Wellington Fundraiser Quiz Night 3 December 2025
We’re super excited to announce our 2nd fundraiser to help get our amazing wahine to WIMDOI and this time we’re taking over The Featherston for an epic Quiz Night on 3rd December!
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Representing New Zealand maritime workers since 2002
International Dockers Council delegates at Anti Automation Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, November 2025
Powerful Global Alliance aims to Halt Job-Killing Port Automation
Maritime Union of New Zealand National Secretary Carl Findlay was a signatory to the historic “Lisbon Summit Resolution” signed this week in Lisbon, Portugal, at a special Anti-Automation Conference of the International Dockworkers Council.
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Inquiry Confirms Maritime Union Warnings on Manahau
Findings from an official inquiry on the Manahau barge grounding obtained by media show the vessel was unsuitable for conditions and have absolved crew that were blamed for the grounding.
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Workers strike for a fair deal as ‘shellfish’ Sanford profits soar
Mussel farming crews at Sanford’s Havelock operations at the Top of the South will be striking on Wednesday 5 November 2025 in a fight for fair conditions.
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Do Minister Stanford’s comments on Kiwi jobs apply to seafarers on the MV Buffalo?
Maritime Union of New Zealand National Secretary Carl Findlay says the Government is dithering while New Zealand seafarer jobs are on the chopping block.
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Maritime Union Backs Public Sector Strike this 23 October 2025
The fight for a properly funded public sector is a fight for all working New Zealanders.
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Government should back vital workforce over Swiss multinationals
The Maritime Union has called for the Government to reject an application by Swiss-based shipping company Nova to be exempted from the legal requirement for New Zealand coastal vessels to be New Zealand flagged.
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Kiwi Jobs on the Line – Maritime Unions Urge Government to Block Foreign Ship Replacement
New Zealand’s maritime unions are calling on the government to urgently intervene to keep skilled jobs.
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