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New Zealand Defence Assessment Calls For More Aggressive Anti-China Stance
Tuesday, 21 December 2021, 9:57 am | Socialist Equality Group
By John Braddock Socialist Equality Group. Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/12/20/nzde-d20.html New Zealand’s Defence Ministry released a new Defence Assessment on December 8, its first since 2014, titled, in Maori and English, “He Moana Pukepuke e Ekengia ... More >>
Omicron Case Identified In New Zealand
Saturday, 18 December 2021, 8:58 pm | Socialist Equality Group
On Thursday, the New Zealand government confirmed that a case of the extremely infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been identified in a traveller staying at a managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) hotel in Christchurch. The person arrived from Germany, ... More >>
New Zealand Rail Union Cancels Strike, Presents Sellout Deal
Friday, 17 December 2021, 5:12 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) announced on December 7 that it had withdrawn a notice for a nationwide strike on December 16 and 17, following negotiations with the state-owned employer KiwiRail. The strike would have involved 2,500 workers ... More >>
Soaring Social Inequality Under New Zealand Labour Government
Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 10:26 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 14 December 2021, original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/12/14/nzin-d14.html Recent reports show that the response of the Labour Party-led government in New Zealand to the economic crisis triggered by the pandemic has further widened the already ... More >>
New Zealand’s Daily Blog Glorifies Fascist Killer Kyle Rittenhouse
Monday, 13 December 2021, 9:14 am | Socialist Equality Group
In the latest sign of the stampede to the right by New Zealand’s Daily Blog, its editor Martyn Bradbury wrote an article on November 24 defending Kyle Rittenhouse, who was recently acquitted of murdering two people and attempting to murder a third ... More >>
COVID-19 Spreads Through New Zealand Schools And Childcare Centres
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 12:04 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters and Rachel Costello In New Zealand, COVID-19 has spread into well over 130 schools and early childhood education centres (ECEs) since the outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant began in August. The figure was only ... More >>
Delta Spreads As New Zealand Government Ends Auckland Lockdown
Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 10:55 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group Last Friday, Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party-Greens coalition government ended what remained of the lockdown in Auckland, allowing all remaining businesses and public venues to reopen. This followed decisions ... More >>
New Zealand Rail Union Enters Talks Ahead Of National Strike
Saturday, 4 December 2021, 5:31 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By John Braddock, Socialist Equality Group The New Zealand Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) entered facilitated mediation with state-owned KiwiRail on Monday in a bid to avert two rail strikes by 2,500 workers on December 16 and 17. The strikes, ... More >>
New Zealand Opposition Picks New Right-wing Leader
Friday, 3 December 2021, 10:39 am | Socialist Equality Group
On Tuesday, New Zealand’s main opposition National Party installed Christopher Luxon as its new leader—the fourth person to lead the conservative party in the space of just two years. Since it lost the 2017 election, the party has been beset ... More >>
New Zealand Labour-led Government Continues Attacks On Immigrants
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 9:29 am | Socialist Equality Group
By John Braddock, Socialist Equality Group The immigration minister in New Zealand’s Labour-led government, Kris Faafoi, announced in September that migrants living in NZ on temporary work visas would be “fast-tracked” for residency. Trumpeted ... More >>
Auckland Lockdown To End On December 3 Even Though Delta Surge Continues
Friday, 26 November 2021, 9:20 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 25 November 2021, original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/11/25/nzco-n25.html New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed on Monday that the Labour Party-led government will abandon lockdowns as a means to suppress COVID-19 on December 3. ... More >>
On The Images Of Bodies In Pike River Mine
Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 11:15 am | Socialist Equality Group
New Zealand police announce they have photographed bodies in Pike River mine More >>
COVID-19 Spreading As Schools Reopen
Monday, 22 November 2021, 6:26 am | Socialist Equality Group
On Wednesday, schools reopened in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, for all remaining primary and secondary students. The top three high school year levels returned to in-person classes late last month. Early childcare centres can now increase the ... More >>
New Zealand Government Lifts More Restrictions, Says COVID-19 Will Spread Nationwide
Friday, 12 November 2021, 1:50 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters 11 November 2021, original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/11/11/reop-n11.html On Monday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that her Labour Party-led government expects to end the lockdown in Auckland at the end of the month. Despite ... More >>
COVID Cases Surge As Government Plans To Lift More Restrictions
Friday, 5 November 2021, 10:41 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters On Monday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced an “in principle” decision to remove more COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city. On November 10, retail businesses and public facilities such as libraries ... More >>
"Recovery 29" Whitewashes New Zealand Government’s Cover-up Of Pike River Mine Disaster
Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 10:30 am | Socialist Equality Group
The documentary Recovery 29, directed by Sofia Wenborn, was aired on Prime Television in New Zealand on October 26 and added to the Sky Go streaming website. More >>
New Zealand Government Sending Thousands Back To School During Worsening COVID-19 Outbreak
Friday, 22 October 2021, 10:31 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters New Zealand’s Labour Party-led government is systematically removing lockdown restrictions in Auckland, the centre of an expanding COVID-19 outbreak, and telling the population that it must accept a major increase in cases. On Wednesday, ... More >>
No Retreat From Elimination! Mobilise The New Zealand And International Working Class To Defeat COVID-19
Monday, 18 October 2021, 9:47 am | Socialist Equality Group
The Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand is holding an online public meeting on Saturday, October 23, at 4:30 p.m. (NZ time) to discuss the urgent need for working people to organise to fight for a scientific strategy to eliminate COVID-19 nationally, ... More >>
New Zealand COVID-19 Outbreak Grows After Restrictions Eased
Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 10:56 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters In the week since Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that New Zealand would be “transitioning” away from its previous strategy of eliminating COVID-19, with more restrictions in Auckland to be lifted, the outbreak of the highly-infectious ... More >>
No Retreat From Elimination! The New Zealand And International Working Class Must Fight To Stamp Out COVID-19
Saturday, 9 October 2021, 5:39 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The announcement by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern that her Labour Party-led government will no longer pursue an elimination strategy for COVID-19 has provoked considerable shock and anger, as well as significant confusion. Internationally, ... More >>
