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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 >>
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 >>
