Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register Socialist Equality Group for InfoPages here.
Socialist Equality Group - Latest News [Page 12]
New Zealand Firefighters To Hold Nationwide One-hour Strike
Saturday, 13 August 2022, 6:10 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Nearly 2,000 professional firefighters and support staff in New Zealand are preparing to hold a one-hour nationwide strike on Friday, August 19. A second one-hour stoppage is scheduled for August 26. The NZ Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) gave notice ... More >>
COVID-19 Now Leading Cause Of Death In New Zealand
Thursday, 11 August 2022, 1:15 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 10 August 2022 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/08/10/fxcj-a10.html COVID-19 is now the leading cause of death in New Zealand, equal with heart disease. The New Zealand Herald reported on August 7 that in the week ending 17 July, 120 ... More >>
New Zealand Government Nervous About US-China Confrontation
Sunday, 7 August 2022, 7:24 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The US confrontation with China threatens to erupt into open war following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s provocative visit to Taiwan. Beijing had declared that any such visit to the island, which it considers part of China, would have severe consequences. ... More >>
New Zealand Goes From Zero COVID To World-leading Infections And Deaths: Workers Must Fight For An Elimination Strategy
Monday, 1 August 2022, 4:29 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By the Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand) 1 August 2022 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/08/01/ocwj-a01.html The disastrous situation in New Zealand reinforces the urgent need for working people to take up the fight for a global strategy to eliminate COVID-19. We urge readers ... More >>
New Zealand Foreign Minister Sounds Alarm About Sri Lankan “Lessons”
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 1:16 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By John Braddock, Socialist Equality Group 22 July 2022 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/07/23/hzct-j23.html The escalating political crisis in Sri Lanka which, amid a catastrophic economic crisis has seen forced resignations of the president and prime minister, is generating ... More >>
NZ Workers Hit By Surging Living Costs
Monday, 25 July 2022, 6:37 am | Socialist Equality Group
While New Zealand experiences its worst surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than a hundred deaths per week and hospitals inundated, the working class is simultaneously being hit by soaring living costs. Statistics NZ reported this week that consumer ... More >>
New Zealand PM Attempts To Cover Up Alignment With US Against China
Tuesday, 12 July 2022, 3:14 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 11 July 2022 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/07/11/ynse-j11.html In a speech at the Lowy Institute in Australia on July 7, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern sought to cover-up New Zealand’s alignment with US imperialism and ... More >>
Pike River Mine Disaster Families Seek Answers About Unlawful Payment To Avoid Prosecution Of CEO
Friday, 8 July 2022, 3:51 pm | Socialist Equality Group
On July 2, an advertisement appeared in the Weekend Herald offering a $5,000 reward “for information leading to the identity of the ‘original source’ of the $3.41 million” payment distributed among the families of the 29 workers who died in the ... More >>
COVID Surges In New Zealand, Fuelled By New Variants
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 10:47 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 6 July 2022 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/07/06/xrbm-j06.html Cases of COVID-19 have risen sharply in New Zealand, as experts warn that a new wave of infections has begun, driven by the much more contagious BA.5 Omicron variant. ... More >>
NZ Emergency Doctor Describes Crisis Caused By Lifting COVID Public Health Measures
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 10:56 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters The World Socialist Web Site recently spoke with Gary Payinda, an emergency doctor in Whangarei in Northland, one of the poorest areas of New Zealand, about the out-of-control spread of COVID-19 and the crisis in public hospitals. In ... More >>
New Zealand Government Maintains “let It Rip” Policy Despite Worsening Crisis In Hospitals
Thursday, 23 June 2022, 9:48 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters The disastrous situation in New Zealand’s hospitals continues to worsen, with ongoing deaths from COVID-19, growing hospitalisations for influenza and other winter illnesses, and a severe staffing shortage. On Tuesday, another 17 ... More >>
Meeting To Launch Book On New Zealand’s Pike River Mine Disaster Exposes 11-year Long Cover-up
Sunday, 12 June 2022, 6:13 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand held an online public meeting on June 4 to launch the new book, Pike River: The Crime and Cover-up, by leading SEG member Tom Peters, published by Mehring Books. The book contains 20 articles, interviews ... More >>
In White House Visit, New Zealand PM Joins Escalating US Offensive In The Pacific
Tuesday, 7 June 2022, 11:09 am | Socialist Equality Group
By John Braddock, Socialist Equality Group New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met with President Joe Biden at the White House on May 31, during a two-week trip to the United States. The leaders spoke for more than an hour, with Biden fulsomely ... More >>
Online Book Launch: Political Lessons Of The Pike River Disaster & Cover-up
Wednesday, 25 May 2022, 10:55 am | Socialist Equality Group
The Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand and the World Socialist Web Site will hold an online public meeting on Saturday, June 4, at 5:00 p.m. to launch the new book Pike River: The Crime and Cover-up , published by Mehring Books. ... More >>
In Major Attack On Free Speech, Migrants NZ Facebook Group Forced To Close
Sunday, 22 May 2022, 5:30 pm | Socialist Equality Group
In a blatant attack on freedom of speech, the popular Facebook group Migrants NZ, with a membership of more than 75,000 people, was recently forced to shut down after threats of legal action from the New Zealand Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA), ... More >>
NZ Experiences Deadliest Month Of The Pandemic
Thursday, 5 May 2022, 6:32 pm | Socialist Equality Group
New Zealand’s COVID-19 death toll has increased more than tenfold over the past two months, as a result of the Labour Party-led government’s decision to keep schools and non-essential businesses open and to remove most public health restrictions. ... More >>
Daily Blog Urges “Treason” Investigation Into New Zealand Trotskyists
Tuesday, 3 May 2022, 1:52 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 29 April 2022 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/04/29/ahsf-a29.html On April 16, Martyn Bradbury, editor of New Zealand’s Daily Blog, published an extraordinary attack on the Socialist Equality Group (SEG), the New Zealand supporters ... More >>
New Book: "Pike River: The Crime And Cover-Up" By Tom Peters
Sunday, 1 May 2022, 5:42 am | Socialist Equality Group
The new book "Pike River: The Crime and Cover-Up", published by Mehring Books, is available from Nationwide Book Distributors in New Zealand: https://www.nationwidebooks.co.nz/product/pike-river-the-crime-and-cover-up-9780646859064 The book is available in Australia and internationally from Mehring Books: https://mehring.com.au/product/pike-river-the-crime-and-cover-up/ ... More >>
New Zealand Labour Government Advances Pro-union, Anti-strike Law
Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 10:01 am | Socialist Equality Group
By John Braddock, Socialist Equality Group 25 April 2022 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/04/25/pfcx-a25.html Under conditions of a rapidly developing global economic crisis, attacks on living standards and escalating class struggles, New Zealand’s Labour-led government has ... More >>
New Zealand’s Leading Health Officials Resign As COVID Deaths Mount
Saturday, 9 April 2022, 6:33 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Three leading officials in New Zealand’s Ministry of Health have announced their resignations, in the middle of the country’s Omicron surge that has overwhelmed hospitals and is killing 10 to 20 people per day. On Wednesday, Director-General ... More >>
