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Three Years Since The Christchurch Terror Attack
Monday, 21 March 2022, 6:59 am | Socialist Equality Group
Wednesday marked three years since the March 15, 2019, terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand. Fascist gunman Brenton Tarrant murdered 51 men, women and children at two mosques, and injured nearly 50 more. The attack, driven by racism and anti-Muslim ... More >>
New Zealand Police End Borehole Drilling At Pike River Mine After Finding More Human Remains
Sunday, 13 March 2022, 6:37 pm | Socialist Equality Group
On March 9, New Zealand police announced that they had taken images of two more bodies inside the abandoned Pike River coal mine. Twenty-nine workers were killed in a series of underground explosions which started on November 19, 2010. Their bodies ... More >>
New Zealand Court Bans Strike By 10,000 Health Workers
Monday, 7 March 2022, 12:55 am | Socialist Equality Group
In an extraordinary last-minute ruling on March 3, New Zealand’s Employment Court banned a 24-hour nationwide strike by 10,000 healthcare workers that was to take place the following day, and a second strike scheduled for March 18. The court ruled ... More >>
Coroner’s Inquiry Begins Into New Zealand’s Far-right Terror Attack
Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 11:08 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters From February 22 to 24, the Christchurch Coroner’s Court held an initial hearing to determine the scope of its inquiry into the deaths of 51 people in the terrorist attack on March 15, 2019. The hearing was held remotely due to the ... More >>
On The Accelerating Omicron Surge
Thursday, 24 February 2022, 11:22 am | Socialist Equality Group
Tom Peters New Zealand’s COVID-19 surge continues, with case numbers rising sharply every day, placing immense pressure on the rundown healthcare system. Daily reported infections have nearly tripled in the past week, from 1,160 on February 16 to 3,297 ... More >>
New Zealand Rail Workers Highlight Unsafe Conditions As COVID-19 Surge Continues
Saturday, 19 February 2022, 6:19 pm | Socialist Equality Group
New Zealand’s Omicron outbreak continues to surge. On Friday, 1,929 new cases were reported in the community, up from 1,573 on Thursday, bringing official active infections to 9,874. The real numbers are undoubtedly far higher, since few people ... More >>
New Zealand Right-wing, Pseudo-lefts Urge Government To “engage” With Far-right Protesters
Friday, 18 February 2022, 11:29 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 17 February 2022, Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/02/17/nzav-f17.html Hundreds of protesters opposed to vaccine mandates are in their 10th day occupying the lawn outside New Zealand’s parliament in Wellington. The so-called Freedom ... More >>
COVID-19 Surges In New Zealand
Tuesday, 15 February 2022, 10:57 am | Socialist Equality Group
On Monday, New Zealand’s Ministry of Health reported a record 981 new cases of COVID-19 in the community. This follows 810 cases on Sunday, which was nearly double the previous day’s tally. More >>
New Zealand Joins Diplomatic Offensive Against Russia Amid Escalating War Build-up
Sunday, 13 February 2022, 6:34 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Amid the intensifying US-NATO build-up to a potentially catastrophic war with Russia, New Zealand’s Labour-Green Party government has positioned itself firmly on the side of the country’s imperialist allies. Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said in ... More >>
Growing Concern About New Zealand Government Allowing Omicron To Spread
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 10:46 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 9 February 2022 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/02/09/omnz-f09.html In a speech to parliament on Tuesday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reiterated the Labour Party-Greens government’s message that nothing will be done to stop ... More >>
An Open Letter To Workers In New Zealand: Join The Fight To Stop The Pandemic And Save Lives In 2022
Sunday, 6 February 2022, 6:24 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The working class in New Zealand faces immense dangers as a result of the Labour Party-led government’s decision to allow the Omicron variant of COVID-19 to spread throughout the country. The Socialist Equality Group calls on workers, students and ... More >>
Open Letter To New Zealand Rail Workers: Form Rank-and-file Committees To Fight For Safe Working Conditions
Wednesday, 2 February 2022, 11:19 am | Socialist Equality Group
Rail workers employed by Transdev in New Zealand face the imminent threat of being infected by the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The Labour Party-led government of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has ditched its previous policy of eliminating COVID-19 and ... More >>
New Zealand Schools And Public Transport Will Be Breeding Grounds For Omicron Infections
Thursday, 27 January 2022, 9:16 am | Socialist Equality Group
Tom Peters The New Zealand government’s decision to let the highly-infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19 spread across the country has sparked significant anxiety and anger, including among parents and public transport workers. Labour Party Prime ... More >>
Omicron Outbreak In New Zealand - Stop Schools Reopening!
Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 11:08 am | Socialist Equality Group
Tom Peters On Sunday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that the extremely transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19 is circulating in the community in New Zealand—and confirmed that the Labour Party-led government will do nothing to stop ... More >>
New Zealand PM Declares 'We Won’t Stop Omicron'
Saturday, 22 January 2022, 6:06 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed yesterday that her Labour Party-led government will allow the Omicron variant to circulate once it enters the community, setting the stage for a calamity in New Zealand similar to those unfolding throughout the ... More >>
New Zealand COVID-19 Experts Take Action Against Auckland University Over Online Abuse
Friday, 21 January 2022, 3:08 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters Two of New Zealand’s most prominent COVID-19 experts are taking legal action against their employer, the University of Auckland, for allegedly failing to take steps to protect them against a bombardment of threats and abuse from individuals ... More >>
New Zealand Government To Reopen Schools Despite Omicron Threat
Tuesday, 11 January 2022, 10:51 am | Socialist Equality Group
John Braddock, Socialist Equality Group 10 January, 2022 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/01/10/nzsc-j10.html With New Zealand’s new school term beginning in under three weeks, the Labour-Green Party government has declared that it wants students back in class full-time this ... More >>
Migrant Workers Face Discriminatory Policies In New Zealand
Thursday, 30 December 2021, 5:58 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Thousands of migrant workers in New Zealand continue to face major barriers to staying in the country, despite the Labour Party-led government announcing a decision to grant a “one-off pathway to residency” for 165,000 people already in the country ... More >>
NZ Government Won't Immediately Lock Down If Omicron Appears In Community
Friday, 24 December 2021, 11:22 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 23 December 2021, original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/12/23/omnz-d23.html On Tuesday, New Zealand’s Labour Party-led government announced that it is delaying plans to ease border restrictions, due to the threat posed by the extremely infectious ... More >>
More Bodies Photographed After Sealing Of Pike River Mine
Wednesday, 22 December 2021, 9:55 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group December 21, original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/12/21/pike-d21.html On December 19, New Zealand Police announced that “two sets of probable human remains and one set of possible human remains” have been seen in footage taken by a camera ... More >>
