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Against banning the Christchurch terrorist's manifesto
Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 10:32 am | Socialist Equality Group
The manifesto by Australian fascist Brenton Tarrant, who killed 50 people and injured the same number in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, has been officially suppressed in New Zealand. More >>
New Zealand and Australia stoke tensions with Turkey
Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 4:53 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 25 March 2019 url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/25/turk-m25.html More >>
On the glorification of Jacinda Ardern
Friday, 22 March 2019, 11:16 am | Socialist Equality Group
Following the March 15 terrorist attack by Australian fascist Brenton Tarrant, who killed 50 people in two Christchurch mosques motivated by hatred of immigrants and Muslims, the political establishment and media in New Zealand, Australia, the US ... More >>
Warnings of New Zealand neo-Nazi attack were ignored
Thursday, 21 March 2019, 9:10 am | Socialist Equality Group
Following last Friday’s mass killing at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, which claimed 50 lives, tens of thousands of ordinary people have attended vigils to show their grief and outrage and to express solidarity with the Muslim ... More >>
NZ terrorist attack and the international danger of fascism
Tuesday, 19 March 2019, 9:36 am | Socialist Equality Group
The death toll from last Friday’s fascist terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand was revised upward to 50 over the weekend. The youngest person killed was a three-year-old boy. Thirty-four people remained in hospital on Sunday, with ... More >>
Fascist terrorists murder 49 in Christchurch
Saturday, 16 March 2019, 8:25 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Forty-nine people were killed and another 48 injured in a horrifying terrorist attack yesterday afternoon on two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. The attack is by far the largest mass shooting and the most severe act of terrorism in New Zealand’s ... More >>
Crucial evidence from Pike River mine disaster missing
Thursday, 14 March 2019, 9:50 am | Socialist Equality Group
Family members of some of the men killed in New Zealand’s 2010 Pike River Coal (PRC) mine disaster have denounced the failure by police and the Department of Labour (now called WorkSafe) to keep track of evidence that could hold vital information ... More >>
Foreign minister visits Fiji to strengthen military ties
Friday, 8 March 2019, 10:20 am | Socialist Equality Group
Winston Peters, foreign affairs minister in New Zealand’s Labour Party-led government, used a two-day visit to Fiji late last month to announce measures to bolster Fiji’s military and “take the Fiji-New Zealand relationship to a new level.” More >>
China retaliates over New Zealand government’s Huawei ban
Saturday, 23 February 2019, 12:46 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The Chinese government last week initiated an apparent series of retaliatory measures against the New Zealand Labour Party government’s move to ban the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei from supplying hardware for a new generation 5G mobile technology upgrade. More >>
Housing crisis intensifies under Labour government
Saturday, 16 February 2019, 5:19 pm | Socialist Equality Group
New Zealand housing crisis intensifies under Labour government By John Braddock, Socialist Equality Group 15 February 2019, url https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/02/15/nzho-f15.html More >>
NZ doctors, midwives strike
Thursday, 14 February 2019, 11:24 am | Socialist Equality Group
Around 3,300 junior doctors from New Zealand's public hospitals walked off the job for 48 hours on Tuesday to oppose attacks on working conditions. It was their third strike this year, following two stoppages last month, and is part of the broad resurgence ... More >>
Doctors hold second nationwide strike
Tuesday, 29 January 2019, 4:51 pm | Socialist Equality Group
More than 3,300 junior doctors in public hospitals across New Zealand are striking for 48-hours starting Tuesday, in the second two-day nationwide strike this month in opposition to major attacks on working conditions. The Resident Doctors Association ... More >>
New Zealand doctors prepare nationwide strike
Tuesday, 15 January 2019, 11:18 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 14 January 2019, original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/01/14/nzdo-j14.html More >>
New Zealand’s public healthcare crisis worsens
Thursday, 10 January 2019, 12:01 pm | Socialist Equality Group
New Zealand’s Labour Party-led coalition government took office in October 2017 promising to address the severe crisis caused by more than a decade of cuts to the public health system. The previous National Party government underfunded healthcare ... More >>
Social crisis worsens under Labour Party-led government
Saturday, 29 December 2018, 10:36 am | Socialist Equality Group
When the Labour Party-led government was installed in October 2017, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared that her priority would be to turn around homelessness and child poverty figures. Deputy Prime Minister and NZ First leader Winston Peters promised ... More >>
Celebrating 80 years of the Fourth International
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 11:27 am | Socialist Equality Group
By the Socialist Equality Group 11 December 2018, url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/11/well-d11.html More >>
World Socialist Web Site's David North to speak
Friday, 7 December 2018, 7:55 pm | Socialist Equality Group
David North, chairperson of the World Socialist Web Site editorial board and a leading member of the International Committee of the Fourth International, the world Trotskyist movement, will speak at a public meeting in Wellington on Sunday, December 9, at ... More >>
New Zealand teachers’ struggle at a crossroads
Monday, 3 December 2018, 10:13 am | Socialist Equality Group
On November 23, the Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) announced that a majority of its 17,000 secondary school teacher members had voted for a one-day strike early next year, after rejecting a second pay offer from the Labour Party-led coalition ... More >>
Intensifying US pressure on NZ government over China
Friday, 30 November 2018, 3:15 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Following US Vice President Mike Pence’s vitriolic attack on China at the recent Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit, divisions have erupted into public view within the New Zealand ruling elite over the US-China confrontation More >>
Anti-Chinese campaign escalates in New Zealand
Monday, 19 November 2018, 10:28 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 17 November 2018, (original url https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/17/nzch-n17.html More >>
