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Pike River Film Whitewashes Labour Party And Union’s Role In New Zealand Mine Disaster
Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 9:12 am | Socialist Equality Group
Those seeking a full account of the Pike River disaster and the 15-year cover-up are encouraged to consult the extensive archive of the WSWS and the book Pike River: The Crime and Cover-up. More >>
Online Meeting: The Way Forward In The Fight Against Austerity And War
Tuesday, 4 November 2025, 7:41 pm | Socialist Equality Group
At the November 9 webinar, speakers from the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand and the Socialist Equality Party in Australia will elaborate a socialist and internationalist perspective, in opposition to Labour and all the capitalist parties. More >>
After The Mega Strike: Workers Need A Socialist Perspective To Fight Pay Cuts, Austerity And War
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 10:58 am | Socialist Equality Group
The Group calls for the building of new organisations: rank-and-file committees, democratically controlled by workers themselves and independent from and opposed to the union bureaucracy and the capitalist parties. More >>
More Than 100,000 Workers Prepare To Strike In New Zealand
Saturday, 18 October 2025, 2:34 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The country’s ruling elite is responding to a historic economic downturn by seeking to intensify the exploitation of the working class, while funnelling billions of dollars to the armed forces to prepare them to join US-led wars. More >>
NZ Government Smears “Far Left” And Anti-Genocide Protests As “Violent”
Tuesday, 14 October 2025, 6:57 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Two years of mass, global protests, which have failed to stop the Gaza genocide, have also demonstrated the futility of appealing to capitalist governments to change course. More >>
New Zealand Government To Push Teenagers Off Welfare
Friday, 10 October 2025, 8:44 am | Socialist Equality Group
From November next year, they will no longer receive the payments if their parents earn a combined income over $65,529—a threshold that is just 1.3 times the minimum wage. More >>
New Zealand Government Whitewashes Israel’s Genocide In Gaza
Thursday, 2 October 2025, 4:36 pm | Socialist Equality Group
New Zealand’s right-wing coalition government opted against recognition, however, not because of its cynical and empty character, but in order to more demonstratively align itself with the Zionist regime and the Trump administration. More >>
Teachers, Nurses, Doctors And All Workers Must Unite Against Austerity And War
Sunday, 28 September 2025, 7:55 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The Socialist Equality Group also warns that as long as workers remain trapped in the strait-jacket of the pro-capitalist union bureaucracy, they will be divided, isolated and sold out. More >>
Pacific Islands Forum Meets Amid Escalating US War Drive Against China
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 9:20 am | Socialist Equality Group
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters told Radio NZ on August 14 that the decision to bar the dialogue partners from the PIF summit was the result of “outsiders”—a clear reference to Beijing—“telling us who we can have as guests.” More >>
Māori Party MP’s Racist Attack On Labour Party Members
Thursday, 11 September 2025, 8:43 am | Socialist Equality Group
Tāmaki Makaurau is one of seven reserved Māori seats in parliament, which people who identify as Māori can vote for. The seats have historically been won by the Labour Party—currently the biggest opposition party—but more recently by TPM, ... More >>
Israel Announces Official Visit To South Pacific
Tuesday, 2 September 2025, 8:20 am | Socialist Equality Group
The Israeli regime is aiming to mobilise support from Pacific states that have lined up with both Washington and Tel Aviv. Israel has for many years sought to build diplomatic, economic and religious influence among Pacific nations as a means of obtaining votes ... More >>
New Zealand Intelligence Report Accuses China Of “Foreign Interference”
Sunday, 31 August 2025, 1:44 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Successive New Zealand governments have strengthened economic ties with China, NZ’s most significant trading partner. At the same time, NZ remains a minor imperialist power allied to the US, and the NZ military has repeatedly joined exercises that ... More >>
Pacific Islands Forum Embroiled In Dispute Over Taiwan
Friday, 22 August 2025, 9:56 am | Socialist Equality Group
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele made the proposal amid an escalating dispute over whether Taiwan should be invited to the summit. Since being admitted as a development partner in 1992, Taiwan has “informally” attended regular PIF ... More >>
New Zealand Government “Considering” Recognition Of Palestine, As It Continues To Back Gaza Genocide
Friday, 22 August 2025, 8:30 am | Socialist Equality Group
The National Party-led government in Wellington, like its counterparts, Australian, British, Canadian and French governments, is trying to deflect mass opposition to the genocide, even as it continues to provide diplomatic, political and military ... More >>
New Zealand Teachers To Strike Over 1 Percent Pay Offer
Sunday, 17 August 2025, 12:37 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The main obstacle to workers taking the offensive against the government’s assault is the trade union bureaucracy. Composed of well-paid officials loyal to capitalism, the union apparatus is enforcing the government’s agenda of austerity and militarism. More >>
New Zealand Woman And 6-Year-Old Son Detained By ICE
Friday, 15 August 2025, 7:57 am | Socialist Equality Group
Sarah and Isaac were kidnapped by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) while seeking to re-enter the US after a brief visit to Vancouver, where Sarah had accompanied her other two children to the airport for a flight to visit their grandparents in ... More >>
New Zealand Government Legislates To Restrict Voting Rights
Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 9:33 am | Socialist Equality Group
The Electoral Amendment Bill passed its first reading in parliament on July 29, supported by the governing coalition parties: National, NZ First and Act. More >>
On The FBI Establishing An Office In New Zealand
Sunday, 10 August 2025, 1:53 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The decision to expand the agency’s presence in NZ was done in a secretive and anti-democratic manner. More >>
Public Service Association Endorses Government’s War Agenda
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 8:45 am | Socialist Equality Group
Instead of challenging mass layoffs, the union insists that they are carried out according to provisions in employment agreements which require “consultation” with the unions. More >>
Social Crisis Deepening In New Zealand
Friday, 18 July 2025, 10:32 am | Socialist Equality Group
The cost-of-living crisis confronting the working class is underpinned by a sharp escalation in social inequality. Their wealth derives almost entirely from parasitic activities such as financial investment and property speculation. More >>
