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Global Company Veolia At The Heart Of NZ’s Wastewater Disaster

Saturday, 21 February 2026, 3:40 pm | Socialist Equality Group

The defence of basic social rights—including to clean water, sanitation and liveable environments—cannot be left up to big business operations, or their enablers on local councils. More >>

New Zealand Firefighters Continue Strikes

Tuesday, 17 February 2026, 7:11 pm | Socialist Equality Group

Conditions had not improved following strikes under the previous Labour government. Ben described promises made in 2023 as “just shallow words.” More >>

Wellington Faces Environmental Disaster From Massive Sewage Leak

Friday, 13 February 2026, 6:15 am | Socialist Equality Group

The catastrophe at Moa Point is not merely a local failure of ageing pipes and neglected machinery. It is a damning indictment of the entire capitalist framework within which essential public services are subordinated to private profit. More >>

Divisions Within NZ Government Over India Free Trade Agreement

Wednesday, 11 February 2026, 8:58 am | Socialist Equality Group

The agreement with the far-right Indian government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is bound up with gathering inter-imperialist rivalries, both economic and military, amid the global crisis deepened by the US Trump administration. More >>

NZ Government Defends Social Inequality On Waitangi Day

Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 10:15 am | Socialist Equality Group

Social inequality has increased dramatically in recent years under successive Labour and National Party governments, which have boosted the fortunes of the super-rich at the expense of the working class. More >>

NZ Public Health System In Deepening Crisis

Sunday, 1 February 2026, 7:29 am | Socialist Equality Group

The crisis is nationwide. The government is exploiting the crisis to systematically expand the private sector. More >>

New Zealand Politicians Express Outrage Over Trump’s Afghanistan Accusations

Thursday, 29 January 2026, 3:01 pm | Socialist Equality Group

Whatever party leads the government following this year’s election will continue the record military build-up, in preparation for dragging the country and the working class into new and even more devastating wars. More >>

New Zealand Authorities Will Seek To Cover Up Causes Of Landslide Disaster

Wednesday, 28 January 2026, 5:17 pm | Socialist Equality Group

Maclennan, one of the six victims, woke up several other campers around 5.00 a.m. to warn them that the torrential rain had caused instability on the hillside above the tents and caravans. More >>

New Zealand Labour Party Offers No Alternative To Austerity And War

Sunday, 25 January 2026, 6:18 pm | Socialist Equality Group

The Socialist Equality Group warns that regardless of the outcome of the election later this year, the assault on workers’ living standards, democratic rights, and the militarisation of society will only escalate. More >>

New Zealand PM Promises Deeper Austerity And Military Build-Up

Thursday, 22 January 2026, 2:48 pm | Socialist Equality Group

Luxon claimed that there was “real cause for optimism” and New Zealanders would soon see “more jobs, higher incomes, and the best possible shot at a better life.” More >>

New Zealand Foreign Minister Publicly Rebukes Reserve Bank Governor For Criticising Trump

Wednesday, 21 January 2026, 3:43 pm | Socialist Equality Group

While acknowledging that the RBNZ is statutorily independent, Peters insisted it “has no role, nor should it involve itself, in US domestic politics. More >>

New Zealand “ManageMyHealth” Hack Exposes Thousands Of Patients’ Medical Records

Tuesday, 20 January 2026, 8:01 pm | Socialist Equality Group

As a basic social right all infrastructure including patient portals, electronic health records, and related systems must be operated by publicly accountable entities, determined by patient need and risk assessment, not profit calculations. More >>

New Zealand, Japan Strengthen Military Links

Saturday, 17 January 2026, 4:26 pm | Socialist Equality Group

Japan and New Zealand are meanwhile also both seeking entry into “Pillar Two” of the AUKUS pact involving the US, Britain and Australia, which would give them access to its enhanced military technical capabilities program. More >>

New Zealand Government Exploits Auckland Fire To Slander Striking Firefighters

Thursday, 15 January 2026, 9:14 am | Socialist Equality Group

The large fire broke out at midday in a shop in the suburb of Pakuranga as 2,000 firefighters nationwide were starting the scheduled one-hour strike. Flames and black smoke could be seen billowing across Auckland’s eastern suburbs. More >>

New Zealand Economy “Subdued” Going Into 2026

Friday, 9 January 2026, 12:24 pm | Socialist Equality Group

The economy fell 0.5 percent across 2025. Despite a modest 1.1 pc upswing in the last 3 months, the economy has not grown in 2 years. Real GDP per capita is $1,593 worse than when the right-wing National Party-led government took office two years ... More >>

Homelessness Worsens In New Zealand

Tuesday, 6 January 2026, 8:15 am | Socialist Equality Group

Putting an end to homelessness requires the mobilisation of the working class based on a socialist program, to expropriate the banks, big businesses and major landlords. More >>

Anti-Immigrant Confrontation In New Zealand

Saturday, 3 January 2026, 5:00 pm | Socialist Equality Group

New Zealand does not have a mass fascist or right-wing movement, but there is a growing danger. The ruling class is using whatever tools it can to push bourgeois politics into an authoritarian and militarist direction. More >>

New Zealand Navy Joins US-Led Provocations Against China

Wednesday, 17 December 2025, 8:35 pm | Socialist Equality Group

The far-right National Party led government, fully supported by the opposition Labour Party, is in the process of doubling military spending from 1 to 2 percent of GDP, at a cost of $NZ12 billion over four years. More >>

On The Widening NZ Police Scandal

Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 10:54 am | Socialist Equality Group

The IPCA and others have sought to suppress accusations of corruption. Police Minister Mark Mitchell mentioned corruption during one interview but later declared; “on reflection I misspoke.” More >>

Union Sells Out New Zealand High School Teachers

Sunday, 7 December 2025, 4:15 pm | Socialist Equality Group

The PPTA’s sellout confirms the Socialist Equality Group’s warning, in a statement distributed to workers during the October 23 strike, that the union leaders were determined to block a genuine struggle against austerity and militarism. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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