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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 >>
On The Chaos In The Māori Party
Thursday, 4 December 2025, 9:35 am | Socialist Equality Group
The crisis in TPM appears to be driven by rivalries between different sections of the Māori bourgeoisie and upper-middle class, who are fighting for control of the party. More >>
Cook Islands PM Condemns New Zealand’s “Coercion”
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 3:28 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The Cooks—a tiny state with fewer than 20,000 people—is heavily dependent on outside aid. More >>
Lessons Of New Zealand’s Pike River Mine Disaster For Workers Internationally
Wednesday, 26 November 2025, 8:44 am | Socialist Equality Group
Workers must be guided by the understanding that the fight for workplace safety is inseparable from the struggle against capitalism, which is plunging the world into barbarism and war. More >>
How The 2017–2023 Labour Government Attacked Public Health And Education Workers
Sunday, 9 November 2025, 6:38 pm | Socialist Equality Group
We proposed that all workers demand an immediate 30 percent wage increase, funded by the expropriation of the super-rich, the placing of industries under public ownership and workers’ control, and an end to all military spending. More >>
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 >>
