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At UN, New Zealand PM Backs War Against Russia, Promotes Internet Censorship
Saturday, 1 October 2022, 5:01 pm | Socialist Equality Group
At the United Nations general assembly last week, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reiterated her government’s continued and deepening support for the US-NATO war against Russia over Ukraine. The gathering of world leaders took place as Russia ... More >>
New Zealand Government Promotes Complacency About COVID-19
Saturday, 24 September 2022, 6:03 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Following New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s announcement last week ending mask mandates and most other public health measures, the Labour Party-led government and corporate media are attempting to sow as much complacency as possible about the ... More >>
New Zealand Ruling Elite Glorifies British Monarchy
Friday, 23 September 2022, 11:22 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters New Zealand’s political and media establishment has joined in the mind-numbing glorification of Queen Elizabeth II and the British monarchy over the past fortnight. The Labour Party-led government announced a period of mourning, culminating ... More >>
Essity Ends Lockout In New Zealand After Unions Impose Sellout Deal
Friday, 16 September 2022, 2:56 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters On September 14, toilet paper manufacturing company Essity agreed to end its lockout of 145 workers in the New Zealand town of Kawerau, after they voted to accept a below-inflation pay agreement. Workers will return to the factory ... More >>
New Zealand Government Ends COVID Mask Mandates
Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 11:41 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 13 September 2022 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/09/13/gyos-s13.html On Monday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the end of mask mandates and other public health measures. Even as thousands of people are becoming infected with COVID ... More >>
Homelessness Worsens Dramatically In New Zealand Under Labour
Sunday, 11 September 2022, 5:14 pm | Socialist Equality Group
New Zealand’s worsening homelessness crisis, driven by property speculation, soaring rents and not enough public housing, is fuelling anger towards the Labour Party-led government, as well as the re-emergence of strikes and industrial action by workers. ... More >>
NZ Government’s “Working With Survivors” Continues Cover-up Of Pike River Mine Disaster
Thursday, 8 September 2022, 11:57 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters On August 30, the New Zealand Labour Party government unveiled an 11-page document entitled “Working with Survivors,” outlining “minimum expectations” for state agencies dealing with survivors of “large-scale catastrophic events,” ... More >>
New Zealand Media, Politicians Ramp Up War Propaganda After Soldier Killed In Ukraine
Friday, 2 September 2022, 9:50 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters On August 24, the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) revealed that one of its soldiers had been killed in Ukraine, while on unpaid leave from the army. Corporal Dominic Abelen, aged 28, was killed on the front lines in eastern Ukraine, ... More >>
Labour Government To Expand Exploitative Migrant Labour Schemes
Wednesday, 31 August 2022, 9:48 am | Socialist Equality Group
By John Braddock New Zealand’s Labour government announced last week that it will ease restrictions on temporary migrant workers to address severe labour shortages in critical areas. Despite the removal of most COVID restrictions and the ... More >>
Five Construction Workers Injured In Explosion In Auckland
Tuesday, 30 August 2022, 10:50 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters Many questions remain about an explosion at a construction site near Auckland’s waterfront on Friday, which seriously injured five workers. All five were hospitalised, and Middlemore Hospital told the media on Saturday that two were ... More >>
New Zealand Firefighters Hold Second One-hour Strike
Monday, 29 August 2022, 1:52 am | Socialist Equality Group
Around 2,000 firefighters and support staff employed by Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) stopped work for one hour on Friday, following a nationwide strike a week earlier. More stoppages are scheduled for September 2 and 9. Firefighters again held ... More >>
Lockout Of Essity Workers In Kawerau In Third Week
Wednesday, 24 August 2022, 2:41 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters For more than a fortnight 145 factory workers in Kawerau, a New Zealand town with a population of about 7,000, have been locked out by Essity, a Swedish-based multinational company. The Kawerau plant makes well-known brands such as Purex and ... More >>
New Zealand Firefighters Hold Nationwide Strike
Tuesday, 23 August 2022, 11:03 am | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters Last Friday, nearly 2,000 professional firefighters and support staff stopped work for one hour across New Zealand, in what was the first ever nationwide strike by these critical workers. Firefighters held dozens of rallies in ... More >>
New Zealand Firefighters To Hold Nationwide One-hour Strike
Saturday, 13 August 2022, 6:10 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Nearly 2,000 professional firefighters and support staff in New Zealand are preparing to hold a one-hour nationwide strike on Friday, August 19. A second one-hour stoppage is scheduled for August 26. The NZ Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) gave notice ... More >>
COVID-19 Now Leading Cause Of Death In New Zealand
Thursday, 11 August 2022, 1:15 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 10 August 2022 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/08/10/fxcj-a10.html COVID-19 is now the leading cause of death in New Zealand, equal with heart disease. The New Zealand Herald reported on August 7 that in the week ending 17 July, 120 ... More >>
New Zealand Government Nervous About US-China Confrontation
Sunday, 7 August 2022, 7:24 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The US confrontation with China threatens to erupt into open war following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s provocative visit to Taiwan. Beijing had declared that any such visit to the island, which it considers part of China, would have severe consequences. ... More >>
New Zealand Goes From Zero COVID To World-leading Infections And Deaths: Workers Must Fight For An Elimination Strategy
Monday, 1 August 2022, 4:29 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By the Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand) 1 August 2022 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/08/01/ocwj-a01.html The disastrous situation in New Zealand reinforces the urgent need for working people to take up the fight for a global strategy to eliminate COVID-19. We urge readers ... More >>
New Zealand Foreign Minister Sounds Alarm About Sri Lankan “Lessons”
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 1:16 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By John Braddock, Socialist Equality Group 22 July 2022 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/07/23/hzct-j23.html The escalating political crisis in Sri Lanka which, amid a catastrophic economic crisis has seen forced resignations of the president and prime minister, is generating ... More >>
NZ Workers Hit By Surging Living Costs
Monday, 25 July 2022, 6:37 am | Socialist Equality Group
While New Zealand experiences its worst surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than a hundred deaths per week and hospitals inundated, the working class is simultaneously being hit by soaring living costs. Statistics NZ reported this week that consumer ... More >>
New Zealand PM Attempts To Cover Up Alignment With US Against China
Tuesday, 12 July 2022, 3:14 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 11 July 2022 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/07/11/ynse-j11.html In a speech at the Lowy Institute in Australia on July 7, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern sought to cover-up New Zealand’s alignment with US imperialism and ... More >>
