censorship
Saturday, 1 October 2022, 5:01 pm | Socialist Equality Group
At the United Nations general assembly last week, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reiterated her government’s continued and deepening support for the US-NATO war against Russia over Ukraine. The gathering of world leaders took place as Russia ... More >>
New Zealand Government Promotes Complacency About COVID-19
Saturday, 24 September 2022, 6:03 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Following New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s announcement last week ending mask mandates and most other public health measures, the Labour Party-led government and corporate media are attempting to sow as much complacency as possible about the ... More >>
New Zealand Ruling Elite Glorifies British Monarchy
Friday, 23 September 2022, 11:22 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters New Zealand’s political and media establishment has joined in the mind-numbing glorification of Queen Elizabeth II and the British monarchy over the past fortnight. The Labour Party-led government announced a period of mourning, culminating ... More >>
Essity Ends Lockout In New Zealand After Unions Impose Sellout Deal
Friday, 16 September 2022, 2:56 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters On September 14, toilet paper manufacturing company Essity agreed to end its lockout of 145 workers in the New Zealand town of Kawerau, after they voted to accept a below-inflation pay agreement. Workers will return to the factory ... More >>
New Zealand Government Ends COVID Mask Mandates
Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 11:41 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 13 September 2022 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/09/13/gyos-s13.html On Monday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the end of mask mandates and other public health measures. Even as thousands of people are becoming infected with COVID ... More >>
